HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of starvation of Palestinians. The draft resolution, submitted by 10 elected members of the Council — Algeria, Ec...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas mourned the death of Mohammad Afif, Hezbollah’s media relations chief, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday in Beirut. “The assassination of a political media figure will not silence the voice of resistance but will instead expose the deep moral chasm in which the occupation lies,” Hamas said in a […...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday demanded the Group of 20 meeting recognize what he called Israel’s right to defend itself. In a statement on his X account, Saar also called for condemnation of Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 103,600 […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli captive has said army attacks in Gaza endanger the lives of captives, calling for protests in Israel to press for a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. A video of Alexander Turbanov, 28, was released by Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad on its Telegram channel. “For over a year, I have […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas claimed Tuesday to have killed and injured 10 Israeli soldiers in an ambush in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said its fighters detonated a house in Al-Qasaseeb area as Israeli soldiers moved into the building. It confirmed [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar has denied media reports claiming it has withdrawn from mediation efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying the efforts are stalled temporarily. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari said “the media reports about the State of Qatar’s withdrawal from mediation r...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has demanded that the next week’s joint Arab-Islamic follow-up summit take responsibility for the occupied city of Jerusalem, which is undergoing a “systematic Israeli Judaization campaign.” “It is time for the Islamic nations to fulfill their religious and political du...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas says that it will decide its position on the new US administration considering “its practical behavior towards the Palestinian people.” Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the November 5 elections after projections that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas on Saturday called recently floated cease-fire proposals a “smokescreen” as they do not include an end to Israel’s war on Gaza. Senior Hamas member Izzat al-Rishq said cease-fire proposals floated in recent days don’t include an end to the Israeli assault, withdrawal from Gaza, and the return of di...
CAIRO (AA) – Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah held a meeting in Cairo on Saturday to discuss the formation of a joint committee to run the Gaza Strip after Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, an Egyptian source said. “The two groups showed flexibility and positivity towards establishing a community support committee to manage the [&he...
