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ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar has denied media reports claiming it has withdrawn from mediation efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying the efforts are stalled temporarily.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...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has warned that the Israeli government plans to bring in illegal settlers and force Palestinians out of their villages in the occupied West Bank. Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Mardawi, in an official statement, said: “We warn of the grave danger posed by the plans led [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has reported that it had killed and injured Israeli soldiers, targeting Israeli military vehicles in besieged northern Gaza. In a statement, Al-Qassam reported hitting an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Yassin 105 shell and targeting ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stern warning to the US and Israel, pledging a “crushing response” for actions against his country. “The enemies – whether the Zionist entity or the United States – should know that they will certainly face a crushing response for their actions agai...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former president Bill Clinton is facing backlash for remarks that tried to justify Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. Clinton drew criticism after he said Hamas “forced” Israel to kill Palestinian civilians during a rally in the state of Michigan in support of Democratic preside...