ISTANBUL (AA) – Hen Avigdori, whose daughter and wife were released in a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, has said that in the midst of the ongoing attacks on Gaza, it was not possible to save Israeli detainees in Palestine. He requested that the Israeli premier stop attacks against Gaza, according to media reports. […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army said its troops shot and killed three people held by Hamas on Friday after erroneously believing they posed a danger. During combat in the Gaza city neighbourhood of Shejaiya, troops “mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and t...
Palestinian Territories – AFP An Israeli attack killed an Al Jazeera journalist and wounded his colleague in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Qatari network reported. Al Jazeera had initially reported that cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh were wounded in a school in Khan Yunis, where they were hit by […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that the bodies of two of its soldiers and a civilian held captive by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas have been recovered, without providing further details about the date and location. According to a statement issued by the Israeli army, “The bodies of hostages CPL Nik Beizer, […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday announced that three soldiers were killed in fighting with Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. Early Friday, the Israeli army said two of its soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in battles with Palestinian fighters across the Gaza Strip. The new deaths bring the Israeli […...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel pressed its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday after telling key backer the United States that its war in Gaza will last “more than several months”. According to the health ministry in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 18,700 people, mostly women and children since October 7. The minist...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli military has refused to comment on reports that it is pumping seawater into a network of tunnels used by Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip. When asked about reports of water being pumped into the tunnels in the enclave, an Israeli military official declined to answer, citing “non-disclosure of operationa...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said that any plan for post-war Gaza that does not involve Hamas is just a “delusion”. “Any arrangement in Gaza or in the Palestinian cause without Hamas or the resistance factions is a delusion,” said Haniyeh in a televised speech. Haniyeh’s comme...
LONDON (AA) – The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday said he found the Israeli ambassador’s statement ruling out a two-state solution “disappointing.” Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, told Sky News that Israel would not accept a two-state solution when the war in Gaza ended. Questioned for the ...
LONDON (AA) – A new Iranian sanction regime that gives the UK “extensive new powers” to hold Iran and its decision-makers to account took effect Thursday. The British Foreign Office said the regime gives Britain new powers to disrupt Iran’s “hostile activities in the UK and around the world.” “Sanctions will...