ISTANBUL (AA) – Coming down hard on Israel’s acts in Gaza, Lebanese Information Minister has said: “This is not a war … this is a genocide.” Replying to a question at the International Strategic Communication Summit (Stratcom Summit 2023) held in Istanbul, Ziad Makary said: “They are doing something worse than the...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be extended by two days, the Palestinian group and mediator Qatar said Monday, opening the way for further releases of prisoners. With just hours to go before the so-called “humanitarian pause” was to end early Tuesday, Hamas said that an [&...
Beijing, China — AFP China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will visit New York this week to hold a United Nations Security Council meeting on Israel’s war against Palestinians, Beijing’s foreign ministry has said. “As it holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month, China will hold a high...
Barcelona, Spain — AFP The EU’s top foreign policy official Josep Borrell has called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is to end on Tuesday. The four-day pause has seen tearful reunions of dozens of Palestinian prisoners as well as the return of Israeli hostages in the first relief in […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday it was open to extending the pause in its war against Palestinians living in Gaza if Hamas continued to release captive Israelis. US President Joe Biden, top EU envoy Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have all joined a global chorus demanding that the break be [&hel...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Fatima Amarneh, one of the prisoners released as part of the hostage swap between Hamas and Israel, has said that the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main pillar of the Palestinian cause and a source of honor for Muslims. “Israel imposed additional restrictions on female inmates after October 7,” Amarneh told [...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The Barcelona city council has approved a declaration suspending relations with Israel until there is a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and the country “respects the basic rights of the Palestinian people.” The declaration was put forward by far-left Barcelona en Comun party and backed by Socialist Party, as well ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Friday that the movement is committed to implementing the humanitarian pause agreement as long as Israel adheres to it. In a recorded speech broadcast on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa satellite channel, Haniyeh said that “the movement affirms its commitm...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to resign from the government if fighting does not resume following the end of the four-day humanitarian pause announced after the hostage-exchange agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership. Ben-Gvir made the statement...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone to discuss the new deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The two sides discussed ways to stop the dangerous military escalation in Gaza and its […]
