Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops and Hamas fighters were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinians’ “strongholds”. Hamas fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and assault rifles were clashing...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Eight Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. A statement from the Palestinian health ministry said the current death toll in Jenin stood at eight, with 14 others wounded. The Israeli army said its forces were opera...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Qatar is mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the potential release of a number of people held in Gaza by Hamas in exchange for a humanitarian pause, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. “Negotiations mediated by the Qataris in coordination with the US are ongoing to secure the […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in the West Bank since October 7. A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members. According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Israel is killing about 160 children every day on average in Gaza. “An average of about 160 children are killed every day based on the figures of the (Palestinian) Ministry of Health,” WHO official Christian Lindmeier told a UN briefing in Geneva. Lindmeier rei...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the death toll from Israeli’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has jumped to 10,328 people. Among the killed are 4,237 children and 2,719 women, Gaza-based Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said at a press conference. More than 25,956 others have also […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Supporting Tel Aviv’s war against Gaza, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “where there are terrorists, there are no rules.” “When we talk about laws and rules, where there are terrorists, there are no rules. Everything is beyond laws,” Zelenskyy said during an interview with NBC News on Sunday, i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas’ armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades on Monday said its fighters destroyed 27 Israeli military vehicles in Gaza in the past two days. “Our Mujahideen (fighters) destroyed 27 Israeli military vehicles partially or completely in the past 48 hours in the fighting axes (in Gaza),” Al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesm...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president’s office, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked back to Pre...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The death toll in Gaza now exceeds 10,000 after nearly one month of Israeli bombardment, the health ministry said Monday as the offensive against the Palestinian enclave showed signs of intensifying. Hundreds of overnight strikes pushed the death toll to 10,022, mostly women and children, a spokesman for the...
