AMMAN (AA) – Jordan has advised its citizens to refrain from traveling to Lebanon except for “extreme necessity” due to the “exceptional circumstances prevailing in the region.” In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry stated the advisory is based on emergency plans announced by Lebanese authorities. Since the war...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah has claimed that it has killed or injured 120 Israeli soldiers since October 8. The Lebanese Al-Manar channel, which is close to Hezbollah, late Tuesday published an infographic attributed to the group’s military media including the toll of Israeli army losses on the Lebanese border over a perio...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s finance minister has frozen the transfer of tax revenues amounting to some $188 million monthly to the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to the Israeli media. Bezalel Smotrich said the funds will be withheld over the failure of the Ramallah-based authority to condemn the October 7 cross-border incursions by the Ha...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli media said Tuesday that a projectile had been intercepted over the Red Sea before infiltrating Israeli territory. The projectile was possibly launched from Yemen, triggering air-raid sirens to sound in the coastal city of Eilat, public broadcaster KAN said. The Israeli army confirmed that it had identified an “aerial t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Hundreds of people took to a Cleveland City Council meeting to accuse the Ohio city’s mayor of supporting what they said is “genocide” in Gaza. “We charge you with genocide. Mayor Bibb, you can’t hide,” the protesters chanted in the council chambers, according to video of the Monday night meeting that ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP As even Israel’s staunchest allies voiced concern about the dire humanitarian crisis in southern Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA said on Tuesday there was not nearly enough aid to meet the “unprecedented” needs. Hisham Adwan, Gaza director of the Rafah crossing with Egypt...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Hamas said Tuesday that its fighters had killed an Israeli soldier and destroyed several armored vehicles in the Gaza Strip. “Our fighters engaged in clashes with Israeli forces northwest of Gaza City,” the group’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a statement. According to the statement, an Israeli soldie...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 8,525, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said Tuesday. “The victims include 3,542 children and 2,187 women, while 21,543 other people were injured,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a press conference in Gaza City. [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — At least 55 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, according to local media. An airstrike hit a house in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, killing nine and injuring several others, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Another strike targeted a dwelling in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 1,538 Israelis have been killed since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, the public broadcaster KAN has said. KAN said 823 bodies have so far been identified and 715 have already been buried. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari had said that the military deaths […]
