Palestinian Territories – AFP The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said Thursday the death toll there since the start of Israel’s airstrikes had surpassed 9,000. The ministry said 9,061 had been killed since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Of these, 3,760 were children and an additional 32,000 had been wounded, ...
İSTANBUL (AA) – The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza is “unprecedented” as he made his first visit to the Palestinian enclave since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas. “This is the first time ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden faced off with a heckler during a campaign event Wednesday in the state of Minnesota who called for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “As a rabbi, I need you to call for a cease-fire right now,” the heckler, identified as Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, shouted while Biden [&he...
JERUSLAEM (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Wednesday the deployment of warships in the Red Sea region as part of what it called “strengthening defense efforts in the area.” In a statement sent to Anadolu, the Israeli army said: “Based on the situation assessment and as part of strengthening defense efforts in the region, ...
ANKARA(AA) – North Korea is planning to provide “assistance” to Hamas in its war against Israel, South Korea’s spy agency has claimed. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told the parliamentary intelligence committee during a closed-door audit session that there have been signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered...
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 ...
