Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel said Thursday that a column of tanks and infantry had launched an overnight raid into Gaza, striking “numerous” targets before retreating to home soil. The military announced the incursion into the north of the Palestinian territory hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared prepa...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed again to take action on the Israel-Hamas war, with Russia and China vetoing a US-led draft resolution and a text led by Moscow drawing insufficient support. The rival powers went ahead and put forward texts doomed to defeat despite what diplomats said [&helli...
BRUSSELS (AA) – There are no calls from the European Union for a cease-fire in Gaza, Peter Stano, a spokesperson of the bloc, said on Wednesday. “Hamas keeps holding more than 200 hostages, most of them civilians. This is against any international law,” said Peter Stano, European Commission’s lead spokesperson on foreign affa...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s government has dismissed as a blatant “lie” the Israeli claims of tanks of fuel being held by Hamas in the blockaded enclave. “This lie shows how narrow-minded the Israeli army spokesman is and unable to make believable claims,” the government media office said in a statement. Israeli military spokesman [&hel...
LONDON (AA) – The British prime minister failed again on Wednesday to call for a cease-fire amid a dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Although asked numerous times by MPs during the Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak avoided mentioning a “cease-fire,” while repeating the UK’s position th...
Istanbul, Turkey – AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he was cancelling plans to visit Israel because of its “inhumane” war against Hamas in Gaza. “We had a project to go to Israel, but it was cancelled, we will not go,” Erdogan told ruling party lawmakers in parliament, adding that he viewe...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP More than 100 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied West Bank since war erupted between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the health ministry said Wednesday. Violence had already spiralled in the West Bank before the Gaza war, with the highest death toll in the Palestinian territory since at ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The leader of Hezbollah has discussed the situation in Gaza with top officials of Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Hassan Nasrallah met with Salih Al-Arouri, the deputy head of Hamas’ Political Bureau, and Ziyad Al-Nakhalah, Islamic Jihad secretary-general, and “reviewed developments in the Gaza Strip an...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 80 people in Gaza and a UN aid agency warned it would have to stop work by the end of Wednesday. Alarm has grown about the spiralling humanitarian crisis in heavily bombarded Gaza where one doctor said he was forced to perform emergency surgery on the […]
ANKARA (AA) – An elderly Israeli woman released Monday from captivity with Hamas said she was treated well during her two weeks with the Palestinian group. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said Hamas provided her a doctor to monitor her health and worked to secure her medicine. She added that her Hamas […]
