ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia has called on the Palestinian resistance group Hamas to release all its prisoners “urgently and immediately.” “All prisoners must be urgently, immediately released, this is our firm position. We, of course, call on Hamas to ensure that all prisoners are released,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Tuesday that 5,791 people have been killed in the territory in Israeli attacks. The death toll includes 2,360 children. A total of 16,297 people have also been wounded since the conflict erupted on October 7.
GAZA, Palestine (AA): Sitting inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid wails and mourning, Ahmed Abu Al-Saba, 35, is inscribing his name on his arm. “We write our names on our hands and the names of our children on their hands to enable our bodies to be identified if the (Israeli) occupation planes bomb us,” […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP More than 19,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon amid an uptick in tensions between Israel and Hezbollah at the country’s southern border, figures released Monday by a United Nations agency showed. “An increase in cross-border incidents” has resulted in the displacement of 19,646 people in Le...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas said Monday that it had freed two more women taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks. The Palestinian group’s military wing said the two elderly women, identified as Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, had been freed for “compelling humanitarian” reasons following mediation by ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 57 Palestinian medics have been killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave has reported. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 12 hospitals and 32 healthcare centers have been forced out of service due to […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A third convoy of 20 aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, according to a Palestinian spokesman at the terminal. “Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid are being allowed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” Wael Abu Mohsen told Anadolu. Egypt’s state news [...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment has climbed to 4,651, including 1,873 children, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Sunday. In a statement, Ashraf Qudra, a ministry spokesman, said that 1,023 women were also among the people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7. [&hell...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hezbollah on Sunday said that four of its fighters were killed while fighting the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. The death toll of Hezbollah affiliates killed in fighting with the Israeli army since Oct. 7 has risen to 22. Tensions have flared along the Israeli-Lebanese border amid Israeli airstrikes against the...
