– LONDON (AA) – A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official has said that the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza is “yet another war crime committed by the Israeli army, in a list that keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer.” “When will Western powers open their eyes and pressure their ally to […]
Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP/AA Health officials in Gaza have said that more than 500 people were killed in an air strike on a hospital compound which sheltered the wounded and displaced from Israeli bombing, prompting condemnation and fury in the Middle East and beyond. According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israel was ...
LONDON (AA) – British main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Tuesday said that the attack on a hospital in Gaza is “absolutely devastating.” “The scenes of hundreds killed at the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza are absolutely devastating and cannot be justified,” he said on X. Underscoring that...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that it is providing security systems to Israel to eliminate the Palestinian group Hamas and that does not mean killing innocent civilians in Palestine. “We are certainly giving Israel the security systems it needs to take out and effectively push back on Hamas in GazaR...
More than 500 people have been killed in a bombing at a hospital in Gaza City, according to Palestinian officials. Hamas blamed it on an Israeli airstrike, reported BBC. US President Joe Biden intends to ask Israel “some tough questions” when he arrives in the country Wednesday, John Kirby, the spokesman for the National Security [...
Tehran, Iran – – AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that “no one can stop resistance forces” if Israel keeps up its bombardment of Gaza in response to the shock October 7 attack by Hamas. “If the crimes of the Zionist (Israeli) regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel on Tuesday said it killed four infiltrators who tried to cross into Israel from Lebanon. In a statement, the Israeli army said the incident took place near the northern settlement of Hanita, but no injuries were reported on the Israeli side. It added that the infiltrators were struck by a drone […]
ANKARA (AA) – Israel on Tuesday denied reports suggesting that US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel may delay the planned ground operation against Gaza. The Times of Israel news website cited an Israeli military spokesman as saying Biden’s visit will not delay or complicate the ground operation. Early on Tuesday, a former Israe...
LONDON (AA) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has avoided responding to calls for him to urge the Israeli government to end “collective punishment” measures in Gaza, despite questions from lawmakers in the House of Commons. After a statement on the latest situation in the Middle East, Sunak said Monday evening that Hamas was the...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Turkey’s top diplomat said Tuesday his country had been in touch with Hamas over some 200 Israeli and foreigners prisoners it is holding in Gaza, following requests from several governments. “We have received requests from various countries for the release of their citizens. As a result, we started to di...