LONDON (AA) – The families of British diplomats are departing Israel as a “precautionary measure,” the UK Foreign Office has said. The embassy would remain open and continue to offer consular services to those in need, it added. In a dramatic escalation of Mideast tensions, Israeli forces have launched a sustained and forceful military campaig...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the Palestinian group Hamas would be outlawed in the wake of deadly attacks in Israel. “The Federal Ministry of the Interior will ban Hamas from operating in Germany,” said the chancellor in a statement to parliament explaining his government’s stance on the latest situation ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army said Thursday it was preparing for a ground assault on Hamas in Gaza but the country’s political leaders had not yet taken a decision. It said the military’s campaign was aimed at “taking out” the group’s senior leadership including top government officials. “...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed on a visit to Israel Thursday that the United States will “always” back it but said the Palestinians also have “legitimate aspirations” not represented by Hamas. Palestinian fighters killed 1,300 people in Israel, and took about 150 hostages in ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden’s remarks in which he claimed he had seen “confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children” were based on media reports and on claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The newspaper cited a White House spokesperson who clarif...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said electricity, water and fuel will not be provided to Gaza until the Israelis held prisoner in the Gaza Strip return to their homes. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed since a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas early Saturday that involved dozens of fighters, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said early Thursday. More than 3,300 Israelis have been injured in the unprecedented assault, with over 350 seriously injured. ...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Wednesday that he had ordered a halt to the treatment of Hamas members in public hospitals, local media reported. In a letter to Netanyahu, Arbel said that the issue of treating the Hamas militants in the public hospitals has caused “tremendous ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Israel should bomb Iran, Senator Lindsey Graham said Wednesday. Asked during an interview with CNN whether he wanted the US and Israel to “bomb Iran even in the absence of direct evidence of their involvement” in the attack by the Palestinian Hamas group on Israel, the Republican senator responded: [&he...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas said Wednesday that the military operation it launched against Israel is a “supremely defensive operation.” “The military operation (launched Saturday) targeted Israeli military locations and bases,” Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told Anadolu. Badran describe...