Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Anti-rocket sirens followed by the sound of blasts were heard Monday in Jerusalem, AFP journalists said, as Israel’s army battled Hamas in southern towns for the third consecutive day. The army also pressed on with air strikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting the Palestinians Hamas group which had launched a ...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 493, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday. It also said the number of injured people surged to 2,751. The Interior Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli army has “intensified its aggression” on Gaza with hundreds of raids. [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The military wing of Hamas on Monday announced the capture of a new group of Israelis from settlements around the Gaza Strip. In a speech broadcast on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesman Abu Ubaida said that fighters affiliated with the group had successfully captu...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians on Monday were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a public market area in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, local sources told Anadolu. The airstrike also left 120 people injured, including many in critical condition, in addition to a large-scale destruction of the area, according to the [&hel...
WASHINGTON, DC: A US military analyst has termed the infiltration of Hamas into Israel on Saturday “one of the classic failures of technology”. Cedric Leighton, a retired US air force colonel, while talking to CNN said Hamas managed to infiltrate despite “all the surveillance techniques, the equipment, the cameras and the oth...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged conflicting sides to exercise restraint to prevent further escalation of tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border. “We urge everyone to exercise restraint and make use of UNIFIL’s liaison and coordination mechanisms to de-escalate to prevent a fast deterioration of the security situ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel has instructed its diplomats abroad to “remain in their homes” unless they receive special security clearance. In the wake of ongoing conflict with Palestine, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs put “all diplomatic missions around the world on high alert” and called on its diplomats serving in foreign cou...
RAMALLAH, Palestine/ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested an emergency ministerial-level meeting of the Arab League over the latest Israeli escalation. In a statement, the ministry said it had directed “its permanent delegation to the Arab League to request an emergency meeting of the League Council at the min...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 413 Palestinians, including 78 children and 41 women, were killed and 2,300 others injured in Israeli attacks launched after a surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Sunday. Palestinian resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, saying it was [...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s army said Sunday that it aims to evacuate all Israelis living close to the Gaza Strip within 24 hours as it deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to fight Palestinian resistance fighters who had broken into Israel. “Our mission for the upcoming 24 hours is to evacuat...
