ISTANBUL (AA) – Ousted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said his firing was due to disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the conscription of Haredi Jews into the military, emphasizing his opposition to “passing a discriminatory and corrupt law.” Gallant also noted in a video message that another contributing...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in West Jerusalem on Monday to demand a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions in Gaza. The demonstration coincided with the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 42,000 ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called for a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives from Gaza. “Strike a deal, end the war, fix the country,” Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, said in a brief post on X. Israel has killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza since […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen to maintain troops in the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and the Gaza Strip rather than getting back Israeli detainees alive. This was mentioned in a video me...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Qatar and Egypt have warned the US that there is “little chance” for the Palestinian group Hamas to accept its latest proposal for a Gaza cease-fire, Israeli media reported. Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar concluded on Friday with a new “proposal that narrows the gaps” between Israel and Hamas, cla...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP The Israeli army claims that it has retrieved the bodies of six captives from Gaza’s southern area of Khan Yunis in a joint operation with internal security agency Shin Bet. The prisoners were Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, Chaim Perry, previousl...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called US President Joe Biden’s allegation that the Palestinian group had backed away from a Gaza cease-fire deal “misleading.” “Biden and (US Secretary of State Antony) Blinken’s statements are misleading and don’t reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen...
LONDON (AA) – The British foreign secretary has expressed the hope that the parties to the Doha talks may be “on the cusp of a deal.” Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem, David Lammy stressed that the time for a deal in Gaza is “now.” “I am pleased that the reports out of Qatar […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Families of Israeli captives in Gaza say they would stage mass rallies if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to reach a cease-fire and prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. In a statement on X, the Association of Families of Israeli Prisoners Detained in Gaza said millions of people will demonstrate if the Israeli ...
Palestinian Territories – JUNE 8, 2024 19:25:19 GMT – AFP Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday killed 210 Palestinians and left hundreds wounded as its forces claimed to have freed four Israelis kept by Hamas since October 7 last year. Gaza media office said “the number of victims from the Israeli occupation&#...
