ATHENS (AA) – Seventeen countries from around the globe have lent their support to the new roadmap for a cease-fire in Gaza revealed by President Joe Biden. “We fully support the movement towards a cease-fire and hostage release deal now on the table and as outlined by President Biden on May 31, 2024. There is […]
Palestinian Territories — AFP Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that Israel’s offensive in Rafah disregards the fate of prisoners held in Gaza and the “ongoing humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged territory. As the Israeli military pushed residents out of eastern Rafah, Hamas said in a statement that Isra...
Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP The United Nations has said that the post-war reconstruction of Gaza would require an international effort unseen since the aftermath of World War II, estimating it could cost up to $40 billion. Much of Gaza has been reduced to a grey landscape of rubble. The United Nations estimated the cost [&hell...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas’s armed wing has released a video of two men detained in Gaza who are seen alive and urging Israeli authorities to strike a deal for the release of all the remaining captives. Campaign group ‘Hostages and Missing Families’ Forum identified the two as Keith Siegel and Omri Miran who we...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on Hamas to strike a prisoner swap deal with Israel to avoid the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. ”Reaching a swap deal is an urgency to avoid an Israeli attack on Rafah, which would lead to thousands of deaths and displacement of our […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli prisoners freed in a military raid in the southern Gaza Strip have recounted a “family atmosphere” during their captivity. The Israeli army said that the two prisoners, Fernando Simon, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were freed during a raid in Rafah city. The pair, who are dual Argentine-Israeli citizens, were [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Right-wing Israeli activists and relatives of prisoners in Gaza obstructed humanitarian aid trucks from entering the enclave on Friday. “Activists of the Order 9 movement blocked the Nitzana Border Crossing to prevent trucks with humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip,” Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported. It added th...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has proposed a 3-stage plan for a Gaza cease-fire that includes a 135-day pause in fighting in return for prisoner releases, according to a Palestinian source. Qatar, Egypt and the US had confirmed earlier on Tuesday that they had received Hamas’ response to a framework agreement for a [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has launched an investigation into the killing of 12 Israelis in Gaza by an IDF tank fire near the border with the Gaza Strip. At least 12 detainees held by Hamas fighters were killed when an Israeli tank fired two shells at a house at Be’eri settlement on October […]
