ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said it will not abandon its positions despite being “directly and deliberately attacked” by the Israeli military. “Peacekeepers remain in all positions and the UN flag continues to fly,” UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said in an interview. “We will continue our work to imp...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian grandfather has been brutally beaten to death by Israeli forces after they stormed his home in the town of Dura in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that “Ziad Abu Halil, 66, was martyred after Israeli forces assaulted him […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has admitted that it targeted a mosque in southern Lebanon, alleging that Hezbollah members were using it as an “operations base.” The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its air force carried out a “precise strike late on Hezbollah fighters operating from a command center located within the mosqu...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli military killed five Palestinian resistance fighters in the occupied West Bank on the second day of the so-called “counter-terrorism” operations that have killed 14 in total. “Following exchanges of fire, the forces eliminated five terrorists who had hidden inside a mo...
ANKARA (AA) – After a gruesome case of sexual assault by Israeli soldiers on a Palestinian detainee last month, rape threats against Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers have become common. Illegal Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians and encroach on their properties with no accountability but protection by the Israeli ar...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied southern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Eyad Ayed Abdel-Najjar, 46, died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the Jinba area near Yatta, south of Hebron, a ministry statement said. Witnesses said that [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) — Israel has claimed to have bombed buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and intercepted a airborne target heading towards Israel. In a statement, the army said that on Saturday, “Air Force fighters bombed military buildings belonging to Hezbollah in the Hula region in southern Lebanon.” “Israeli air...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli military analyst Amos Harel says the army wants to withdraw from Gaza, but that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has other ideas.” In an article in the Israeli daily Haaretz, Harel said Netanyahu “continues to declare that the all-out war against Hamas will continue for as long as it takes.” “HeR...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has announced the killing of two more occupation soldiers during battles in the central Gaza Strip. In a statement, the army identified the soldiers as Maj. Omer Smadga, 25, and Maj. Gen. Saadia Yaakov Dery, 27. The military said at least five soldiers were also injured, three of them […]
Occupied Palestinian Territories- AFP Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast in southern Gaza Saturday, the military said, in one of its heaviest losses of the war, as witnesses reported street battles between occupying troops and the Palestinian resistance. The military said the IDF soldiers were killed when the Namer armoured vehicle ...