JERUSALEM/ANKARA (AA) – Three freed Israeli captives hailed Hamas after their release under a cease-fire deal on Saturday. Ohad Ben Ami, Eliyahu Sharabi, and Or Levy were set free by Hamas in Deir al-Balah in exchange for 183 prisoners in Israeli jails. “I say to the families of the captives, go out and demonstrate and […]
GENEVA (AA) – Medical professionals who came to Geneva from around the world voiced concerns for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, who was detained by Israel during a December 27 raid on the facility. No updates have since been provided about his safety or well-being. Many fear he […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Education and Higher Education Ministry in Gaza has reported that Israel’s genocidal war spanning over 15 months has left 85% of schools out of service resulting in a two-year interruption in education. In a statement, Ahmed Al-Najjar, the director-general of the ministry’s Public Relations Uni...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza government has announced that Israel is delaying the implementation of the humanitarian provisions of the cease-fire agreement which came into effect on January 19. Speaking at a press conference at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Salama Marouf, head of the Gaza Government Media Office, sai...
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU’s spokesman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has expressed the 27-member bloc’s regret over a US executive order authorizing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The EU expresses its r...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — The Israeli army has demolished several Palestinian homes in the Jenin refugee camp as part of its ongoing military offensive in the northern West Bank. Witnesses reported that the Israeli army “detonated houses in the Jenin camp.” Israeli forces have reinforced their presence around the camp and conducted intensive ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza and resettle its Palestinian population in other countries in the region. “I completely reject what President Trump has put on the table,” the Social Democrat said during a campaign event in Ludwigsburg. “The population of Gaza must...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — Britain will oppose any efforts to move Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip to neighboring Arab countries, the UK government says. “There must be no forced displacement of Palestinians, nor any reduction in the territory of the Gaza Strip,” the UK’s Minister for Development at the Foreign Office, Anneliese Dodds, said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank since the start of this year, the Palestinian Health Ministry has stated. The victims included 10 children, one woman and two elderly people, the ministry added in a statement. The ministry said that 38 people were […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 46,960 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to local authorities. “Around 30,000 women and children were among the victims,” Gaza’s government media office said in a statement. It added that over 14,200 people have been missing since [&he...
