Nearly four in 10 Americans say the US is doing too much to support Israel in its war on Gaza. An April 25-30 survey of 2,260 adults by US News Ipsos reveals that Americans are divided on the US’ Israel policies. The survey found that 38% said the US was doing too much to support […]
Israeli police raided the office of Al Jazeera television in Jerusalem and confiscated its equipment. Al Jazeera has an office in Israel and a team of correspondents working year-round. The move came shortly after a government decision to shut down the broadcaster. Israel does not give international journalists free access to Gaza and so far...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant spoke by phone Sunday about talks between Israel and Hamas on a prisoner deal that would lead to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Austin and Gallant exchanged views on humanitarian assistance efforts and the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Pentagon [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army issued on Monday morning urgent evacuation orders to Palestinian residents and displaced individuals in several areas of eastern Rafah, telling them to immediately relocate to the town of al-Mawasi. “The Israeli army is expanding the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi and urging Palestinians to temporar...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel shut the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid on Sunday following rocket fire from the besieged enclave. At least 10 Israelis were injured when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at a military site near the illegal settlement of Kerem Shalom, according to the Walla news […]
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed five Palestinians in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. An AFP photographer saw a heavy military deployment in the village of Deir al-Ghusun, near the northern town of Tulkarem. Israeli soldiers deployed a bulldozer to flatten a building and carri...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned on Saturday of the psychological effects of Israel’s war on the children in Gaza. “Children in Gaza are suffering devastating levels of stress,” said the agency in a statement on X. “UNRWA team is working with children and adolescents to mitigate the impact of [&he...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Displaced from her hometown in Beit Lahia to a makeshift tent in the heart of Gaza, Palestinian girl Camelia Abu Khader finds herself amidst the grim realities of war — hungry, unsafe, and surrounded by the shroud of death. In the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, […]
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the besieged enclave. “The issue of Palestine remains a priority for the Islamic Ummah (Muslim community), reflecting the voice of the Islamic community in support of the brotherly people of Palestine to [&h...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said Saturday that Israel has killed at least 34,654 people during last seven months. The tally includes at least 32 deaths in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 77,908 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its war […]