ISTANBUL (AA) – Responding to an interim International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the “sacred commitment to continue to defend our country and defend our people.” “Israel’s commitment to international law is unwaverin...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Wala Barbakh was shocked when the Israeli army took the body of her daughter, Jana, 14, from a grave after she was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Barbakh, who was displaced from the city with her family to Rafah in the southernmost part […]
BERLIN (AA) – Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen lashed out at Israel for failing to protect civilians in Gaza, joining international calls for an immediate cease-fire. “No, the time for (Israel’s) self-defense is over. I say very clearly: Enough is enough now, the civilian population in Gaza needs an immediate humanitarian ceasef...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is considering a decision not to extend a water agreement with Jordan due to Amman’s criticism of a deadly Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli media. “The Energy Ministry is looking into a decision not to extend the water agreement with Jordan over anti-Israel statements from […...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A delegation from the British-Arab community met with South African High Commissioner to the UK Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo and commended South Africa’s stance against Israeli attacks on Gaza. Al-Arab in UK platform (AUK) said that the meeting provided an opportunity to express the community’s gratitude to South ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed and 150 others injured in Israeli shelling targeting hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, the Health Ministry said. The death toll is likely to rise as many injured people are in critical condition, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in [&hell...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Thursday, taking the number of Palestinians killed in the region to 373 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 24-year-old man was killed by Israeli fire in the town of Bireh al-Basha near […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army is investigating reports that last week’s mortar shells by Lebanese group Hezbollah possibly contained white phosphorus. Two mortar shells hit the Metulla area from southern Lebanon last week, causing a big fire and engulfing part of the road they hit. “It appears that the two mortar shells contained phosphoru...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar told Israel that Palestinian group Hamas has suspended talks for a prisoner swap deal, according to Israeli media on Thursday. “Hamas told Qatari mediators that it demands a full Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war on the first stage of any prisoner swap deal,” […]
