BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has announced the closure of all government offices and institutions nationwide on Monday in solidarity with Gaza and the southern Lebanese villages affected by Israeli attacks. In an official statement, the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers, Mahmoud Mekkiya, announced that Prime Minister ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 17,997 since October 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 49,229 other people were injured in the Israeli onslaught on the […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has accused Israel of preparing the mass expulsion of Gazans into neighbouring Egypt, which Israel said was “simply not true”. In an opinion piece published Saturday in the Los Angeles Times, Lazzarini wrote that “the developm...
JERUSALEM – AFP Hamas said Sunday that Israel had launched a series of “very violent raids” targeting the southern city of Khan Yunis and the road from there to Rafah, near the border with Egypt. A source close to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian resistance group, told AFP that both were engaged in “fierce [...
Doha, Qatar – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the Security Council was “paralysed by geostrategic divisions” in its efforts to end Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza. Addressing the Doha Forum, he said the body’s “authority and credibility were severely undermined” by it...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza cease-fire and free more prisoners held by Hamas despite ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are co...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – The Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday that Israel shows no concern about the lives of its captives in Gaza, following a failed attempt by the army to free a captive soldier, which led to his death. Hamas stated on Telegram: “The occupation (Israeli) imagining the possibility of liberating its captives [&helli...
BERLIN (AA) – A 6-member German family was killed in the Israeli bombing of Gaza, German media reported. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, an infant, were killed in Gaza as [&hel...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel pressed its offensive against Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a cease-fire in the two-month war. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority swiftly condemned the US veto as the health ministry in Gaza put the latest death toll at 17,487 [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas said Friday that it had repelled an attempt by Israel’s military to free a prisoner, who was killed during the operation. The announcement by the Al-Qassam Brigades came in a video showing the Israeli prisoner, who identified himself as Sa’ar Baruch and spoke about the [&hel...