RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 60 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in fresh military raids across the occupied West Bank, according to a local nongovernmental organization. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said the detainees included 30 Palestinians who were taken into custody in Jenin in northern West Bank. “The arrests ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would not govern the Gaza Strip during his term. “As long as I’m the prime minister of Israel, this will not happen,” Netanyahu said on social media platform X, in response to a report by Sky News Arabia that […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Some 73 Palestinians were killed and 123 others injured in Israeli attacks on central Gaza Strip over the past day, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “73 martyrs and 123 others injured are the total casualties that arrived in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital (near Deir al-Balah city) over the past [&h...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in “utter, deepening horror”, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday. Volker Turk said there was a high risk of atrocity crimes being committed in such “catastrophic” humanitarian circumstances. “Civilians in Gaza continue to be relentless...
GENEVA (AA) – UNICEF has warned that the so-called “safe zones” declared by Israel in Gaza pose risks to be “zones of disease.” “Without water, without sanitation, without shelter, the so-called ‘safe zones’ risk becoming zones of disease,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN press brief...
KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Tuesday that its fighters had targeted several Israeli military vehicles in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. The brigades said on Telegram that they targeted five Israeli military vehicles in the east of Khan Younis city with “Al-Yasin 105̶...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday killed another Palestinian in the Qalandia refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian as Mohammad Manasra, 25, who was killed during an Israeli raid into the camp. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted eyewitnesses...
Beersheba, Israel – AFP Around two civilians have been killed for every dead Hamas fighter in the Gaza Strip, senior Israeli military officials said Monday. The health ministry in Gaza says Israel’s military campaign, in the wake of Hamas attacks on October 7, has killed around 15,900 people so far, most of them women and [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner underscored the cautious approach being taken by Washington in sharing intelligence amid efforts to assist Israel in locating the leadership of the Palestinian group Hamas. The US is “being selective as to the information that’s being provided” to Israel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian telecommunication company Jawwal reported a complete blackout in Gaza City and north of the territory on Monday amid Israeli airstrikes on the enclave. The company said phone and internet services were interrupted “as a result of damage caused to key elements of the network because of the ongoing aggress...