Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since its war on Gaza began in October, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday. “Since the beginning of the war, we have attacked, from the ground and air, more than 50 such targets of Hezbollah spread […]
BERLIN (AA) — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned Israel against a military attack in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. “To act now in Rafah, in the last and most crowded place, as announced by the Israeli defense minister, would simply not be justified,” Baerbock said in an interview with the RND […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 12 more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. According to a joint statement issued by the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the new arrests brought the total number of Palestinians detained by the Israeli forces since October 7 t...
WASHINGTON – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East yet again in the coming days to press a new proposal involving the release of Israelis held in Gaza in return for a pause in attacks by Israel, the State Department said. Blinken will visit Qatar and Egypt — the […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Deadly strikes were reported early Saturday in the overcrowded Gaza border town of Rafah — dubbed a “pressure cooker of despair” by the UN — as international mediators readied a new push to seal a tentative deal between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US, Qatar and Egypt are carrying out “sensitive” diplomatic engagements to secure the release of the Israelis held in the Gaza Strip, the American envoy to the UN said Friday. “We’ve been working tirelessly with Qatar, Egypt and other regional partners on a strong, compelling proposal. “...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Thousands of Yemenis held mass rallies across the Houthi-controlled region on Friday in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has been subjected to Israeli military attacks since Oct. 7. People took to the streets of various cities and towns controlled by the Houthi group, with the main protest taking […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of people killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 27,131, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Friday. “The Israeli occupation committed 13 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 112 martyrs and 148 injured during the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement. “Many people [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Fighting in Gaza raged on Friday with scores reported killed overnight, after mediator Qatar said Hamas had given its “initial” support to a prisoner exchange deal that would pause its war with Israel. The health ministry in the territory said 112 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 8,000 people in the Gaza Strip need medical evacuation and the vast majority of them have war-related injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “Medical referrals for critically injured and sick patients outside Gaza remain ad hoc and insufficient. An orderly, safe and sustained transfer ...
