Chania, Greece – AFP Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East “doesn’t spread”, as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece. Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hour...
LONDON (AA) – More than 90,000 people, which is about 4% of the population in Gaza, are dead, wounded or missing, says a human rights monitor. The Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says Israel’s continuous air, land and sea attacks have destroyed about 70% of the Gaza Strip’s civilian infrastructure since October 7. In a [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli army base on the border with Lebanon in response to the assassination earlier this week of Hamas’ deputy chief. “In a first reaction to the crime of assassinating the great leader Sheikh Salih al-Arouri, the Islamic resistance (Hezbollah) targeted ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Several houses of Palestinians were damaged Saturday and at least three young people were detained in raids by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA said Israeli forces raided Nablus, Bethlehem, Salfit and Jerusalem in the early hours. Israeli forces beat and detained ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged Palestinian territory has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war. Civilians in the Gaza Strip have borne the brunt of Israel’s attacks as the scale of the destruction has triggered mass displacement and a deepe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The future of the Gaza Strip will be determined by the Palestinian people, not by Israel, said a senior Palestinian official on Saturday. “All scenarios proposed by the occupation politicians and leaders are doomed to fail,” said Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Org...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli opposition leader has condemned the fighting within the cabinet concerning the investigation into the events of October 7, calling it a disgrace and urging the ministers to resign. Yair Lapid’s remarks came after a heated verbal brawl during a cabinet meeting to discuss security and political affairs on...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israel wants “to export its crisis abroad” through the assassination of Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri, a senior leader of the Palestinian resistance group has said. “This criminal, arrogant Zionist enemy, despite its failures and disappointments after three months of its barbaric aggression on Gaza...
Day 90 of the Israeli-Palestine War The Human Toll Palestinian Death Toll: Over 22,313, including 75% children, women, and elderly. People under Rubble: More than 7,000, including over 5,000 children. Injured: Over 57,296, mostly children and women. Massacres: 1,863 against Palestinian families. Hospital Bombing: 471 killed in the bombing of A...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 162 Palestinians have been killed and 296 others injured in the last 24 hours as the Israeli forces continued their onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Friday. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting...
