Washington, United States – AFP The United States has criticized South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel before the UN’s top court, rejecting accusations against its ally over the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice in The Hague will next week hold hearings on a filing by South Africa that alleges [&hel...
Washington, United States – AFP Hamas still has a “significant force posture” inside Gaza after nearly three months of Israeli military operations, says the White House. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday it was an “attainable goal” for Israel to knock out the ...
BEIRUT – AFP Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel against all-out conflict, after Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi, in a visit to the Lebanese border, said troops were “in very high readiness”. In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that “for now, we are fighting on the frontline following meticulous calcul...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli bombing killed dozens of people overnight in Gaza, the health ministry of the Palestinian territory said Thursday. The Gaza health ministry reported “dozens of martyrs and more than 100 wounded in the continued barbaric aerial and artillery bombardment of citizens’ homes in the Gaza Strip...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran has blamed Israel and the United States for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country’s south on Wednesday, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike. The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The killing of Hamas leader Saleh Al Arouri will intensify the resistance of Palestinians, say people interviewed by AFP in Rafah. Mahdi Abou Muhamaad is a young resident of Rafah. He thinks the assassination will intensify the Hamas resistance “because al-Aruri is a man of stature. His assassination is not ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A prominent economist says Israel is heading towards a recession because of the uncertainties surrounding its war on Gaza. “I think that most chances are that this will be a recession and might be a deep recession too because the amount of uncertainty in our life is still there,” said Joseph Zeira, a […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Fayza Abdul Aziz, 11, and Mira Ayash, 8, two Palestinian girls who were injured in separate Israeli attacks in the southern Gaza Strip, are currently hospitalized at the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis City. The scenes of the Israeli bombardment haunt the girls in the form of “terrifying nightmares...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli ministers have rejected US criticism of their calls for expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said 70% of Israelis support a “humanitarian solution” for encouraging the emigration of Gazans. “Two million people [Palestinians in Gaza] wake up every mornin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is holding secret talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging the Central African country to take in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli media has reported. According to the Times of Israel news website, Israeli officials held talks with officials in DR Congo and other African nations to accept [...
