JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed on Friday that Hamas handed over 13 Israeli prisoner in Gaza to the Red Cross and were taken to the Egyptian side of the border. “The Israeli prisoner are in the hands of the Red Cross,” the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said. The Israeli prisoner will be transferred by helicopters […]...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A four-day pause in Israel’s war against Palestine took effect at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) on Friday. The truce agreement, negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, brought the first pause in a seven-week-old war during which Israel has killed more than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them child...
VATICAN (AA) – A dispute has erupted over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe the situation in Gaza during a meeting with Palestinians. Palestinian families whose relatives are being held in Israeli prisons met with the pontiff at his Vatican residence. “When we shared the stories of the families that have bee...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The return of Israeli prisoners and the suspension of hostilities between Israel and Hamas are steps toward eventual peace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. “This is an important bit of progress, but we have to redouble our efforts now to get toward a lasting peace,” Trudeau told reporters on […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to resign from the government if fighting does not resume following the end of the four-day humanitarian pause announced after the hostage-exchange agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership. Ben-Gvir made the statement...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone to discuss the new deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The two sides discussed ways to stop the dangerous military escalation in Gaza and its […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli activist and writer Miko Peled, the grandson of a signatory to the Jewish state’s 1948 Declaration of Independence, has criticized Israel’s policies towards Palestine, asserting that “they cannot defeat the Palestinians.” The author, whose father served as a general in the Six-Day War of 19...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that “the number of Palestinian deaths is unacceptable,” according to Spanish daily El Pais. In a meeting with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Sanchez urged Israel to distinguish between civilian and military targets. While acknowledgin...
JERUSALEM: British Foreign Minister David Cameron on Thursday reiterated his country’s support to Israel, saying “we stand with the people of Israel in sympathy for what you have gone through”. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to Jerusalem, he said: “There’s never an exc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the prisoner swap with Hamas will not include the release of Palestinians sentenced for killing Israelis. Netanyahu, addressing a news conference, also said that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be allowed to visit the other captives in Gaza to pro...