Tel Aviv, Israel – AFP US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday it is not appropriate for Israel to occupy Gaza in the long-term, as speculation mounts over the post-war future of the territory. “We do not believe that it makes sense for Israel, or is right for Israel, to occupy Gaza, reoccupy Gaza […]
Tel Aviv, Israel – AFP US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday Yemen’s Houthi rebels are a “threat to freedom of navigation to commercial shipping”, after the Iran-backed group claimed a series of attacks. “The United States is working with the international community, with partners from the region ...
ANKARA (AA) – At least five Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Palestinian media reported. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that “five people were killed and dozens others injured at dawn on Friday in [&...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – With limited aid reaching Gaza, Palestinians who have survived Israeli bombings now face the prospect of hunger and thirst. At least 18,787 Palestinians have been killed and over 50,594 others injured in the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in Gaza has said. – [&h...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said that any plan for post-war Gaza that does not involve Hamas is just a “delusion”. “Any arrangement in Gaza or in the Palestinian cause without Hamas or the resistance factions is a delusion,” said Haniyeh in a televised speech. Haniyeh’s comme...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Another Israeli soldier has been killed in combat with Palestinian resistance fighters in the southern Gaza Strip, the army has said. A military statement said a soldier from the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade’s 8104th Battalion was killed when an anti-tank missile hit his tank on Wednesday. Ten Israeli soldiers were...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 3,714 Palestinian students have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since October 7, the Ministry of Education has said. The ministry said 3,679 students were killed and 5,429 others injured in Israel in the Gaza Strip, while 35 students lost their lives […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday said he found the Israeli ambassador’s statement ruling out a two-state solution “disappointing.” Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, told Sky News that Israel would not accept a two-state solution when the war in Gaza ended. Questioned for the ...
RABAT – AFP If Israel loses the war of communication, it is seriously jeopardising its future, said former French president Nicolas Sarkozy at a conference in Rabat on Wednesday. “I’m trying to be honest in what I say. . . . Israel will win every military war. But if it loses the war of communication, […]
Wearing masks and sunglasses to protect their anonymity, a group of staff members of the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris administration lay down flowers outside the White House on Wednesday during a vigil to call for cease-fire in Gaza. “Over 800 of us have signed a letter to the president, vice president and cabinet members […]
