ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 120 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Tuesday, local media reported. The Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted a medical source as saying that Israeli fighter jets attacked several Palestinian areas across the Gaza Strip, leaving at least 120 Palestinians killed including children and women. It ad...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli ministers are considering resigning to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for the cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli border towns, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported. The newspaper did not name the three ministers. “We can’t believe this situation. Netanyahu ...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden said on Monday that any discussions about a Gaza ceasefire could only take place if Hamas frees all the people it took from Israel in its October 7 attack. “We should have those prisoners released and then we can talk,” Biden said at a White House […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP More than 19,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon amid an uptick in tensions between Israel and Hezbollah at the country’s southern border, figures released Monday by a United Nations agency showed. “An increase in cross-border incidents” has resulted in the displacement of 19,646 people in Le...
ISTANBUL (AA): Israel is using a “dehumanization” strategy to justify its attacks on civilian areas in Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, according to an Israeli professor of international law and human rights. Neve Gordon, a member of the Faculty of Law at Queen Mary University ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
GENEVA (AA) – The recognition of the Palestinian state is among Spain’s far-left Sumar party’s demands to form a government with the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the party’s spokesperson said on Monday. Ernest Urtasun told a press conference that Sumar believes that there is room to close a government agreement with ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 57 Palestinian medics have been killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave has reported. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 12 hospitals and 32 healthcare centers have been forced out of service due to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of journalists killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 23, an international press freedom group has revealed. In a statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that the Israel-Palestine crisis has taken a “severe toll” on journalists, adding that among the dead are 19 Palestinian, thr...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday stressed the need for a two-state solution in Palestine, saying it is “essential” for lasting peace. “Our support for a two-state solution is highly valued across the region, but it can’t be a cliched talking point to roll out at times like this. The […]...