GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas said Monday it had targeted two Israeli military bases with drones. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said two drones were fired at Hatzerim and Tze’elim military bases in southern Israel. No information was provided about casualties. The Israeli army confirmed that it had intercepted two dron...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hezbollah on Sunday said that four of its fighters were killed while fighting the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. The death toll of Hezbollah affiliates killed in fighting with the Israeli army since Oct. 7 has risen to 22. Tensions have flared along the Israeli-Lebanese border amid Israeli airstrikes against the...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — The number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7 rose to 91 on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement, it said that the General Authority for Civil Affairs, the Palestinian Authority’s contact point with the Israeli side, informed it of the death of [&hellip...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Scores of Palestinians were killed in central Gaza on Sunday as Israel stepped up its strikes on the war-torn enclave and another convoy of 17 aid trucks arrived as the Hamas-run territory faces “catastrophic” shortages. With Israel’s bombing remaining unchecked, Iran said the region...
Berlin, Germany – AFP German police have recorded more than 1,100 offences in relation to the Israel-Gaza conflict since Hamas launched its deadly attack earlier this month, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Friday. “These are preliminary figures… and investigations are underway everywhere,” Faeser told journalists in...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel is to immediately step up its strikes in Gaza to increase pressure on Hamas, a military spokesman told a press conference on Saturday. “We have to enter the next phase of the war in the best conditions, not according to what anyone tells us. From today, we are increasing the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israel arrested more than 100 Palestinians in the West Bank, which took the total number of Palestinians arrested since October 7 to 1,050, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said on Saturday. “The occupation forces arrested over 100 Palestinians from the cities and towns of the West Bank, including East Jerusa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel demanded the evacuation of 20 hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip and six have already been evacuated, an Israeli security official said on Saturday. “Four hospitals refused the evacuation orders while the rest are in the process of being evacuated,” the unnamed official told the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation....
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he was “confident that this delivery will be the start of a sustainable effor...
Tokyo, Japan — AFP Any escalation of military activities will be “catastrophic” for people in the Gaza Strip, the UN high commissioner for refugees has said. More than 4,200 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments since October 7 when Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launche...