ISTANBUL (AA) – China has expressed its “deep” disappointment over the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation. “China is deeply disappointed at the US blocking a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation,” said Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry. The Secu...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden on Thursday dodged a reporter’s question on whether Israel is acting in line with the laws of war in Gaza. “Mr. President, are Israelis operating within the laws of war that you talked about last week,” a reporter asked Biden. Instead of answering the question, Biden said, “Good t...
Palestinian Territories — AFP At least 3,785 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday. Some 1,524 children and 1,000 women are among those killed in the relentless Israeli air strikes, the ministry said, adding another 12,493 people have ...
– RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Amid continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have rounded up 120 Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, a local nongovernmental organization reported on Thursday. “Former parliamentarians and Hamas leaders were among the detainees,” Amani Sarahneh, a spokeswoman for the P...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization called Thursday for a daily flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip beyond the first convoy readying near the border — including fuel to keep hospitals running. Egypt’s state-linked television Al Qahera News reported that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and ...
ANKARA (AA) – Police asked a restaurant in southeastern France to turn off its “Hamas Tacos” sign after it malfunctioned, media reports said Thursday. The sign on the restaurant in the town of Valence turned from “Chamas Tacos” to “Hamas Tacos” because the letter “C” was not lighting up, according to t...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip desperately await the arrival of aid trucks promised under a deal US President Joe Biden struck with Egypt and Israel. The war on Gaza — sparked by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that officials said has claimed more than 1,400 lives — has […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Nine Palestinians, including two teenagers, were shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. A ministry statement said a 16-year-old Palestinian was shot in the head in Tulkarm, while a 32-year-old man was shot in the chest in the town of Budrus west of […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday pressed Israel to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza as he stepped up a campaign by Western leaders to reinforce support for Israel after attacks by Hamas. Sunak, following visits this week by US President Joe Biden and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scho...
Palestinian Territories-AFP US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter war-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of tru...