ISTANBUL (AA) – Recent revelations by a French lawmaker and the South African government, as well as media reports of a Spanish mercenary in the Israeli army, have sparked a debate about the Israeli army’s employing mercenaries for attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7. Israel has a history of using mercenaries from various […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Monday voiced solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip who have been devastated by Israeli attacks. “This year, we get to Christmas with very heavy hearts and we share the pain of those families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones,” Salah wrote on […]
LONDON (AA) – Pope Francis on Monday voiced concern over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and prayed for an end to the war which is “devastating the lives of people in Israel and Palestine.” During his address at the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the pontiff offered his consolation to the people [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces detained 35 more Palestinians in West Bank on Monday, taking the tally of detainees in the occupied territory to 4,730 since Oct. 7, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The arrests took place in the cities of Nablus, Tulkarem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and East Jerusalem, the Commission for Detai...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas on Monday accused Israel of terrorizing civilians in the Gaza Strip over its military defeat in the enclave. The accusation came shortly after at least 70 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to health authorities. “Whe...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in attacks on the Gaza Strip has surged to 20,674, the Health Ministry in the territory said Monday. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra also said that 54,536 people have been injured in the months-long offensive. Israel continues to bombard the Gaza Strip from the [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army announced Sunday evening that it retrieved the bodies of five Israelis from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The announcement came a day after the Al-Qassam Brigades said that it lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli prisoners and that they might have been killed in Israeli […]
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency warned Sunday that a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip may do little without a truce. “It is welcome, but only time will tell what real difference this resolution is going to make,” Juliette Touma, a spokesperson for [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — At least 47 Palestinians have been killed in the southern Gaza Strip in Israeli attacks since Saturday evening. At least 40 Palestinians were killed and dozens others were injured in Israeli bombing of homes in the central region of the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency […]
ATHENS (AA) – The Israeli army has executed dozens of elderly people in Gaza since October 7, according to a human rights watchdog. In a statement, Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that 1,049 elderly men and women have been killed so far —about 1% of the estimated 107,000 elderly people who live in the […]
