TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of war expansion in the region if Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke by phone with European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell about the latest developments on Israel’s a...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian teenager who received serious bullet wounds from the Israeli army last month died of his wounds on Saturday after being admitted to a hospital in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, for 23 days. “Sharif Al-Shaer, 16, died as a result of being shot by occupation bullets in Jenin,” […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has compared the “genocide of the Palestinian people” to the future of countries in the Global South in the face of the climate crisis. “Genocide and barbaric acts unleashed against the Palestinian people is what awaits those who are fleeing the south because of the climate crisis...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has blamed Israel for the country’s climate crisis, saying the Israeli army’s aggressive use of bombings, particularly phosphorus weapons, has caused irreparable damage to more than 5,000 square meters of agricultural land and forests. “The serious environmental deterioration in Le...
Jerusalem – AFP Israel has killed at least 240 people and injured another 650 since early Friday, the Hamas government in Gaza said Saturday. The deaths occurred as a result of “hundreds of air strikes, artillery and navy bombardments, everywhere in the Gaza Strip”, Hamas said in a statement, adding that Israeli forces had &#...
LONDON (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said that the deliveries of essential supplies to Gaza must “urgently resume.” “Deliveries of essential supplies to #Gaza must urgently resume and be restored at least to levels reached during the recent truce – but much more than that is needed,” Tedros Adhano...
MADRID (AA) – In Spain, Israel’s attacks on Gaza stirred up more interest in Islam and the conflict in the Middle East, according to a local Muslim leader. Umar del Pozo, head of the Association of Islamic Community in Spain and of the Granada Mosque Foundation, shared that the Palestinian issue raised questions in people’s [&helli...
CAIRO (AA) – Qatar has said that negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides for the resumption of the humanitarian pause in Gaza are still ongoing. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Qatar “expresses its deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip following the end of the […]...
GENEVA (AA) — The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is “catastrophic,” the UN human rights chief has said, urging all parties to ensure an immediate cease-fire. “I urge all parties and States with influence over them to redouble efforts, immediately, to ensure a ceasefire — on humanitarian and human rights grounds,” Vol...
– JERUSALEM (AA) – Following the resumption of attacks on the Gaza Strip after the end of the humanitarian pause on Friday morning, rightwing extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for “crushing Gaza with all force.” The leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party said on X: “For the sake of the […]...
