RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians arrested by Israel in the West Bank since Oct. 7 has crossed 3,290, says the Palestinian Prisoners Society. They include 125 women and 145 children, the group said. At least 168 Palestinians have been detained in the five days during the ongoing pause in the Gaza Strip. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said “flames of war” should not be “re-ignited” in Gaza. Discussing the humanitarian pause in Gaza with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday, Wang said: “China has always firmly stood on the side of peace, human conscience, and international law in t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A total of 200 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. The aid includes four fuel trucks and others carrying water, food, and medicines, Wael Abu Mohsen, media director of the Rafah crossing, told Anadolu. Qatar announced an agreement late Monday...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has said it is willing to release all the people from Israel it is holding in exchange for all the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. “We can accept the all-for-all equation regarding the detainees. If Israel is ready to release all our prisoners, then we […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A Democratic US senator called Tuesday for an “indefinite” cease-fire in Gaza to “prevent further loss of civilian life.” In a statement, Peter Welch, from the state of Vermont, said although he supports Israel’s right to pursue those who carried out the Oct. 7 attacks, Israel “must not do ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House said Tuesday there is no evidence to suggest that Hamas is attempting to use any form of leverage to hinder the departure of Americans from Gaza. “There’s no indication at all that Hamas is trying to use leverage or something to keep Americans from getting out,” National Security Counci...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel’s hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened late Tuesday to dissolve the government if the war stopped in the Gaza Strip. “Stopping the war = dissolution of the government,” Ben-Gvir said on X. His remarks coincided with reports of efforts to extend the pause in Israel’s attac...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The head of the UN pushed for a full cease-fire Tuesday in Gaza and said the pause in Israel’s attacks does not solve key problems. “First of all, I’d like to say that the truce was a step in the right direction — was a symbol of hope, but it doesn’t solve […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is urging Israel not to replicate the mass displacement of Palestinians that resulted from its invasion of the northern Gaza Strip when it pursues its campaign in the south of the coastal enclave, according to two senior American officials. The officials, who spoke Monday to reporters on condition of anonymity, [...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza are hampering aid deliveries, an EU commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, said Tuesday. Lenarcic — who is in charge of crisis management — was speaking as the EU countries and aid organisations scrambled to provide relief to Gaza’s population of 2.3 million u...
