Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Anti-rocket sirens followed by the sound of blasts were heard Monday in Jerusalem, AFP journalists said, as Israel’s army battled Hamas in southern towns for the third consecutive day. The army also pressed on with air strikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting the Palestinians Hamas group which had launched a ...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 493, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday. It also said the number of injured people surged to 2,751. The Interior Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli army has “intensified its aggression” on Gaza with hundreds of raids. [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar is holding negotiations between Palestinian groups and Israel for a possible deal on prisoner swap, an informed Palestinian source told Anadolu on Monday. “Qatar is mediating between Palestinian groups and Israel to reach a prisoner swap deal,” said the source who preferred his name not to be mentioned. Th...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians on Monday were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a public market area in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, local sources told Anadolu. The airstrike also left 120 people injured, including many in critical condition, in addition to a large-scale destruction of the area, according to the [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has blamed Iran for the surprise Hamas attack that left hundreds of Israelis dead. “Supported and directed by their proxy commanders in Iran, they (Hamas) carried out an unprovoked, heinous attack against the Jewish state on a Jewish holy day,” Herzog said in a statement. The president vowe...
WASHINGTON, DC: A US military analyst has termed the infiltration of Hamas into Israel on Saturday “one of the classic failures of technology”. Cedric Leighton, a retired US air force colonel, while talking to CNN said Hamas managed to infiltrate despite “all the surveillance techniques, the equipment, the cameras and the oth...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A general strike condemning the Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip paralyzed life in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Sunday. “The comprehensive strike includes all governorates of the West Bank, and it represents a Palestinian message of anger over the crimes of the occupation,” Wasel Abu Youssef, a member [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged conflicting sides to exercise restraint to prevent further escalation of tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border. “We urge everyone to exercise restraint and make use of UNIFIL’s liaison and coordination mechanisms to de-escalate to prevent a fast deterioration of the security situ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel has instructed its diplomats abroad to “remain in their homes” unless they receive special security clearance. In the wake of ongoing conflict with Palestine, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs put “all diplomatic missions around the world on high alert” and called on its diplomats serving in foreign cou...
RAMALLAH, Palestine/ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested an emergency ministerial-level meeting of the Arab League over the latest Israeli escalation. In a statement, the ministry said it had directed “its permanent delegation to the Arab League to request an emergency meeting of the League Council at the min...