GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, on Saturday published video clips showing a number of its fighters inside Israeli military sites. Referring to its fighters, the Brigades said: “These are of the elite of the Al-Qassam forces inside the occupied territories during the ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday described the operation against Israel a “heroic epic” in response to aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque. “In these historical moments, we are engaged in a heroic epic for the sake of Al-Aqsa Mosque, our sanctities, and our prisoners,” Haniyeh ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed to have captured a number of Israeli soldiers on Saturday after launching an operation against Israel. The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, claimed capturing a number of Israeli soldiers. “We have captured many Zionist soldiers who are now our prisoners,” Abu Hamza, ...
GAZA: Hamas on Saturday launched an unprecedented attack against Israel, killing at least 100, according to BBC. At least 40 people have been killed in Israel during fighting with Palestinians on Saturday, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said in a statement. “Since the morning hours, MDA teams provided medical care to ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel late on Thursday announced a complete closure of the Palestinian territories during the two-day Jewish Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah) holiday. The coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Ghassan Alyan, said in a statement that based on a security assessment and the political level directives, a comple...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The health ministry said two men were killed by “occupation (Israeli) bullets near Tulkarem” in the northern West Bank. They were named as Abdul Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthaifa Faris, 27...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP An Israeli minister on Wednesday hailed his country’s “blossoming ties” with Saudi Arabia during a visit to Riyadh amid ongoing US-brokered negotiations to establish formal relations. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi this week became the second Israeli cabinet member to formally visit the ...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has sent a memo of protest to Israel over settler incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. More than 1,000 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint site on Wednesday on the 5th day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which will end on October 6. […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A nongovernmental organization said on Wednesday some 1,300 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails started a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian detainee Kayed al-Fasfous. The Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement that 1,300 Palestinian detainees held under the notorious Israeli administr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday called for allowing settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem around the clock. More than 500 settlers entered the flashpoint site on Tuesday on the fourth day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to the Islamic Waqf Dep...