BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah said on Thursday another member has been killed in clashes with Israeli forces on border. The group, however, did not provide details about the circumstances leading to the death of its member. Tension has flared along the border between Israel and Lebanon, with exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezboll...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army confirmed on Thursday that 17 of its soldiers have so far been killed in Gaza, where it has ramped up air and ground attacks. It said in a statement that two soldiers succumbed to the wounds they sustained during ground operations, pushing up the death toll. Confrontations between the […]...
Israel-Hamas war: Day 27 Rocket Attacks and Israeli Response: Hamas rockets launched from Lebanon wounded at least two in Kiryat Shmona; footage showed damage with cars and shops on fire. Deployment of two drones by Hezbollah against an Israeli military position. Heavy clashes reported between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. I...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said Thursday the death toll there since the start of Israel’s airstrikes had surpassed 9,000. The ministry said 9,061 had been killed since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Of these, 3,760 were children and an additional 32,000 had been wounded, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden faced off with a heckler during a campaign event Wednesday in the state of Minnesota who called for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “As a rabbi, I need you to call for a cease-fire right now,” the heckler, identified as Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, shouted while Biden [&he...
ANKARA(AA) – North Korea is planning to provide “assistance” to Hamas in its war against Israel, South Korea’s spy agency has claimed. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told the parliamentary intelligence committee during a closed-door audit session that there have been signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called on all regional actors to play a role in reaching lasting peace in the occupied Palestine. Addressing a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Ankara, Hakan Fidan said a necessary platform should be developed to discuss comprehensive peace ...
AMMAN (AA) – Jordan has advised its citizens to refrain from traveling to Lebanon except for “extreme necessity” due to the “exceptional circumstances prevailing in the region.” In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry stated the advisory is based on emergency plans announced by Lebanese authorities. Since the war...
Israeli Attacks: Day 26 Israeli airstrikes targeted the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip twice in less than 24 hours. The strike resulted in the deaths of scores of people and the destruction of an entire apartment block. Bombs hit the residential area of Faluja. Another strike killed 12 people in the Khan Yunis area. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s finance minister has frozen the transfer of tax revenues amounting to some $188 million monthly to the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to the Israeli media. Bezalel Smotrich said the funds will be withheld over the failure of the Ramallah-based authority to condemn the October 7 cross-border incursions by the Ha...