ISTANBUL (AA) – Since October 7, at least 133 infants less than one year old have been killed in the Gaza Strip, which Israel has now been bombing for over 24 days. On October 26, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza released a 212-page report that lists the names, identification and ages of those killed […]
Belfast, United Kingdom — AFP Northern Ireland may be thousands of miles from the Middle East, but signs of the current heightened conflict can be seen on the streets of the British province. Palestinian and Israeli flags flutter in pro-Irish and pro-UK neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, tapping into its own history of conflict and divi...
BERLIN (AA) – Israel has criticized Germany for not rejecting a UN resolution which called for an urgent humanitarian truce in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Berlin, Ron Prosor, said Germany’s decision last week to abstain in the UN General Assembly vote was “more than disappointing” for his country. “Friday’s abstention is morally w...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli media said Tuesday that a projectile had been intercepted over the Red Sea before infiltrating Israeli territory. The projectile was possibly launched from Yemen, triggering air-raid sirens to sound in the coastal city of Eilat, public broadcaster KAN said. The Israeli army confirmed that it had identified an “aerial t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Hundreds of people took to a Cleveland City Council meeting to accuse the Ohio city’s mayor of supporting what they said is “genocide” in Gaza. “We charge you with genocide. Mayor Bibb, you can’t hide,” the protesters chanted in the council chambers, according to video of the Monday night meeting that ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted during congressional testimony Tuesday by protesters demanding the Biden administration act to bring an immediate cease-fire to the besieged Gaza Strip. Protesters demanding a halt to Israeli attacks on Gaza repeatedly interrupted him as he testified before th...
Israel-Hamas war: Day 25 Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 100 people in the Jabalia camp in Gaza. Most victims were from the same families, including women and children. The director of Gaza’s Civil Defense reported the camp was “completely destroyed.” Images and videos depict badly damaged buildings and rescue workers searching for sur...
Palestinian Territories – AFP As even Israel’s staunchest allies voiced concern about the dire humanitarian crisis in southern Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA said on Tuesday there was not nearly enough aid to meet the “unprecedented” needs. Hisham Adwan, Gaza director of the Rafah crossing with Egypt...
Arura, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Israeli army demolished the West Bank home of exiled Hamas number two Saleh al-Aruri with explosives on Tuesday. The Israeli military said forces entered the village of Arura, near Ramallah, and shot at people who were “hurling” rocks towards them during the demolition. Aruri is accuse...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) — Lebanese pro-Palestinian resistance group Hezbollah has said that one of its members was killed in a border clash with Israeli forces. The Hezbollah member was killed in the southern Lebanese town of Chaqra, the group said in a statement, without providing details about the circumstances leading to his death. Amid the [&...
