Tashkent, Uzbekistan – AFP Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan hardened his tone against both Israel and the West at a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation on Thursday. The leaders of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and other Central Asian states met in Uzbekistan for the ECO summit. While not on the official agenda, Isr...
Paris, France – AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday opened a conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza by calling for a “ceasefire”, echoed by other delegates looking to support the Palestinian territory under bombardment by Israel since the October 7 attack by Hamas. “In the immediate term, we need to work o...
ROME (AA) – Italian navy ship Vulcano, equipped with hospital instruments and operating rooms, has been deployed to the Middle East to receive and treat wounded people from Gaza, the defense minister has said. Guido Crosetto said the hospital ship will first head to Cyprus island and then as close as possible to the besieged […]
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have damaged two more mosques in Khan Yunis, bringing the total number of damaged mosques to 136 and completely destroyed mosques to 59, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry. Ikrami al-Mudallal, spokesman for the Ministry of Endowments in the Gaza Strip, said: “The number of mosques completely demolis...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN has demanded respect for the Gaza Strip’s territorial integrity as Israel continues to carry out strikes against the Palestinian enclave. “The integrity of Gaza needs to be respected. It is clear right now that no place in Gaza is safe,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference on [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that the Rafah border crossing remains closed because of a “security circumstance.” “Our understanding is that given a security circumstance that brought the border closing, Rafah border crossing remains closed today,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday. “But this ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Qatar is mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the potential release of a number of people held in Gaza by Hamas in exchange for a humanitarian pause, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. “Negotiations mediated by the Qataris in coordination with the US are ongoing to secure the […...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel not to reoccupy Gaza once its war against the Palestinians ends. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would take “overall security responsibility” for the territory following its war against Palestine. Key ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in the West Bank since October 7. A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members. According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Tourism in Israel fell by 76% annually in October because of the war on Palestine and the cancellation of the majority of flights to and from Tel Aviv, according to a report by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The report noted that 89,700 tourists visited Israel in October, with the majority […]
