BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on the UN Security Council to take a “firm stance” against Israel following two waves of detonation of wireless communication devices across the country. At least 37 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured on Tuesday and Wednesday in explosions that targeted th...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the official news agency Wafa. Wafa said three young men lost their lives by Israeli fire during a military raid in the town of Qabatiya near Jenin. Israeli forces surrounded a […]
If Israel can turn pagers and walkie-talkies into bombs, more critical infrastructure such as transportation systems or even medical equipment will also become insecure, expressing the urgent need for accountability and compliance with international law Muslim Network TV Analysis BIURET, Lebanon (MNTV) – The detonation of communication d...
ANKARA (AA) – A Japanese firm on Thursday said it had stopped in 2014 producing and exporting the model of walkie-talkies used in this week’s second wave of deadly explosions in Lebanon. In a statement, Icom said they also discontinued the production of the batteries needed to operate the main unit. “The IC-V82 is a […]
BEIRUT (AA) – The death toll from two waves of wireless communication device explosions in Lebanon stood at 32 and thousands were injured, Health Minister Firas Al-Abiad said on Thursday. Thousands of pagers exploded in the capital Beirut and several areas across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including two children, and injuring 2,800...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said early Thursday that it had attacked an Israeli military site near the Lebanese-Israeli border, injuring at least eight Israelis. In a statement, Hezbollah said its fighters had targeted a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Al-Marj military site. The Israeli public broadcaster...
U.S. envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has called Israel’s murder of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank a “horrific tragedy.” She said Washington will demand that Israel provide more details from its investigation into the incident. Thomas-Greenfield also noted that President Joe Biden has ...
At least 14 people have been killed and 450 wounded in Lebanon in the latest blasts connected to communication devices, according to the Ministry of Public Health. This is a day after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah detonated across the country. The Lebanese government and Hezbollah say Israel is responsible. The UN Security Council [&h...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said that his country will not recognize Israel or establish diplomatic relations with it without a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Saudi leader made the remarks at an annual speech to the advisory Shura Council, which he gave on behalf of his father […]
GAZA CITY- (AA) – In the corridors of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in Gaza, a grim scene unfolds. Children with amputated limbs sit silently, while displaced families line the hallways, some with IV drips hanging from doorways. Dr. Mohammad Ashraf, a Palestinian emergency doctor at Gaza’s largest hospital and project of...