JERUSALEM (AA/AFP) – Nine Israelis were injured on Sunday as they rushed to shelters following the launch of a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen towards central Israel. Yemen’s Houthis claimed a missile attack on central Israel hours after the Israeli military said a missile fell into an open area, causing no injuries. The Houthis &#...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000 displaced people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border would displace “hundreds of thousands” more. Naim Qassem, number two in the Lebanese group, was speaking after Defence Minister ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP A senior UN official said Saturday that teachers and other UN staff working in Gaza fear they are now targets after an Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in the territory this week. Wednesday’s strike on the UN-run Al-Jawni School in central Gaza, which is housing displaced Palestinians, kille...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed five Palestinians in an attack on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Saturday. The Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants. Thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war, now in its 12th month, have sought shelter in the Shuhada al-Zeitun school, said Mahmud Bassa...
Tubas, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP The families of Palestinians killed in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas held funerals on Friday after Israeli forces withdrew following their latest raid in the territory. The Israeli military had said earlier in a statement on Wednesday that its forces were engaged in [&...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s war on Gaza has decimated the occupied Strip and devastated Gaza’s economy, shrinking it to less than one-sixth of its 2022 level, amid an “alarming decline” in the West Bank, the UN has said. Since Israel launched its genocidal offensive on the Gaza Strip more than 11 months ago...
The Biden administration has approved a $164.6 million military equipment sale to Israel, including heavy-duty tank trailers. This move comes amid Israel’s ongoing Gaza war and violence in the West Bank. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced deliveries are expected by 2027. Despite criticism, the U.S. remains committed to bolsterin...
ANKARA (AA) – Chile has officially filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip. Chile’s intervention, submitted under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, asserts its interest in the ...
LONDON (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in an advisory opinion in July that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end as soon as possible and that third countries must do nothing to aid or assist that occupation. Norway’s $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Patty Murray and Representative Pramila Jayapal have urged the Biden administration to conduct an independent, US-led investigation into the killing last week of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “Our hearts are with her family, friends, colleagues and co...