RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied southern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Eyad Ayed Abdel-Najjar, 46, died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the Jinba area near Yatta, south of Hebron, a ministry statement said. Witnesses said that [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah have forced most water wells out of service, resulting in an 85% water shortfall, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. The Israeli army has demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir al-Balah that was previously designated [&helli...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine strongly denounced a call by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday to build a synagogue inside the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem as an attempt to drag the region into a “religious war.” “The Palestinian people will not accept any harm to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes targeting homes and a school sheltering displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone hit a house in western Gaza City, killing five people, including two children and a woman, and injuring 15 […...
SAANA, Yemen (AA) – A report issued Sunday by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) revealed that Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah Port on July 20 destroyed around 800,000 liters of fuel belonging to the organization. “Close to 800,000 liters of WFP-owned fuel for its on-demand services was destroyed by airstri...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced late Sunday his group’s “success” in its military response to Israel’s assassination of top commander Fuad Shukr, accusing Tel Aviv of “lying and failing.” “We identified the Galilot base as the primary target of our operation. It houses Unit 8200, whi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US continues to “work tirelessly” to conclude a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged intense cross-border fire overnight, an official said Sunday. “A cease-fire in Gaza could also help to reduce tensions along the Blue Line (that marks the frontier between...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian was killed Sunday by the Israeli army, claiming he attempted a car-ramming attack near the illegal Ari’el settlement in the northern occupied West Bank. “A report was received about an attack from a passing vehicle at the Ari’el intersection, and the attacker was killed immediately,” the Israeli army said i...
Beit Jala, Occupied Palestinian Territories- AFP Flanked by smartphone-wielding peace activists, members of an evicted Palestinian family marched onto land seized by armed Israeli settlers, shouting “Out! Out!” as they livestreamed the confrontation on Instagram. After Israeli security forces turned them away, they retreated to the...
UN BASE 964 — AFP On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish UN peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone. Several Blue Helmets have been wounded in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, which has also left dozens of Lebanese civilians dead in...
