BEIRUT (AA) – At least three people were killed and two others injured on Sunday morning after a series of intense Israeli airstrikes targeted various areas in southern Lebanon, health officials said. Israeli drones struck a car in Khiam town, and warplanes conducted a raid on the al-Tyri town and two airstrikes on the outskirts […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah announced on Sunday that it had launched hundreds of rockets and drones deep into Israel as part of the “first phase” of its response to Tel Aviv’s assassination of its senior commander Fouad Shukr. In a statement, Hezbollah said that “the first stage of our response to Shukr’s assassination [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden is “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon,” the White House said Saturday night after Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes in Lebanon in response to what it said were Hezbollah’s preparations for a large-scale assault. Biden “has been engaged with his natio...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have turned the designated “safe humanitarian zones” within the Gaza Strip into heaps of rubble and ashes, leaving only 9.5% of the territory as “safe zones” for displaced people, the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has said. According to a statement released by the authority, at the ons...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to President Joe Biden to withdraw the army one kilometer from the 14-kilometer-long Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border while leaving a minimal number of military sites in the area, according to Israeli media. The pledge comes as part of ongoing discu...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 100,000 displaced Palestinians in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in Gaza have no place to seek refuge from Israeli forces’ bombardment, as Israel destroyed 20 shelter centers over the last two days after issuing evacuation orders, the city municipality has said. In a brief statement, the ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United States said Friday that progress had been made at the latest round of Gaza truce talks, after the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border emerged as a major sticking point. The White House said CIA chief William Burns was among US officials taking part in the discussions […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli foreign minister has said that Israel will not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, claiming that such a state, mandated by the UN, would pose a “security threat” to Israel. In a post on X, Israel Katz said: “Iran and Hamas have taken over the Palestinian issue.” “A Palestinian [&helli...
American documentary producer Leyla al-Arian, renowned for her work on the struggles of Palestinians, has criticized the international community’s inaction over Israeli brutality in Gaza. The executive producer of the documentary “Night Won’t End – Biden’s War on Gaza,” voiced frustration in an interview with Anadolu news. Sh...
The high-stakes negotiations between Egyptian and Israeli delegations in Cairo aimed at brokering a cease-fire and prisoner exchange with Hamas ended in deadlock, Israeli media reports. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reports the discussions achieved no progress. The talks followed a “final bridging proposal” presented ...
