BRUSSELS (AA) – The Walloon government in Belgium decided to ban arms delivery to Israel via airports on Tuesday because of pressure from non-governmental organizations. Anais Mangon, spokesperson for Minister-President of Wallonia Elio Di Rupo, confirmed the move to Anadolu. “In view of the situation in Gaza and the decisions of the Int...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt’s military said Monday that a border guard was killed in a shooting in the Rafah border area with Gaza, where Israeli forces are deployed, adding that a probe had been launched. “The Egyptian armed forces, through the competent authorities, are investigating a shooting incident in the Rafah border are...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel again bombarded Gaza’s far-southern Rafah area on Tuesday despite a global storm of outrage over a strike that set ablaze a crowded tent city, killing 45 people according to Palestinian officials. The strike, which Gaza medics said also left hundreds of civilians with shrapnel and burn wo...
Ottawa, Canada – AFP Canada is “horrified” by the deaths of civilians from an Israeli air strike on a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a social media post, calling for a cease-fire. “The images coming out of Rafah are horrific and heartbreaking,” Joly said in a se...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s death toll from relentless Israeli attacks since last October has reached 36,050, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave has said. At least 81,026 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added in a statement. “Israeli forces killed 33 people, injured 383 others in seven ‘massac...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has said it assumed that the Israeli airstrike on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, which killed at least 40 Palestinians, was a “mistake.” Investigations are currently underway in Israel to determine whether it was a targeted attack, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said at a press briefing in Berlin. “In...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP Recognising the State of Palestine “is justice for the Palestinian people (and) the best guarantee of security for Israel,” Spain’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said Sunday alongside Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa. Welcoming Spain’s move, with Norway and Ireland, to rec...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israeli strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday killed five people, official media and a source close to Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded regular cross-border fire with Israel since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel. Lebanon’s official National News...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel is imposing collective punishment on Gaza, said International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, emphasizing that no one has immunity to commit war crimes or crimes against humanity. In an interview with the British newspaper The Sunday Times, Khan discussed the reactions following his move to seek a...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – Groups in the Netherlands gathered Sunday outside Starbucks branches in various cities to protest Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. One group gathered in front of the company’s outlet in Rotterdam city center. Hanging posters with slogans like “Starbucks prepares drinks for genocide” an...
