Israel released 34 Palestinian detainees on Thursday, who showed signs of torture as well as extreme weakness and exhaustion. They were brought to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza after being released via the Kerem Shalom border crossing. Sources told Anadolu news agency that they had been arrested by the Israeli [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has announced the commencement of military exercises in the southern Golan Heights and northern Jordan Valley. In a statement, the Israeli army said: “In the coming hours, a military drill will begin in two separate areas in the northern Jordan Valley and the southern Golan Heights as part of […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese civil defense teams came under fire while looking for people trapped under rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, local media said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Israeli artillery shelling targeted civil defense teams in Naqoura while searching the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area. The teams w...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A key Republican ally of President-elect Donald Trump introduced legislation Thursday in the Senate that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from using “West Bank” to refer to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Sen. Tom Cotton’s legislation would mandate the federal government r...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The bodies of 16 people have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, local media said. Nine bodies were retrieved by Civil Defense teams in the town of Chamaa, six in Bayyada, and one in Naqoura, the state news agency NNA reported. The broadcaster said that efforts […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has verbally attacked a report by human rights group Amnesty International accusing Tel Aviv of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The UK-based organization said that it has found “sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians have been killed and eight others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, a medical source said. Israeli fighter jets hit a house next to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia, leaving seven people dead and five others injured, […]
GENEVA (AA) — Qatar’s prime minister said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants a cease-fire in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20. In an interview with Sky News, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani confirmed that Trump had clearly stated his intention to see Israel’s war on Gaza resolved before his swe...
ATHENS (AA) – Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released on Thursday. “Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” the UK-based...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has claimed to have killed a Hezbollah representative to the Syrian regime in an airstrike in the capital Damascus. In a statement, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee identified the representative as Salman Nimer Juma’a. “Juma’a played a pivotal role, on behalf of Hezbollah, within the Syrian military ...
