Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday there was no “humanitarian catastrophe” in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. It came as Palestinians commemorated the 76th anniversary of the ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Lebanon’s pro-Palestine resistance group Hezbollah says it launched on Thursday “more than 60” rockets at Israeli military positions in retaliation for overnight air strikes on the country’s east. Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire following the October 7 launch of...
Jerusalem – AFP Ignoring warnings by top US officials, Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that more troops would “enter Rafah” as military operations intensify in Gaza’s far-southern city. The operation in Rafah “will continue as additional forces will enter” the area, Gallant said, a...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops shot and killed three men in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said early Thursday. Several others were injured in the town of Tulkarm in the northwest of the territory, the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry told AFP. “3 martyrs shot by the occupation fo...
Jerusalem – AFP US troops early Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, meant to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military said. “Today at approximately 7:40 am (0440 GMT) United States Central Command personnel supporting the humanitarian mission to deliv...
Istanbul, Turkey — AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that Israel would “set its sights” on Turkey if it succeeded in defeating Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Erdogan, a vocal critic of Israel’s unprecedented war on Gaza, has often expressed support for the Palestinian group as defenders of their homeland....
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) group peacefully concluded its 20-day sit-in in Harvard Yard, ending the university’s prominent Free Palestine protest. Negotiations between University President Alan Garber and HOOP organizers led to an agreement. Harvard has committed to reinstating at least 22 students on involuntary leaves of abse...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN said that it was disturbed by reports of illegal Israeli settlers storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem and raising an Israeli flag in the courtyards. “We’re aware of these reports, which are very disturbing as you know, we always have called for and continue to call for [&hel...
ANKARA/LONDON (AA) – Police stormed the Free Palestine Movement camp at the University of Geneva and violently dispersed the protesting students. The protests had started on the campus last week, according to the daily Le Temps. Cleaning work started in the building after police broke up the protest camp. The students started protesting ...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The United Nations says it had informed the Israeli authorities of the movements of a vehicle carrying UN staff which was hit in southern Gaza, killing an Indian. One UN security services member was killed and another wounded in the attack, the United Nations said, marking the first death of a […]
