The US Navy spent nearly $1 billion in munitions in responding to attacks on Navy ships and commercial vessels in the past six months in the Middle East. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that the munitions are “extremely important”. He said they have countered more than 130 direct attac...
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, which is marked on April 17, reports revealed a 130 percent surge in the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons since October 7. A Palestinian official noted that the number before that date was nearly 5,000. It now stands at over 12,000. The Palestinian media office reported that more than 5,0...
At least 56 Palestinians were killed and 89 injured in 24 hours in Gaza as Israeli strikes continued. Attacks targeted civilian areas including a playground and a market in Maghazi refugee camp. The Israeli army says it conducted more than 40 raids across Gaza, claiming to target Palestinian resistance infrastructure. Meanwhile, an Israeli str...
Ankara, Turkey — AFP Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the main person to blame for Iran’s first direct attack on Israel. “The main person responsible for the tension that gripped our hearts on the evening of April 13 is Netanyahu and his bloody administ...
Brussels, Belgium — AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that Brussels is starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after its attack on Israel. Speaking after an emergency online meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell said the bloc would look to toughen measures against Iran’s supplies of weaponry — in...
Washington, United States – AFP US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of further sanctions targeting Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, saying she expects Washington will take added action “in the coming days.” “I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action aga...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid dragging the Middle East region into more escalation with Iran. Iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday in response to the April 1 attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, in which at least […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malak Haniyeh, the granddaughter of Hamas’s political bureau chairman Ismail Haniyeh, has succumbed to injuries sustained in an Israeli strike that killed other family members on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr, according to medical sources. Three sons of Haniyeh, along with several of his grandc...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel’s army said Monday four of its troops were wounded inside Lebanese territory after Hezbollah said it had targeted a group of Israeli soldiers with “explosive devices” when they crossed the border. It is the first time Hezbollah has claimed such an attack during six months of near-daily cross...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Monday condemned the murder of a 14-year-old Israeli boy in the occupied West Bank, as well as the subsequent spike in violence in the Palestinian territory. “We strongly condemn the murder of 14-year-old Israeli Benjamin Achimeir and extend our sympathies to his family and frien...
