NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian has been killed by the Israeli army’s fire near the West Bank city of Nablus, according to local media. Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Furik east of Nablus, triggering clashes with angry Palestinians, witnesses said. A young man was shot in the abdomen during the raid and […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday stormed into the city of Qalqilya, northern the occupied West Bank, and raided several homes in the city. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli army deployed its snipers on the houses’ roofs, and imposed a closure on several neighborhoods in Qalqilya. As a result of the ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Maj. Gen. Itzhak Brik has revealed the “total chaos” suffered by soldiers in the Gaza Strip in terms of the availability of equipment and logistical services needed for war. Brik, a former military general, told the Israeli daily Maariv about the “total chaos in Israeli army ranks that is...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has voiced deep concern over a report by UN experts that brought to light the possibility that the Israeli army committed serious violations against Palestinian women and girls, including crimes of sexual assault. “UN experts appalled by reported human rights v...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 150 patients are crammed in rooms and corridors of the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces arrested 70 medical staff and refused to evacuate the patients for treatment in other hospitals, the Gaza Health Ministry said […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Dutch non-governmental group has filed a complaint with prosecutors against dual nationals who allegedly committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip after joining the Israeli army. The March 30 Movement, represented by attorney Haroon Raza, formally lodged a complaint against Leah Rachmani, who posted on social media during her Is...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday night bombed an Assad regime arms depot in southern Syria, it announced. “Overnight, in response to launches from Syria toward the southern Golan Heights which didn’t cross into Israeli territory, IDF (Israeli army) artillery struck the area of the fire, and fighter jets struck a weapons storage [&he...
Palestinian Territories – AFP There was growing concern Friday over a key Gaza hospital a day after a raid by the Israeli army, with the health ministry saying several patients had died there due to a lack of oxygen. The health ministry said the power was cut off and the generators stopped after the raid […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli soldiers inscribed hate graffiti on destroyed buildings before their pullout from Gaza City, according to witnesses. “Soldiers painted hate speech such as ‘Gaza cemetery’ and ‘memory of destruction’ on walls of destroyed homes,” an eyewitness reported. Last week, Israeli army forces pulled out from several n...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A teenager was killed, and three others were injured on Friday when the Israeli army opened fire on Palestinians near Nablus city in the northern West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain Palestinian as 17-year-old Muath Ashraf Bani Shamsa. Separately, the Palestinian Red Crescen...