ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday to push for a cease-fire agreement, reported Israeli media. Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation said that Blinken’s expected visit is the ninth of its kind since Israel waged its deadly war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. During his […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is pushing the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the issuance of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. Official sources said Tel Aviv is putting diplomatic pressure on The Hague-based court ...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month. The Islamic republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for [&hellip...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel vowed to “eliminate” new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind of the October 7 attack as its war on Gaza entered its 11th month on Wednesday. The naming of Sinwar to lead Hamas came as Israel braced for potential Iranian retaliation over the killing of his predecessor Ismael Haniy...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas will continue Gaza cease-fire negotiations after the selection of Yahya Sinwar as its new political chief, a group leader said on Wednesday. “The negotiations were managed by the leadership, and Sinwar was not far from the negotiation process. He was part of its details,” Osama Hamdan told Anadolu. Hamas named Sinwa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has added new conditions to a proposed deal with Hamas, including exiling around 150 Palestinian prisoners from the country, Channel 13 reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources. According to the sources, the prisoners are accused of killing Israelis. For months, the US, Qatar and ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Hezbollah has said that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside the building in Beirut’s southern suburbs hit by Israel the other day and that his fate was still unknown. The Israeli military claimed that its Tuesday strike had “eliminated” Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander it said was respo...
ANKARA (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has urged the Biden administration to address Israeli war crimes after soldiers destroyed a Gaza water reservoir and new reports of sexual abuse at an Israeli prison emerged. “Every day that the Biden administrat...
BEIRUT (AA) – Flights at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport have resumed after airlines reported delays and cancellations. The airport’s online data indicated that several flights landed on Monday morning from key destinations, including Amman, Dubai, Doha, and Larnaca. However, morning departures from the airport pr...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people Saturday, while a rocket fired from Lebanon killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. The latest strike on a school in Gaza came after a days-long military operation further south that killed around 170, said [&h...
