JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his army’s priority is to “clear out the hostile forces” after Palestinian resistance group Hamas launched an operation earlier in the day. “Our first objective is to clear out the hostile forces that infiltrated our territory and restore the...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has called on Israelis and Palestinians to ‘act with restraint’ in the light of the events that took place in Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “We call on the parties to act with restraint in the light of the events in Israel this morning and to stay away from […]
LONDON (AA) – The EU has strongly condemned the recent attacks by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Israel and called for an immediate cessation of violence. Expressing deep concern over the unfolding events in Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement: “We are deeply troubled by the developments in #Israe...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel late on Thursday announced a complete closure of the Palestinian territories during the two-day Jewish Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah) holiday. The coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Ghassan Alyan, said in a statement that based on a security assessment and the political level directives, a comple...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The health ministry said two men were killed by “occupation (Israeli) bullets near Tulkarem” in the northern West Bank. They were named as Abdul Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthaifa Faris, 27...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has sent a memo of protest to Israel over settler incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. More than 1,000 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint site on Wednesday on the 5th day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which will end on October 6. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Over 1,000 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday to mark the fifth day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to a Palestinian official. “Around 1,040 settlers stormed the site,” the official with the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department tol...
HEBRON CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel shut the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday and opened it for settlers to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. “The Israeli occupation authorities closed the Ibrahimi Mosque on Monday and Tuesday due to Sukkot,” Ghassan Al-Rajabi, the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, told [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 1,100 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Monday. Sukkot is a weeklong holiday, which started September 29 and will continue until October 6, ending the annual season of Jewish holidays that had star...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians have resumed the launch of incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip into Israel for the first time since 2021. Analysts believe that the move is part of Palestinian efforts to draw attention to the 16-year-long Israeli blockade of the seaside enclave. The balloon launch came amid Palestinian protests ove...
