TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh, saying Iran considers it a duty to “avenge the dear guest’s blood.” The statement came hours after Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian detainee sexually abused by Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman Prison in the Negev desert has been transferred to an Israeli hospital in critical condition, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN has said. The state-run broadcaster did not reveal the name of the prisoner. The broadcaster said that the victim was [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Authorities in France have launched an investigation after people attending the 2024 Paris Olympics displayed a banner protesting the Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza during a football match between Israel and Paraguay. The fans, who carried Palestinian flags and a banner reading “Genocide Olympics,” are being probed fo...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian prisoner was sexually abused by Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman Prison in the Negev desert in southern Israel, according to Israeli media. Israeli public broadcaster KAN, citing a security source, said the victim was finally taken to a hospital with severe injuries to an intimate body part, which left [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the ravaged Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City face immense difficulties trying to survive amid a lack of basic services, food shortages, a water crisis and infrastructure destruction as the Israeli onslaught enters its 10th month. Abu Mohammad Hajila, 44, sits on the rubble of a destro...
ANKARA (AA) – At least nine Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack in the southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said that they received nine Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli army bombing of two houses in southern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli security minister has said that “there will be no halt to the war” amid the US vice president’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza. The daily Haaretz reported earlier on Thursday that after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, US Vice President and presidenti...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia, Canada and New Zealand have called for an “urgent” cease-fire in Gaza, which has been under attack by Israel for about ten months. In a joint statement, the three nations said the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic.” “The human suffering is unacceptable. It cannot continue,” the statement said. Crit...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly criticized allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech at the US Congress, accusing him of “distorting facts” over his war conduct in Gaza. In a statement, Hamas slammed what it said “giving him an opportunity to polish his f...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has killed at least 589 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. In its statement, the ministry noted that some 142 children were among the slain. Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry announced that three Palestinians were killed by [&hel...
