GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Wala Barbakh was shocked when the Israeli army took the body of her daughter, Jana, 14, from a grave after she was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Barbakh, who was displaced from the city with her family to Rafah in the southernmost part […]
– ANKARA (AA) – Images of stray animals feeding on the lifeless bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have caused outrage on social media. The footage, reportedly from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, shows the lifeless bodies of some Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks. The camera show [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that Spanish troops will leave Iraq whenever the government in Baghdad wants. Speaking from Baghdad after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Jose Manuel Albares said Spain is “ready to stand” with Iraq in military missions against Daesh/ISIS and to support Iraq’s sove...
BERLIN (AA) – Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen lashed out at Israel for failing to protect civilians in Gaza, joining international calls for an immediate cease-fire. “No, the time for (Israel’s) self-defense is over. I say very clearly: Enough is enough now, the civilian population in Gaza needs an immediate humanitarian ceasef...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is considering a decision not to extend a water agreement with Jordan due to Amman’s criticism of a deadly Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli media. “The Energy Ministry is looking into a decision not to extend the water agreement with Jordan over anti-Israel statements from […...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A delegation from the British-Arab community met with South African High Commissioner to the UK Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo and commended South Africa’s stance against Israeli attacks on Gaza. Al-Arab in UK platform (AUK) said that the meeting provided an opportunity to express the community’s gratitude to South ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Thursday, taking the number of Palestinians killed in the region to 373 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 24-year-old man was killed by Israeli fire in the town of Bireh al-Basha near […]
LONDON (AA) – The British foreign secretary stressed the need Thursday for increasing the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip which faces an “unimaginable” scale of suffering. David Cameron announced that the UK and Qatar are working to get more aid into the besieged enclave, with the first joint consignment containi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli forces rounded up 35 more Palestinians across the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The detentions took place in several areas in the occupied territory, including Tulkarem, Nablus, Salfit, Jenin, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Hebron, and Jericho, the Commission of Detain...
