GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A British doctor of Palestinian origin says that medical teams in the Gaza Strip are exhausted, dealing with large numbers of patients. “The medical staff (at the European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Younis) is very exhausted, and the emergency department always receives patients with difficult and complex ca...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities are preparing a plan that seeks to replace Palestinian workers in Israel with foreign workers, according to Israeli media. According to public broadcaster KAN, the plan is expected to be implemented in 2024 with the aim of reducing dependence on Palestinian laborers. The plan is set to be presented to...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A total of 29 soldiers have been killed in “friendly fire and operational incidents” during the ground offensive in Gaza since October 27, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation KAN has reported. Of them, 18 soldiers were killed in friendly fire, two with gunfire (without further details), and nine in ammunition a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The deaths of Palestinians from the nearly three-month devastating Israeli onslaught on Gaza has reached 22,000, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the ministry, made the statement as Israel’s deadly onslaught on Gaza enters its 87th day. He noted that the ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has seized an Israeli reconnaissance drone in the Gaza Strip. The drone was on a surveillance mission in Beit Hanoun in the northern Palestinian enclave, Al-Qassam said in a statement. Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army has killed a total of 308 Palestinians sheltering in UN facilities in Gaza since October 7, says the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “Initial reports indicate on 25 December, 2 people sheltering in UNRWA Maghazi Prep School were killed and 1 […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – “I hope to wake up from such a nightmare,” says Abo Ibrahim, who is living in a rickety tent in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. Abo Ibrahim moved several times because of the deadly Israeli attacks on the people of Gaza before sheltering his family in a tent […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – One more Israeli army officer was killed in northern Gaza, the Israeli army said, bringing the total number of soldiers killed since October 7 to 502. “Captain Harel Sharvit, 33, in the army’s 7008th Battalion, was killed in a battle in northern Gaza Strip,” an army statement said. An officer and a […]
ANKARA (AA) – French police will deploy 90,000 police officers on New Year’s Eve because of a “high level of terror threat,” the nation’s interior minister said on Friday. Gerald Darmanin visited the Paris police department to inspect the preparations for Sunday, according to local broadcaster BFMTV. He thanked the nati...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Syria crashed in the Golan Heights, Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday. According to the radio report, this marks the first incident of its kind since October 7. The UAV crash caused damage to a building in the Israeli-occupied area, but no injuries were reported...