BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA) – A church in the occupied West Bank’s historic city of Bethlehem has prepared a decoration for this year’s Christmas using debris instead of a Christmas tree in response to Israel’s attacks on Gaza. “While genocide is being committed against our people in Gaza, we cannot celebrate the birth of...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has said that “major countries” must practice “fairness and justice” on the situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Beijing conveyed the message to Washington during a phone call between top diplomats of China and the US. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Some 73 Palestinians were killed and 123 others injured in Israeli attacks on central Gaza Strip over the past day, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “73 martyrs and 123 others injured are the total casualties that arrived in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital (near Deir al-Balah city) over the past [&h...
KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Tuesday that its fighters had targeted several Israeli military vehicles in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. The brigades said on Telegram that they targeted five Israeli military vehicles in the east of Khan Younis city with “Al-Yasin 105̶...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday killed another Palestinian in the Qalandia refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian as Mohammad Manasra, 25, who was killed during an Israeli raid into the camp. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted eyewitnesses...
ANKARA (AA) – US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner underscored the cautious approach being taken by Washington in sharing intelligence amid efforts to assist Israel in locating the leadership of the Palestinian group Hamas. The US is “being selective as to the information that’s being provided” to Israel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the city of Qalqilya in northern West Bank on Monday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said it was informed by the Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs “of the death of two young men killed by Israeli occupation bullets, and that their bodies […...
LONDON (AA) – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed deep concern over the situation in the southern region of Gaza, with its spokesperson saying that the Israeli attacks are every bit as vicious as those endured in the north. “Despite what has been assured, attacks in the south of Gaza ar...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli soldiers were injured in mortar shelling from Lebanon targeting a military site in northern Israel on Monday. The Israeli army said several mortar shells were fired from Lebanon towards a military site in the northern town of Shtula early Monday, slightly injuring three soldiers. It said several mortar shells fro...
LONDON (AA) – What is happening in Gaza is simply about “Israeli expansion at the expense of the Palestinian people,” according to Jeremy Corbyn, the former head of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party. Speaking to the media, Corbyn defined the resumption of Israeli attacks as “abominable and appalling.” “The bombing has started again. ...
