Israel-Hamas war: Day 27 Rocket Attacks and Israeli Response: Hamas rockets launched from Lebanon wounded at least two in Kiryat Shmona; footage showed damage with cars and shops on fire. Deployment of two drones by Hezbollah against an Israeli military position. Heavy clashes reported between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. I...
ATHENS (AA) – The current humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip due to relentless Israeli bombardment is a “nightmare,” according to a top official of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, who said the organization is equally apprehensive about “what is coming.” “Due to the very strict siege on Gaza, most of the [&hell...
ANKARA(AA) – North Korea is planning to provide “assistance” to Hamas in its war against Israel, South Korea’s spy agency has claimed. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told the parliamentary intelligence committee during a closed-door audit session that there have been signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called on all regional actors to play a role in reaching lasting peace in the occupied Palestine. Addressing a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Ankara, Hakan Fidan said a necessary platform should be developed to discuss comprehensive peace ...
AMMAN (AA) – Jordan has advised its citizens to refrain from traveling to Lebanon except for “extreme necessity” due to the “exceptional circumstances prevailing in the region.” In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry stated the advisory is based on emergency plans announced by Lebanese authorities. Since the war...
Israeli Attacks: Day 26 Israeli airstrikes targeted the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip twice in less than 24 hours. The strike resulted in the deaths of scores of people and the destruction of an entire apartment block. Bombs hit the residential area of Faluja. Another strike killed 12 people in the Khan Yunis area. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Since October 7, at least 133 infants less than one year old have been killed in the Gaza Strip, which Israel has now been bombing for over 24 days. On October 26, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza released a 212-page report that lists the names, identification and ages of those killed […]
Belfast, United Kingdom — AFP Northern Ireland may be thousands of miles from the Middle East, but signs of the current heightened conflict can be seen on the streets of the British province. Palestinian and Israeli flags flutter in pro-Irish and pro-UK neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, tapping into its own history of conflict and divi...
BERLIN (AA) – Israel has criticized Germany for not rejecting a UN resolution which called for an urgent humanitarian truce in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Berlin, Ron Prosor, said Germany’s decision last week to abstain in the UN General Assembly vote was “more than disappointing” for his country. “Friday’s abstention is morally w...
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF has raised alarm over the rising number of child deaths in the Gaza Strip since October 7. “Gaza has become a graveyard of children,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva. Elder reiterated UNICEF’s call for an immediate cease-fire a...
