JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in West Jerusalem on Monday to demand a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions in Gaza. The demonstration coincided with the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 42,000 ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Sunday that the bodies of six individuals who were taken prisoner on Oct. 7 were found and recovered late Saturday from Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. The army identified them as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant [...
Israel’s Mossad has confirmed that Qatar and Egypt have relayed a positive response from Hamas regarding Israel’s proposal for a prisoner and cease-fire agreement in Gaza. Axios reports that senior Israeli officials view the updated response as constructive, paving the way for more extensive negotiations. The Biden administration, ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli woman who was freed in a recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas says her mother was killed and she was wounded when Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle in which they were abducted. In an interview that aired on Israel’s Channel 12, the woman recounted being taken by […]
BEIRUT (AA) – A Hamas official on Sunday said discussions about another prisoner exchange deal with Tel Aviv were not possible until the Israeli army withdrew from the Gaza Strip and implemented a permanent truce. Khalil Al-Haye, a Hamas representative based in Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that they will continue their resistance against Isr...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The war cabinet in Israel refused to send the intelligence chief to Qatar for a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, saying they would wait for a signal from Hamas, according to Israeli media. In a report by Channel 13, it was revealed that the war cabinet is facing disagreements regarding ongoing […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP More than 8000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza as Israel continues to pound the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel has intensified its attacks despite UN calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, outrage across the Muslim world and desperate pleas from families of the 230 hostages to “...