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 ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt has accused Israel of spreading “lies” to divert attention from its failure to secure a prisoner swap agreement with Palestinian resistance group Hamas. “Israel is spreading lies to distract attention from the failure to reach a prisoner exchange deal in Gaza and implement a cease-fire in the enclave,” Egyptian Foreign Mi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen to maintain troops in the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and the Gaza Strip rather than getting back Israeli detainees alive. This was mentioned in a video me...
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel’s “inadequate interpretation of the right to self-defense” is the primary reason for the escalation of the confrontation in the Gaza Strip, Russian geopolitical analyst Vitaly Naumkin says. Speaking at a news conference on Monday to explain the deliberations and outcome of the February 29-March 2 in...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on Hamas to strike a prisoner swap deal with Israel to avoid the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. ”Reaching a swap deal is an urgency to avoid an Israeli attack on Rafah, which would lead to thousands of deaths and displacement of our […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Government is preparing the public for possible “tough decisions”, including releasing “dangerous” Palestinian prisoners as part of a new prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) has reported. Tel Aviv is discussing with mediators the release of dozens ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is ready to resume contact with mediators for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza, the local media has reported. The new prisoner exchange deal would be carried out within the framework of a humanitarian truce and include women still in captivity, patients, the wounded and elderly people, said Israel’s [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinians face harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, from beatings to hunger, cold, fear and other abuse, according to Osama Naif Marmash, a child recently released under a prisoner swap deal between Tel Aviv and resistance groups in the Gaza Strip. “Every week, the Israeli army comes to beat us, taking away all [...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Fatima Amarneh, one of the prisoners released as part of the hostage swap between Hamas and Israel, has said that the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main pillar of the Palestinian cause and a source of honor for Muslims. “Israel imposed additional restrictions on female inmates after October 7,” Amarneh told [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Five US citizens who had been imprisoned in Iran returned to the US on Tuesday after being released under a prisoner swap agreement by the Biden administration with Tehran. A plane carrying these five prisoners, along with two of their family members, touched down at a military facility in Virginia, located just […...
