JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli prisoners freed in a military raid in the southern Gaza Strip have recounted a “family atmosphere” during their captivity. The Israeli army said that the two prisoners, Fernando Simon, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were freed during a raid in Rafah city. The pair, who are dual Argentine-Israeli citizens, were [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Right-wing Israeli activists and relatives of prisoners in Gaza obstructed humanitarian aid trucks from entering the enclave on Friday. “Activists of the Order 9 movement blocked the Nitzana Border Crossing to prevent trucks with humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip,” Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported. It added th...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has proposed a 3-stage plan for a Gaza cease-fire that includes a 135-day pause in fighting in return for prisoner releases, according to a Palestinian source. Qatar, Egypt and the US had confirmed earlier on Tuesday that they had received Hamas’ response to a framework agreement for a [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli army is holding hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, said to be “Hamas’ armed wing elite forces members”, in extremely inhuman conditions. Israeli Channel 12 estimated that 300 members of the Al-Qassam Brigades elite forces, known as Nakba Forces, are currently being held in Israel. It ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A delegation from the Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad will visit Egypt for talks on a possible prisoner swap deal with Israel, according to a group official. “The delegation will discuss ways to stop the [Israeli] war on Gaza and a prisoner exchange deal,” Ziad al-Nakhala, Secretary-General of Islamic Jih...
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 […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Israelis held by Palestinians are not Tel Aviv’s “top priority” and they cannot be saved without a deal, says an Israeli media report. According to the investigation conducted by the Tel Aviv-based “+972 online magazine” in cooperation with Local Call news website, the Israeli leadership has R...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Palestinians held by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have died inside a detention center in southern Israel, according to the Israeli media. The Haaretz newspaper said hundreds of Palestinian detainees were held inside a detention center in Beersheba for several weeks. “Many of them died inside the center,” the daily ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that the bodies of two of its soldiers and a civilian held captive by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas have been recovered, without providing further details about the date and location. According to a statement issued by the Israeli army, “The bodies of hostages CPL Nik Beizer, […]
