Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The International Committee of the Red Cross is in contact with Hamas and Israel to try to facilitate the release of prisoners taken into Gaza, the organisation has said. The ICRC also believes that the humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip will very quickly become “unmanageable” witho...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Sunday announced that dozens of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held prisoner by the Hamas movement inside the Gaza Strip following Saturday’s escalation. The Israel Defense Forces spokesman, Daniel Hagari, confirmed that Israeli people had been taken to the Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew media repor...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli forces have detained some 135,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada, also known as Second Intifada, in September 2000, a Palestinian official group has revealed. In a statement marking the 23rd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Commission for Prisoners’ Affai...