Brussels, Belgium – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday a UN court ruling telling Israel to stop its offensive in Gaza’s Rafah must be implemented, as European ministers met Arab counterparts in Brussels. Israel has continued to strike Rafah as its government has dismissed Friday’s ruling from the Interna...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories, ISTANBUL (AFP/AA) At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured as Israel targeted a camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday, said medical sources and officials. The attack occurred near the logistics base of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Tal al-Sultan, said...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas fired a salvo of rockets at Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv for the first time in months, sending people scrambling for shelter. Hamas’s armed wing said it had targeted Tel Aviv “with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist (Israeli) massacres against civilians”...
CAIRO (AA) – Aid trucks have begun entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, which connects the Strip and Israel, for the first time since the Israeli military invaded Rafah on May 6, Egyptian media reported on Sunday. Al Qahera news channel aired footage showing the moment humanitarian aid trucks, including four fuel [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 11 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in four Israeli attacks on residential areas and a gathering in Rafah, sources said on Sunday. Medical sources told Anadolu that six Palestinians were killed and several others injured in the bombing of a house belonging to the Qishta family […]...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its invasion of the southern Gaza city. At the same time, renewed international efforts were underway aimed at securing a cease-fire. An Israeli official said the government had ...
ANKARA (AA) – A senior Australian minister has urged Israel to “abide by” the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza Strip. The top UN court has ordered Tel Aviv to immediately cease its military offensive in Rafah and open the crossing between Egypt and Gaza to […]
ANKARA (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine has urged member states to impose sanctions on Israel along with an arms embargo until it stops “this madness.” “Let’s be clear. As the ICJ orders Israel to stop its offensive in Rafah, Israel intensifies its attacks on it,” Francesca Albanese said on X. The Interna...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said on Friday his country rejected Saudi Arabia’s condition of “establishing a pathway to a future Palestinian state” for normalization of ties. He spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediate...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Heavy Israeli bombardment rocked the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday, as the United Nations said 800,000 people had been “forced to flee” Israel’s assault. Israel’s military said air strikes hit more than 70 targets across Gaza while ground troops conducted “targeted...
