ANKARA (AA) – Hamas’ armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades on Saturday said that it killed 15 Israeli soldiers in Rafah. In a statement, Al-Qassam Brigades said it targeted “a Zionist Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Al-Tanour neighborhood east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.” It added that its fighters […]...
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours killed 31 Palestinians and injured 56 others. The violence escalated as Israeli artillery struck a house in the Bureij refugee camp, leaving one dead and several wounded. Northern Gaza faces dire circumstances, with thousands of civilians isolated without access...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP The first trucks began supplying aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip via a temporary pier on Friday, the US military said, as Israel’s attacks continued in the Palestinian territory. US Central Command said “trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore” via the long-awai...
Cairo, Egypt — AFP Egypt, after months of measured condemnation of Israel over the Gaza war, has hardened its tone and is formally supporting an international case of genocide against Israel. Cairo and its state-aligned media have stepped up scathing criticism of Israel over the genocidal assault on Gaza raging next door, reflecting publ...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday there was no “humanitarian catastrophe” in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. It came as Palestinians commemorated the 76th anniversary of the ...
Jerusalem – AFP Ignoring warnings by top US officials, Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that more troops would “enter Rafah” as military operations intensify in Gaza’s far-southern city. The operation in Rafah “will continue as additional forces will enter” the area, Gallant said, a...
Jerusalem – AFP US troops early Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, meant to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military said. “Today at approximately 7:40 am (0440 GMT) United States Central Command personnel supporting the humanitarian mission to deliv...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians, under attack by Israel for more than seven months, on Wednesday marked 76 years since their mass displacement which they call the Nakba or “catastrophe”. The sight of desperate families carrying their scant belongings through the ruins of war-scarred cities has evoked for man...
United Nations, United States – AFP UN chief Antonio Guterres is “appalled” by Israel’s escalating military activity in and around Rafah, a spokesman said Tuesday. “These developments are further impeding humanitarian access and worsening an already dire situation,” Farhan Haq said, while also criticizing Ha...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops continued attacks across the Gaza Strip Tuesday that forced new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since May 6, and around 100,000 from northern Gaza, UN agencies said. That means around a quarter of Gaza’s population...
