ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, interim Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. Kabul said its forces retaliated against the airstrikes by hitting Pakistani military installations. Condemning the attacks, Mujahid said eight people, three children an...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Friday it wanted to see Israel’s plan for an operation in Gaza’s Rafah that protects civilians, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military’s proposal for an offensive. “We haven’t seen it. We certainly would welcome the opportunity to se...
Washington, United States – AFP Protecting and aiding civilians must be “job number one” for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “Where there is a will, there is a way,” Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor ...
VIRGINIA – AFP Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment they will need to build a temporary port on Gaza’s coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. The new facility — which will consist of an offshore platform for transshipment of aid from larger to smaller vessels and [&hell...
Muslim Network TV news: Members of the progressive squad of lawmakers have expressed discontent over President Joe Biden’s support for Israel during his State of the Union address. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush held signs urging Biden to halt sending bombs to Israel, as he promised increased humanitarian aid for Gaza. Some lawmakers, inc...
Hagerstown, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of a “very, very dangerous” situation if Israel and Hamas fail to reach a Gaza cease-fire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Biden added that it was up to Hamas whether to accept an offer for a six-week truce, while warning Israel there were […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel must “finish the problem” in its war on Gaza. Asked by a Fox News presenter if he is in “Israel’s camp” and whether he is “on board” with the way the Israeli army was “taking the fight to Gaza,” Trump responded: “Yeah. You […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations Monday of “terrorism” and torture, after the United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza. While mediators in Cairo persisted with efforts toward a Gaza truce, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) ca...
WASHINGTON (AA) – United States Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. During remarks in Alabama to mark the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day state law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Harris said the threat posed by Hamas to Israel must ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine people were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian crowd collecting humanitarian aid from a truck in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to medical sources. Sunday’s attack was the second in the last five days on displaced Palestinians [&hel...