ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 109 Palestinians in Gaza Strip since the humanitarian pause ended on Friday morning. Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, said the death toll has risen to 109, and hundreds have been injured since Friday morning when Israel resumed intensif...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories – AFP In the rubble of a house destroyed by bombs in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, a man screamed: “Where are my children?” Similar scenes played out across the devastated Gaza Strip on Friday, as residents fled their homes and rushed their dead and wounded to hospitals after Israel [&h...
Washington, United States – AFP Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday at the age of 100, his consulting firm said. “Dr. Henry Kissinger, a respected American scholar and statesman, died today at his home in Connec...
JERUSALEM (AA/AFP) – A truce between Israel and Hamas was extended on Thursday just before it was due to expire, the two sides announced, with mediator Qatar reporting it would continue for one day under the same conditions that saw prisoners exchanged. Majid Al-Ansari, spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, told Qatar’s official ...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he would work to prolong a pause in Israel’s war against the Palestinians in Gaza on an upcoming visit to the country. “Looking at the next couple of days, we’ll be focused on doing what we can to extend the pause so that […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas is willing to extend the truce for four days and release more Israelis in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a source close to the group said Wednesday, as mediators sought a lasting halt to the conflict. The truce is scheduled to expire early Thursday. Qatari mediators said they were working for [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in one week in northern Gaza due to friendly fire and an explosive device, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported Tuesday. Scores of soldiers were injured in operational incidents, it said. There are conflicting reports about the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip....
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ten Israelis held in the Gaza Strip were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Israeli Channel 12 reported on Tuesday, without providing further details. There was no official comment from Hamas and Israel regarding the report. Hamas on Tuesday released a list of 30 Palestinian inmates held [&helli...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza are hampering aid deliveries, an EU commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, said Tuesday. Lenarcic — who is in charge of crisis management — was speaking as the EU countries and aid organisations scrambled to provide relief to Gaza’s population of 2.3 million u...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not enough to even start addressing the Palestinian territory’s massive needs. UN children’s agency UNICEF said the aid flow to the northern Gaza Strip — the largest s...