ISTANBUL (AA) — Palestinians marked Thursday the National Day for Recovery of the Bodies of Palestinian and Arab Martyrs as the number of Palestinian bodies held by Israel reaches unprecedented levels, with Israeli estimates putting the figure at around 1,700. Observed annually on Aug. 27, the day draws attention to the decades-long efforts by...
JERUSALEM (MNTV) — Israel’s defense chief threatened to forcibly evacuate Palestinians from parts of the Gaza Strip over the flying of kites and balloons toward Israel, despite no reported Israeli casualties from the practice. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the army would use “all necessary tools” against areas where kites or balloons are f...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Palestine (MNTV) — Palestinian heritage workers and municipal teams are racing to rescue historic artifacts from Abu Salim Mosque in central Gaza after an Israeli airstrike largely destroyed the decades-old religious landmark. Volunteers from the Palestinian Heritage Guardians and workers from the local municipality are searchin...
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) — Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in separate attacks across Gaza, further undermining a U.S.-backed ceasefire that has failed to prevent continued Israeli violence against the besieged territory, according to local medical sources cited by Anadolu. One Palestinian was killed when an Israeli drone struck his bic...
GAZA (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed Thursday in separate Israeli attacks in Gaza City and Khan Younis, according to local medical sources, as Israeli forces continued to carry out attacks despite a ceasefire that ostensibly took effect last October. A Palestinian was killed and several others injured when Israeli forces targeted a tent sh...
ISTANBUL (MNTV) – Israel has decided to hand over the body of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy more than nine months after Israeli forces killed him and withheld his remains, a Palestinian group said Wednesday. The National Campaign for the Retrieval of Palestinian Martyrs’ Bodies said Jadallah Jihad Jumaa Jadallah from the Al-Fara’a refuge...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) – A Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip tore apart his kites one by one, crying outside the tent where he lives after Israeli threats to intensify attacks over kites reaching nearby Israeli territory. A video widely circulated on social media showed the boy angrily ripping the kites apart before sitting [&hell...
NABLUS, Palestine (MNTV) — Far-right Israeli lawmaker Zvi Sukkot has damaged a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank with a sledgehammer while accompanied by Israeli soldiers, in an incident that has intensified criticism over attacks against Palestinian communities. Video footage showed Sukkot, a member of Israel’s Religious Zionism ...
NEW YORK (MNTV) — Palestine’s representative to the United Nations has warned that Israel’s expanding settlement and annexation plans are destroying prospects for regional peace while accusing Washington of failing to prevent actions that undermine its own diplomatic initiatives. Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s permanent observer to the UN, told th...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — The Turkish Red Crescent has launched a three-month financial assistance program for Palestinian patients evacuated from Gaza and receiving treatment in Egypt. Turkish Red Crescent President Fatma Meriç Yılmaz announced the initiative during a visit to Palestinian patients at the Palestine Red Crescent Hospital in Cairo, ...
