RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army breaking into a Palestinian clinic in the occupied West Bank and destroying its contents was “a brutal act,” the West Bank-based Palestinian health minister said on Wednesday. In a statement, Mai Alkaila said the Israeli army raided the clinic in the village of Al-Rashaida, east of ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday detained 26 more Palestinians in various areas of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. According to a joint statement issued by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the new arrests bring the total number of Palestinians de...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends. As the US secretary of state’s motorcade arrived under tight security in Ramallah in the occupied We...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Saudi Arabia is interested in normalizing ties with Israel after the war in the Gaza Strip, but any deal must lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK said Tuesday. A normalization deal was “close,” but Saudi Arabia paused US-brokered talks after Oct. 7, Prince K...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The leaders of Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine will hold summit talks in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. A statement by Jordan’s Royal Court said King Abdullah II will meet with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “to discuss [&he...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An Iranian trainer aircraft crashed in Iran’s eastern Alborz province on Tuesday, an official said. Savojbolagh Governor Mohammad Reza Alborzi said that the Piper PA-28 type aircraft took off from the city of Nazarabad city and lost contact with the control tower on its route to Savojbolagh, Tasnim News Agency r...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A seasoned lawyer renowned for his success in genocide cases at the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) sees a high possibility of South Africa winning its case against Israel, an outcome he believes will entail serious consequences. The ICJ, the UN’s top court also known as the World Court, will start […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Tuesday that three of its members had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The group, however, did not provide any details about the circumstances leading to their death, saying only they were killed on the road to Jerusalem, a phrase used by the movement […]
ANKARA (AA) – Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, said Monday that the government should support the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel. In his speech in parliament, Corbyn drew attention to the suffering of Palestinians, who have been subjected to Israeli attacks since Oct. 7 last ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday raided the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams treated eight Palestinians injured from Israeli live bullets in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus City. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces raided the Askar camp a...
