OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel’s “arrogance” allowed for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. “I am certain that Israel had all the intelligence it needed to know what was happening. There were even concrete warnings from friendly intelligence services,” Olmert told Spanish daily El Pais. “This was a psychologic...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday he is open to a single Palestinian administration to govern Gaza and the West Bank. “We have received numerous initiatives concerning the internal (Palestinian) situation and we are open to the idea of a national government for the West Bank and Gaza,” Hani...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel’s war against Palestinians reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where an Israeli strike killed Hamas’s deputy leader, the group and security officials in Lebanon said. A high-level security official told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Death toll from Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip has reached 22,185, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Tuesday. The ministry in a statement said the number of injured people had risen to 57,035, nearly 70% of them women and children. The Israeli forces have “committed in […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s central bank on Monday evening said the cost of the Israeli war on Gaza may reach 210 billion Shekels ($58 billion). At a press conference, central bank Governor Amir Yaron urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb public spending. Yaron’s statement comes following the bank’s decision t...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday killed four Palestinians near the city of Qalqilya in the occupied northern West Bank. The Palestinian official news agency Wafa said the four Palestinians were “shot dead during confrontations” that erupted as Israeli forces stormed the town of Azzun. Witnesses told Anadolu that the...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 31 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, as the devastating war entered its 88th day on Tuesday. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that a series of Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in the city of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, killed 22 Palestinian [...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP An Israeli minister on Monday called for the return of illegal Jewish settlers to Gaza and said Palestinians should be encouraged to emigrate, a day after similar remarks by another far-right politician. “We must promote a solution to encourage the emigration of Gaza’s residents,” Israel’...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A British doctor of Palestinian origin says that medical teams in the Gaza Strip are exhausted, dealing with large numbers of patients. “The medical staff (at the European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Younis) is very exhausted, and the emergency department always receives patients with difficult and complex ca...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities are preparing a plan that seeks to replace Palestinian workers in Israel with foreign workers, according to Israeli media. According to public broadcaster KAN, the plan is expected to be implemented in 2024 with the aim of reducing dependence on Palestinian laborers. The plan is set to be presented to...
