ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli Embassy in Seoul has removed a controversial video from social media channels following strong reactions from South Koreans, according to media reports. The embassy had uploaded a video that featured an imaginary attack on Seoul on Christmas by Hamas. It prompted a strong reaction from the South Korean governmen...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Thousands amassed Thursday in the Iranian capital for the funeral of senior Revolutionary Guards commander Razi Moussavi, three days after he was killed in an Israeli strike. The crowd in Tehran’s central Imam Hossein square chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America”. Israel has long...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday warned of an all-out war in the region due to Israeli “provocations.” “The continuation of Israeli provocations in southern Lebanon could lead to a deterioration of the situation and the outbreak of an all-out war in the region,” Mikati said during a meeting with [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he is holding “contacts” to secure the release of people held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We are in contact until this moment. The situation cannot be detailed, and we are working to recover them all,” Netanyahu said during a meeting with families of […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said Mohammad al-Jundi, 38, was killed at the Nafaq military checkpoint, west of Bethlehem city. No details were provided about the circumstances of his death. Tensions have [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two more Israeli officers and one soldier were killed in fresh clashes with Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since Oct. 7 to 501, said the Israeli army. A military statement late Wednesday said that three other soldiers were seriously injured in central and southern areas […...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Iman al-Masry recently gave birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza after fleeing her family’s home in the devastated north. The arduous journey “affected my pregnancy”, the 28-year-old said, recounting that she gave birth by C-section on December 18 to two girls and two boys, o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army needs to be ready to launch an attack against Hezbollah, Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said Wednesday. Halevi, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, conducted a situation assessment, according to a statement from the army. Saying the army’s primary mission...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least seven Palestinians, mostly children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip overnight, Palestine’s official media said on Thursday. Several others were injured when Israeli shelling pounded a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Wafa news agency, ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s operation to find and kill Hamas’ armed wing leader Muhammed al-Dayf will take a “long time,” said an Israeli army spokesperson. In a press conference, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stressed the need to find and kill Al-Qassam Brigades leader Dayf, stating that no matter how long it takes, it ...
