GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has said that another four of its soldiers were killed and one injured in battles with Palestinian resistance factions in the southern Gaza Strip, the country’s broadcasting authority said. The number of casualties since October 7 has reached 458, which includes both soldiers and officer...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel is using starvation as a “weapon of war” in Gaza by intentionally cutting people’s access to water and food, which is a war crime, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. “Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully impeding humanitarian assistance, apparently razing agric...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Monday that it had shelled two Iron Dome air defense platforms in northern Israel. A brief statement by the group said the attack targeting the platforms in the Kabri settlement resulted in “direct hits.” The Israeli army, for its part, said its air defenses intercepted a “suspicious aeri...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Monday they attacked two cargo ships in the Red Sea over suspected links to Israel. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said two drones targeted Swan Atlantic and MSC Clara in the Red Sea. “The attack was launched after the two ships refused to obey orders of the Yemeni […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Attacks by “extremist settlers” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “must stop,” US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Monday. “Attacks by extremist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable,R...
TUBAS, Palestine (AA) – At least four young Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces raided the Al-Far’a refugee camp near the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday. The Israeli army raided the camp Monday morning. The raid marked the second such incident within two weeks, a […]...
Shefayim, Israel – AFP An Israeli prisoner mistakenly killed by soldiers in the Gaza Strip was buried on Sunday, with his brother accusing the army of having “abandoned” and “murdered” him. Alon Shamriz, 26, was one of the three Israelis shot dead Friday by soldiers in the Gaza City district of Shejaiya, even as t...
BEIRUT (AA) – A Hamas official on Sunday said discussions about another prisoner exchange deal with Tel Aviv were not possible until the Israeli army withdrew from the Gaza Strip and implemented a permanent truce. Khalil Al-Haye, a Hamas representative based in Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that they will continue their resistance against Isr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority urged France on Sunday to help resolve the problem of settler violence against Palestinians. During a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh emphasized the need to put pressure on Israel to ...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – At least seven civilians were killed and five others injured as the Bashar al-Assad regime forces attacked Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo, civil defense sources said on Sunday. The Syrian regime forces, stationed in the Qabtan and Ainjara districts of Aleppo, along with Iran-backed groups carried out attacks ...
