ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said it had killed 36 soldiers and destroyed 72 Israeli military vehicles in the last three days in the Gaza Strip. The announcement came in a statement from spokesperson Abu Ubaida published on Telegram that said the group also inflicted “injuries on dozens of other [&h...
Tel Aviv, Israel – AFP US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday it is not appropriate for Israel to occupy Gaza in the long-term, as speculation mounts over the post-war future of the territory. “We do not believe that it makes sense for Israel, or is right for Israel, to occupy Gaza, reoccupy Gaza […]
Tel Aviv, Israel – AFP US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday Yemen’s Houthi rebels are a “threat to freedom of navigation to commercial shipping”, after the Iran-backed group claimed a series of attacks. “The United States is working with the international community, with partners from the region ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A ballistic missile was fired Thursday from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward the international shipping lane north of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the US military said. “There were no injuries or damage. Following the missile launch, the M/V Maersk Gibraltar was hai...
ANKARA (AA) – At least five Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Palestinian media reported. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that “five people were killed and dozens others injured at dawn on Friday in [&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least 11 police officers were killed in an attack on a police station in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province on Friday, officials said. The attack in Rask city was carried out by a group of “terrorists,” the state media reported, citing a police spokesman, who called the attack “co...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Many people in Gaza already lived in poverty before the war. Now, even those with money have found the conflict to be a terrible equalizer as they hunt in vain for shelter and basic necessities for bare survival. Since fleeing to the south of Gaza, Mohammed al-Mahdun, 36, has been […]
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said that any plan for post-war Gaza that does not involve Hamas is just a “delusion”. “Any arrangement in Gaza or in the Palestinian cause without Hamas or the resistance factions is a delusion,” said Haniyeh in a televised speech. Haniyeh’s comme...
Washington, United States — AFP The United States has told Israel of its “concerns” about the mounting civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House has said. President Joe Biden — who has been Israel’s strongest support and ally — warned Israel on Tuesday it could lose support over “indiscriminate bomb...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Another Israeli soldier has been killed in combat with Palestinian resistance fighters in the southern Gaza Strip, the army has said. A military statement said a soldier from the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade’s 8104th Battalion was killed when an anti-tank missile hit his tank on Wednesday. Ten Israeli soldiers were...
