WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz to take “affirmative steps” to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank while also reiterating that Israel must take “all possible measures” to avoid civilian harm. In a phone call, Blinken and Gantz discussed ongoing effort...
LONDON (AA) – The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, and Malta are “systematically sharing the coordinates of refugee boats” trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia group, a report has said. The report, published by Lighthouse Reports, said Frontex and the Maltese government are sharing the informatio...
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN has said that it is “very concerned” over a report suggesting that Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack in southern Lebanon. Asked by the media about the report by The Washington Post, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said he does not have any information to confirm. “W...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is ready to resume contact with mediators for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza, the local media has reported. The new prisoner exchange deal would be carried out within the framework of a humanitarian truce and include women still in captivity, patients, the wounded and elderly people, said Israel’s [&...
ANKARA (AA) – An Israeli airstrike on a home in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least 12 Palestinians besides injuring dozens of others, the Palestinian Wafa news agency said. Quoting medical sources, the agency said the victims in the airstrike on the Harb family home included six children. Israeli […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said 20 soldiers have been killed in “friendly fire” in the Gaza Strip since the start of the ground operation in the narrow enclave at the end of October. Out of 105 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza since the ground operation started on October 27, 20 were killed […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a Norwegian-flagged oil tanker off Yemen that it said was heading to Israel. “The navy forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a qualitative military operation against the STRINDA ship of Norway which was loaded with fuel and heading towards the Israeli ...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AA) – Israeli human rights activists say they have received death threats for opposing attacks on the Gaza Strip. In the attacks that have been ongoing for over two months on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army, thousands of Palestinian children and women have been killed. While the majority of Israeli […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army claimed Tuesday that it had recovered the bodies of two of its prisoners held by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. A military statement said the bodies of Eden Zacharia, 28, and Sergeant Major Ziv Dado, 36, were brought back from Gaza. The two were taken prisoner by Hamas during […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Israel is losing support around the world and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has to strengthen and change” his government. Biden said Netanyahu had a “tough decision to make.” “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said at a ca...
