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JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that three more soldiers were killed during attacks on the besieged and battered Gaza Strip. “Three reserve forces were killed in the battles taking place in Gaza and their families have been informed,” Israeli public broadcaster KAN said. The fatalities pushed the Israeli army’s death toll since [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A comprehensive strike in the occupied West Bank in protest against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip paralyzed all aspects of life in the occupied territory on Monday. Transportation was disrupted in all provinces of the West Bank, while institutions, banks, schools, ministries, and shops shut their doors, and local st...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s top court on Monday upheld the legality of legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region of its standing as a state as well as its special status. “We hold the exercise of presidential power to issue constitutional ord...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc decided Sunday to maintain sanctions imposed on Niger following a July military intervention that deposed elected President Mohamed Bazoum. Since the July 26 intervention, ECOWAS has imposed economic sanctions on Niger including the closure of borders ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army attacked the southern city of Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing 11 civilians and wounding dozens of others. Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah. Six Palestinians were killed, most of them children, and many others [&h...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, announced Sunday that it had killed 40 Israeli soldiers and destroyed 44 military vehicles in the last two days. “During the last 48 hours, the Al-Qassam Mujahideen managed to completely or partially destroy 44 military vehicles on all fronts of...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has no plans to evacuate the residents of the Gaza Strip towards the Egyptian border, the state media claimed on Sunday. “The relationship between Israel and Egypt is strategic and important, and the two countries are cooperating to prevent masses of Palestinians in Gaza from storming the border into Sinai,” an [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have taken hostage 142 Palestinian women and children during their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, including nursing infants and the elderly, two social welfare organizations have announced. The information was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that it is “unacceptable” for Israel to use the events of October 7 as a pretext for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Addressing the 21st Doha Forum in Qatar, he called for an international observation mission for the Gaza Strip. He suggested that [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Popular US Senator Bernie Sanders has said that it would be “irresponsible” for the US to provide an additional $10 billion in military aid to Israel to sustain its “war against Hamas”. Sanders made the remarks while appearing on the CBS News program Face the Nation, according to The Hill news outlet. […]...
