JERUSALEM – AFP Hamas said Sunday that Israel had launched a series of “very violent raids” targeting the southern city of Khan Yunis and the road from there to Rafah, near the border with Egypt. A source close to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian resistance group, told AFP that both were engaged in “fierce [...
Doha, Qatar – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the Security Council was “paralysed by geostrategic divisions” in its efforts to end Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza. Addressing the Doha Forum, he said the body’s “authority and credibility were severely undermined” by it...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza cease-fire and free more prisoners held by Hamas despite ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are co...
Banda Aceh, Indonesia – AFP Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, were stranded on a beach in western Indonesia Sunday after local authorities said they would not accept the new arrivals, AFP witnessed. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 17,700, with 48,780 injured since Oct. 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Saturday evening. In a statement, the ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qedra, stated: “Over the past few hours, 210 martyrs and 2,300 [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned the US for using its veto to block a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, describing the move immoral and holding Washington accountable for the bloodshed of Palestinian children and women, as well as an accomplice with I...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – The Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday that Israel shows no concern about the lives of its captives in Gaza, following a failed attempt by the army to free a captive soldier, which led to his death. Hamas stated on Telegram: “The occupation (Israeli) imagining the possibility of liberating its captives [&helli...
BERLIN (AA) – A 6-member German family was killed in the Israeli bombing of Gaza, German media reported. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, an infant, were killed in Gaza as [&hel...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Three Hezbollah fighters and a Syrian were killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the south of Syria, a war monitor said. “A Syrian and three Lebanese Hezbollah fighters from the surveillance and missile-launching unit were killed in the Israeli drone strike on their rented carR...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas said Friday that it had repelled an attempt by Israel’s military to free a prisoner, who was killed during the operation. The announcement by the Al-Qassam Brigades came in a video showing the Israeli prisoner, who identified himself as Sa’ar Baruch and spoke about the [&hel...
