Washington, United States – AFP A protester outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire, in what police said was likely an “extreme” political statement. “A Palestinian flag was reported at the location and was part of the protest,” said Darin Schierbaum...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 109 Palestinians in Gaza Strip since the humanitarian pause ended on Friday morning. Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, said the death toll has risen to 109, and hundreds have been injured since Friday morning when Israel resumed intensif...
MADRID (AA) – In Spain, Israel’s attacks on Gaza stirred up more interest in Islam and the conflict in the Middle East, according to a local Muslim leader. Umar del Pozo, head of the Association of Islamic Community in Spain and of the Granada Mosque Foundation, shared that the Palestinian issue raised questions in people’s [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has published a map of so-called “evacuation zones” in the Gaza Strip as the war on the enclave resumed following a temporary humanitarian pause. The map divides the besieged enclave into “blocks” in preparation for a new phase of the war. The map would determine the army’s targets to […]
CAIRO (AA) – Qatar has said that negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides for the resumption of the humanitarian pause in Gaza are still ongoing. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Qatar “expresses its deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip following the end of the […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to permanently block $6 billion of frozen Iranian funds that were to be released under a prisoner swap agreement from September. The “No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act,” received support from 90 Democrats and most House Republicans, resulting in a 307-119 vo...
GENEVA (AA) — The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is “catastrophic,” the UN human rights chief has said, urging all parties to ensure an immediate cease-fire. “I urge all parties and States with influence over them to redouble efforts, immediately, to ensure a ceasefire — on humanitarian and human rights grounds,” Vol...
– JERUSALEM (AA) – Following the resumption of attacks on the Gaza Strip after the end of the humanitarian pause on Friday morning, rightwing extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for “crushing Gaza with all force.” The leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party said on X: “For the sake of the […]...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories – AFP In the rubble of a house destroyed by bombs in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, a man screamed: “Where are my children?” Similar scenes played out across the devastated Gaza Strip on Friday, as residents fled their homes and rushed their dead and wounded to hospitals after Israel [&h...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Israeli Ambassador to Belgium Idit Rosenzweig-Abu sparked a new crisis when she made reference to a Belgian serial killer in her criticism of the newspaper’s publication of images showing Israeli and Palestinian prisoners side by side after their releases. Her comments drew reactions from Belgian politicians. In an ...
