LONDON (AA) – The Labour Party has withdrawn its support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali over his comments on the October 7 Hamas attacks. The party will no longer campaign for Ali after the Mail on Sunday published his comments, claiming Israel had “allowed” the Hamas attack on October 7. Later, the Daily Mail [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged all “conscientious” countries to protect the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which he said provided a “lifeline for 6 million refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.” Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, the Unite...
JERUSALEM (AA) — A new report revealed Saturday that an Israeli military helicopter opened fire on Palestinian fighters but hit Israelis participating in a festival during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The Haaretz newspaper said an Israeli security assessment was based on an investigation by police with Hamas fighters who were arrested Oct. 7. [...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel late Friday revised down the death toll from the Hamas attacks from 1,400 to about 1,200 people, according to a foreign ministry spokesman. “This is an updated estimate,” ministry spokesman Lior Haiat told AFP. The deaths include more than 300 soldiers, according to the army, and more than 50...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli ministers are considering resigning to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for the cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli border towns, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported. The newspaper did not name the three ministers. “We can’t believe this situation. Netanyahu ...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden said on Monday that any discussions about a Gaza ceasefire could only take place if Hamas frees all the people it took from Israel in its October 7 attack. “We should have those prisoners released and then we can talk,” Biden said at a White House […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The EU on Wednesday said it is engaged in efforts to establish a secure conduit for the expeditious delivery of aid to Gaza Strip, where Israel has launched airstrikes after a surprise attack by Hamas. “Member states of the European Union, in collaboration with undisclosed regional and international entit...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran on Monday rejected as unfounded allegations it had a role in the massive assault on Israel by Hamas. “The accusations linked to an Iranian role… are based on political reasons,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters. The Islamic republic, he said, does not intervene “in th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has blamed Iran for the surprise Hamas attack that left hundreds of Israelis dead. “Supported and directed by their proxy commanders in Iran, they (Hamas) carried out an unprovoked, heinous attack against the Jewish state on a Jewish holy day,” Herzog said in a statement. The president vowe...
