Doha, Qatar – AFP A Hamas official on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah to block talks seeking a truce. Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early Tuesday a ...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza’s crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to stop supplying artillery shells and other weapons to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead. It was the starkest warning yet from the United States, Israel’s m...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel killed at least 35 Palestinians and injured 129 others in airstrikes on Rafah in the past 24 hours, a medical source told Anadolu on Wednesday. The medical source also said the Palestinian victims were those who arrived at the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah city, adding that children and women […]
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Tuesday that Israel must reopen Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Israel sent tanks into the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized control of the crossing, a key aid passage, while warning it will deepen its operation if truce talks fail to secure the release […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday said that it had seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. In a statement, the Israeli army said its 401st armored brigade took “operational control” of the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side. The spokesman of the Palestinian border crossi...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that Israel’s offensive in Rafah disregards the fate of prisoners held in Gaza and the “ongoing humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged territory. As the Israeli military pushed residents out of eastern Rafah, Hamas said in a statement that Isra...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant spoke by phone Sunday about talks between Israel and Hamas on a prisoner deal that would lead to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Austin and Gallant exchanged views on humanitarian assistance efforts and the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Pentagon [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel shut the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid on Sunday following rocket fire from the besieged enclave. At least 10 Israelis were injured when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at a military site near the illegal settlement of Kerem Shalom, according to the Walla news […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts to reach a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas is still keen on reaching an agreement that ends the aggression, guarantees Israeli troop withdrawal, and achieves a serious prisoner exchange deal,” Hani...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned on Saturday of the psychological effects of Israel’s war on the children in Gaza. “Children in Gaza are suffering devastating levels of stress,” said the agency in a statement on X. “UNRWA team is working with children and adolescents to mitigate the impact of [&he...
