JERUSALEM (AA) — Israel has claimed to have bombed buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and intercepted a airborne target heading towards Israel. In a statement, the army said that on Saturday, “Air Force fighters bombed military buildings belonging to Hezbollah in the Hula region in southern Lebanon.” “Israeli air...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli military analyst Amos Harel says the army wants to withdraw from Gaza, but that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has other ideas.” In an article in the Israeli daily Haaretz, Harel said Netanyahu “continues to declare that the all-out war against Hamas will continue for as long as it takes.” “HeR...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has announced the killing of two more occupation soldiers during battles in the central Gaza Strip. In a statement, the army identified the soldiers as Maj. Omer Smadga, 25, and Maj. Gen. Saadia Yaakov Dery, 27. The military said at least five soldiers were also injured, three of them […]
Occupied Palestinian Territories- AFP Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast in southern Gaza Saturday, the military said, in one of its heaviest losses of the war, as witnesses reported street battles between occupying troops and the Palestinian resistance. The military said the IDF soldiers were killed when the Namer armoured vehicle ...
Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social has sought an investigation into Israel’s alleged exploitation of WhatsApp data to target Palestinians via its AI system, Lavender. Reports suggest Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employ Lavender, using AI to select targets in Gaza potentially based on WhatsApp data. Meta, WhatsApp’s owner, faces accu...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian boy has been killed and several others injured by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Mustafa Abu Shalbak,16, succumbed to his injuries after being shot by occupation forces in the neck and chest, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The boy, who [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Maj. Gen. Itzhak Brik has revealed the “total chaos” suffered by soldiers in the Gaza Strip in terms of the availability of equipment and logistical services needed for war. Brik, a former military general, told the Israeli daily Maariv about the “total chaos in Israeli army ranks that is...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army carried out airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. A military statement said fighter jets struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the border towns of Kafr Kila and Khaim and a military building in Maroun al-Ras. Artillery shelling was also reported near Jebbayn town. The army said it responded to...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has voiced deep concern over a report by UN experts that brought to light the possibility that the Israeli army committed serious violations against Palestinian women and girls, including crimes of sexual assault. “UN experts appalled by reported human rights v...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said it closed four roads to traffic near the Lebanese border, according to Israeli media. The decision was made after an assessment by the army of the situation in the region, leading to the closure of four roads until further notice, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported. The closed [&hell...