JERUSALEM (AA) – A far-right Israeli Member of the Knesset (parliament) has called for part of the Gaza Strip to be seized and settled by Israeli citizens. “We must stay in Gaza, and what will keep the Israeli army there is settlement because the army follows settlement,” Avichai Boron told the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has warned that the Israeli government plans to bring in illegal settlers and force Palestinians out of their villages in the occupied West Bank. Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Mardawi, in an official statement, said: “We warn of the grave danger posed by the plans led [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is pressing Israel to provide a “thorough answer” and swiftly conclude an investigation into the cold-blooded killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said US officials have engaged with Israeli authorities “in recent days” about the progress of...
JERUSALEM / BEIRUT (AA) – Israel has claimed that 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon, landing in open areas in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said: “About 30 shells were fired from Lebanon and fell in the Metat area in the Upper Galilee without causing injuries. “Following airstrikes on […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned Israel for “heinously” murdering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank. Speaking at an event in Istanbul, Erdogan said that now Israel aims to commit genocide in bo...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah struck several Israeli army locations and illegal Jewish settlements in response to Israel directly targeting civilian homes in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the Hezbollah said it targeted the illegal Israeli settlements of Doviv and Avivim with appropriate weapons. “The [Lebanese Hezbollah] resistance r...
