ISTANBUL (AA) – Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border are simmering, with frequent skirmishes reported since the October 7 attacks in Gaza. An Israeli drone on Saturday targeted border towns in southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency said, explaining that a spy aircraft had been flying over the area since the morning. Separat...
LONDON (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday the UN health agency had not been able to establish communication with its staff in Gaza, where Israel’s intense attacks had led to the breakdown of communication networks. “Reports of intense bombardment in Gaza are extremely ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of people in Istanbul joined the “Great Palestine Meeting,” a rally in support of Palestinians’ freedom in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited the nation to attend the rally to show “brotherhood between Turks and Palestinians to the world.” People from different walks of li...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has warned of Israeli “massacres” against reporters in the Gaza Strip amid internet and communication blackouts. “More than 24 journalists and dozens of their families were already killed and dozens of journalists’ homes and media institutions destroyed,” it said in a stat...
LONDON (AA) – The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm over the disruption of supply of essential communications in Gaza. “With communications cut in Gaza, our lifesaving food assistance is at a standstill. We cannot reach staff and partners, or the people who rely on us,” Cindy McCain said on [&hellip...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army bulldozers destroyed the memorial of late Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, located at the entrance to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. “Israeli forces stormed the city of Jenin and the outskirts of its camp, and a military bulldozer began razing Martyr Abu Akleh Street and [&...
– ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York has condemned Israel’s recent criticism of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Israeli top officials criticized recent remarks of Guterres on the recent escalations in Gaza, including Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, who demanded that Guterr...
GENEVA (AA) – At least 94,000 liters of fuel is required daily to keep critical functions running at Gaza’s 12 major hospitals, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Addressing a UN press briefing in Geneva via a video link, Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in occupied Palestinian territory, warned that the acut...
ANKARA (AA) – Hamas has denied Israeli allegations that it is using a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip for military purposes. “The Israeli claims about Al-Shifa Hospital are false,” said Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau. In a statement, he also warned that “such allegations pave the way for targeting a hospital [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities restricted the entry of Palestinians into Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, allowing only around 5,000 Palestinians to perform the Friday prayer in the mosque. An official from the Waqf Department in Jerusalem informed the media that these restrictions have been in place for the third consecu...
