JERUSALEM – Israeli police attacked worshippers at the Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with stun grenades, media reports said Friday. Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have broken out hours after a truce in Gaza went into effect. Israeli police fired stun grenades and tear gas shortly after Friday prayers. Hundreds of Palestinians had held […]
JERUSALEM – Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead. At 2 am local time, just as the ceasefire took effect, frenzy life returned to the […]
GAZA CITY – The Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system is being brought to its knees by the fourth war in just over a decade. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with waves of dead and wounded from Israel’s bombardment. Many vital medicines are rapidly running out in the tiny, blockaded coastal territory, as is fuel to […]
GAZA – A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days even as Israel and Gaza militants pursued their cross-border attacks into an 11th day on Thursday with Israeli warplanes carrying out new air strikes and Palestinians firing more rockets. U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a “de-escalation” on Wednesday […]
JERUSALEM – The Israeli government and army commanders are “war criminals,” a former Israeli Air Force pilot, who was discharged from the army in 2003, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. In Israel and the army, there are some people who are against the occupation and repression policies of the Tel Aviv administration against […]
The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has pleaded with the world body to gather more humanitarian aid for Gaza amid intense Israeli bombing, as the Security Council held its fourth meeting on Israel’s attacks without issuing a statement. A convoy of international aid trucks that started rolling into Gaza crossing from Israel, Kerem […]
ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday met his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Ankara to discuss the situation in Palestine amid continual Israeli bombardment. Discussed Israel’s atrocities in Palestine, our relations and Afghan peace process, Cavusoglu said on Twitter. “Nothing can shake our resolve as we stand shoulder to shoulder with […]
SRINAGAR – Haramain Sharifain has strongly condemned a ‘stunt’ by an Indian News Channel showing destruction of Masjid Al Nabawi. In a statement they said, “Inside the Haramain strongly condemns a stunt played by an Indian News Channel showing the destruction of the Green Dome at Masjid Al Nabawi, Madinah in an animation while covering […]
ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for the implementation of a UN decision to establish an international mechanism to protect the Palestinians, with funding and military contributions from volunteer countries. This came Sunday, in a speech via video conference during his participation in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic […]
GAZA CITY — Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on. Explosions rocked the city from north to south for 10 minutes in an attack that was heavier, […]