Gaza: At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the central and northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that Israeli warplanes targeted an apartment in the multi-story “Yaffa” tower in the al-Nuseirat camp, located in central Gaza. A statement from Al-Awda Hospital in the camp confirmed that … Read more
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held several bilateral talks with the leaders of the Middle East countries on the sidelines of the 11th Summit of the Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation held in Egypt’s new administrative capital and reaffirmed the commitment to restore peace in the region. Sisi and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, … Read more
A woman mourns as she holds the shrouded body of her child who was killed during an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City. Photo: AFP Mike Casey, the deputy political counsellor for Gaza in the US State Department, resigned due to the administration’s policy towards Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. In an … Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have detained at least 12,100 Palestinians, including 795 children and 440 women in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war on October 7, 2023. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that a majority of the arrests took place in the governorates of al-Khalil … Read more
Gaza: At least eight Palestinians have been killed, including a photojournalist, in a series of Israeli raids targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, according to official Palestinian sources. Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that photojournalist Shadi al-Salafiti and another person were killed Friday afternoon by an Israeli airstrike in the vicinity … Read more
Hezbollah flag Beirut: Hezbollah will support the Syrian government amid escalating offensives by rebel forces, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised speech. While Qassem did not clarify the form of support, he assured on Thursday that Hezbollah would “do what it could”. Qassem accused the US and Israel of instigating aggression against … Read more
The White House is working on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza but is “not there yet,” the US National Security Advisor told NBC on Sunday, with fighting in the conflict raging on as regional leaders meet to discuss the crisis. “We are working actively to try to make it happen. We are … Read more
Photo: Anadolu Agency Gaza: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that Gaza endured the most intense civilian bombardment in the past year since World War II. It added that the plight of Palestinian refugees remains the ‘longest unresolved refugee crisis’ in the world, noting that … Read more
Beirut: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared a ‘great victory for the resistance’, asserting that his group had thwarted Israel’s efforts to eliminate Hezbollah and undermine the resistance. “We won because we prevented the enemy from ending Hezbollah and the resistance,” Qassem proclaimed during his first televised speech since the ceasefire with Israel came into effect … Read more
Aden: The Houthi group announced that American and British fighter jets conducted two airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, while claiming that it has seized complete control of maritime navigation in the Red Sea. The Houthis reported that the US-British airstrikes targeted the Bajil district in Hodeidah province, without providing additional details … Read more
