GAZA: Al Jazeera TV network accused Israel’s army of targeting a residential house in Palestinian Gaza strip belonging to one of its journalists, Anas Al-Sharif, resulting in his father’s death.The targeting came after threats to Al-Sharif since November, the Qatari-based network said. “We call on the international community to take urgent measures to stop the…
RAMALLAH: Four Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in a drone strike during an Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry and the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said.One other person was injured in the attack on Al-Sibat neighborhood in the city of Jenin, WAFA…
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they carried out a military operation against the Norwegian commercial tanker STRINDA. The group targeted the tanker with a rocket after the crew refused to respond to all warnings, Houthi military spokesperson Yehia Sareea said in a televised statement. He added that the group had managed to obstruct…
Gaza Border : Decomposed bodies of infants were found in the evacuated ICU of Al-Nasr Hospital in Gaza, shedding light on the tragic aftermath of the conflict, CNN reported. The distressing scene was captured on video by Mohamed Baalousha, a Gaza-based reporter, revealing the tiny bodies of babies, still attached to life-saving equipment in their beds….
The news couldn’t be more devastating. After two months, the Israeli military is expanding its ground offensive from the north into the southern part of the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been looking for a safer area to evacuate to. “We have reached a stage where we no longer feel any…
Israel’s prison authorities said they released 30 Palestinian prisoners overnight Thursday in the latest exchange as part of the truce deal with Hamas. Their release followed the successful transfer of more Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity on Thursday. In total, Hamas released eight hostages on Thursday. But another two Israeli-Russian dual nationals released on Wednesday…
Gaza: Mediators are continuing to work on getting another extension to the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas group, according to Qatar’s Foreign Ministry. That’s as the initial two-day extension approaches expiry on Wednesday. There have also been reports from both the AFP and Reuters news agencies that US and Israeli intelligence officials are meeting with…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be traveling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 1, to attend the World Climate Action Summit. During his visit, PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with some of the leaders participating in the Summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a…
GAZA/JERUSALEM: A senior Egyptian official said on Monday that Egypt and Qatar were close to reaching a deal to extend a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave.Diaa Rashwan, the head of…
Muscat: Five planes, carrying 100 tonnes of various foodstuffs for the people of Gaza from Oman, arrived on Thursday in Egypt. The Omani Charitable Organisation (OCO) said: “The Omani Charitable Organisation, in coordination with the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Cairo, and the Egyptian Red Crescent, conducted an air bridge consisting of 5…
