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Some 1,500 housing units were damaged during Israel's latest assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Government Media Office in Gaza said yesterday, adding that 16 others were completely destroyed, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. "Nine buildings in addition to 16 housing units were completely destroyed, while in total 1,500 housing...

The Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA) yesterday launched a donation campaign to "support the brotherly Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip" through the Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organisation, Quds Press reported. The body called on the business community in Jordan to contribute to the campaign in support of "the great sacrifice...

It is common knowledge that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) resistance movement maintains the strongest links with Iran and is ideologically closer to the Islamic Republic compared with the Gaza-based Hamas, although both receive funding and arms from Tehran. Of the two, the PIJ is also the more militant...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, yesterday criticised the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying that targeting civilians is a "stark violation of international law." "The targeting of civilians and the continued illegal occupation by Israeli security forces of the occupied territories, are...

Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said yesterday that it has power enough to turn Israeli communities which surround Gaza into "hell". In a statement reported by local media, Abu-Hamza, spokesman of PIJ's military wing Al-Quds Brigades, said: "All power we used during the battle with the Israeli occupation was part of...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas yesterday called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes, spokesman Hazem Qasem said. Speaking to Anadolu, Qasem said: "Israel carries out war crimes and state terrorism against the Palestinians. This makes it necessary to hold it accountable at all...

Egyptian sources announced late on Sunday that a ceasefire agreement was reached between Islamic Jihad and Israel to take effect from 11:30pm local time. Officials on both sides confirmed the agreement and thanked Egypt's mediators. According to Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhalah in a press conference in Tehran, the...

The healthcare system in the besieged Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse, Palestinian officials warned on Sunday. They blame the ongoing 15-year Israeli siege of the occupied Palestinian territory and the large of number of casualties during Israel's latest military offensive. Moreover, for the fifth consecutive day,...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that, "False Israeli calculations reinforce Palestinian resistance and accelerate collapse." The IRGC was highly critical of the latest Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. "This new crime carried out by the racist entity and the killer of...

Israel has arrested about 150 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this month, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) said yesterday. According to the PPC, the majority of those detained where held in the West Bank cities of Jenin and Hebron. In a statement, the PPC...

Israel's Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern has said that the occupation army has a bank of targets in Gaza, pledging a "strong response" against anyone fighting Israel, Rai Al-Youm reported yesterday. Speaking to Israeli media, Stern claimed that Israel has the right to continue its strikes against Palestinians in the...

The UN envoy to the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said yesterday that the world body has been "intensively engaged" in helping Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to a ceasefire. "The United Nations has been intensively engaged and closely working with Egypt on mediating a restoration of calm,"...

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Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian official. The official with the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department told Anadolu Agency that the settlers entered the site through the mosque's Al-Mugharbah Gate under Israeli police protection. He...

Saudi Arabia late Saturday condemned the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, which left at least 29 Palestinians dead and dozens injured. A statement by the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the kingdom stands by the Palestinian people, calling on the international community to "shoulder its responsibility to end...

For some time now, Al-Qaeda had stopped being the primary target of policy and counterterrorist experts. The erstwhile most dangerous terrorist group in the war on terror following its attacks on the United States on 9/11 had largely been inactive, particularly in Afghanistan. No longer responsible for any incident...

Every now and then, the world is fed a dizzying kaleidoscope of tormenting Uyghur accounts. There are millions. In May, the BBC published a damning report proving up to 1.2 million Uyghur Muslims have been detained and mistreated "not for what they've done but for who they are". A...

At least ten people, including four children aged between 9 and 11 have been killed in Israeli air strikes in northern and southern Gaza. Since the start of the Israeli strikes on Friday afternoon, there were the most violent Israeli attacks as they also left about 40 others wounded....

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has said that the death toll from Israeli bombing of Gaza, which has continued for the second day, rose to 15 in addition to 125 wounded, a statement said. Among the 15 dead, the statement said, a 5-year-old girl. The ministry stated...

Turkiye and Pakistan have strongly condemned Israel's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip yesterday which killed over a dozen Palestinians. Israel yesterday launched a series of airstrikes against the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad and one of its key commanders Taysir al-Jabari, causing the group and its allies in the...

United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland has expressed his "deep concern" over the ongoing escalation in Gaza. "I am deeply concerned by the ongoing escalation between Palestinian militants and Israel, including the targeted killing today of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader inside...

The Ennahda Movement issued a statement on Friday calling on the Tunisian government to reveal the reality of the economic, financial and social situation and to "stop adopting misleading policies". The movement called on the country's government: "To seriously focus on providing basic materials that have been absent for...

The Administrative Court in Tunisia announced the issuance of two first instance judgements about the appeals against the results of the 25 July referendum. The judgements ruled on rejecting the appeal submitted by the I Watch organisation and accepting the appeal submitted by the Echaâb Yourid party in form...

The Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip continues for the second day, and mediators seem unable to stop it. Early on Saturday morning, the Israeli occupation army announced it was preparing for a "week-long operation" against Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip. Israeli media reported Israeli occupation army...

Two rights groups on Friday condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and the killing of Palestinians, including a woman and child, Anadolu Agency reported. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) posted on Twitter: " Israel is bombing Gaza again. Gaza has been under illegal siege for fifteen years –...

Head of Gaza's media office Salama Maarouf announced on Friday that the alert level had been raised in all official institutions in Gaza. This followed the Israeli occupation's launch of a military operation, Operation Breaking Dawn, against Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip. "In light of the aggression...

The Russian Defence Ministry announced on Friday that its air forces had "eliminated" a group of opposition fighters trained by the US in Syria on 4 August. The ministry's statement read: "On 4 August, after the routine reconnaissance operations, Russian fighters eliminated a group of militants from the Martyrs...

The French judiciary on Friday suspended the decision to deport Imam Hassan Iquioussen to Morocco, noting that the deportation would be a "disproportionate attack" on his private life and family. Immediately after the court's decision, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that he would file an appeal with the Conseil...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz on Friday approved calling up 25,000 reservist soldiers, according to a statement reported by Israeli media. The statement, which was issued by Gantz's office, said: "Defence Minister Benny Gantz has approved the call-up of up to 25,000 reservist troops if required." READ: Israeli forces carry...

The Palestinian presidency condemned Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip on Friday and demanded its immediate cessation, holding the occupying forces responsible for the dangerous escalation. In a statement, the presidency called on the international community to force Israel to:"Stop its aggression against our people everywhere, specifically in Gaza,...

Following the Israeli assassination of its military leader in Gaza, Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Friday accused Israel of disrespecting the Egyptian mediator. Speaking to journalists in Gaza, Islamic Jihad's media chief Daud Shehab shared that his movement had been in contact with Egypt: "Just one hour before the attack...

The Greek Prime Minister's office announced on Friday the resignation of the head of Greece's intelligence service, Panagiotis Kontoleon, amid an alleged spyware scandal against a politician and journalist using the illegal surveillance malware, Predator. The Greek government's statement noted: "The national intelligence head submitted his resignation, which was...

Qatar on Friday condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip that has so far led to ten deaths and 65 injuries. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar: "Expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the recent Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday mourned Tayseer Al-Jaabari, the senior military commander of the Islamic Jihad's military wing, Al-Quds Brigades. The Israeli occupation army carried out several air strikes in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing ten people, including Al-Jaabari and a five-year-old girl, and wounding 55...

Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhalah announced on Friday: "The enemy started the battle and does not know how to stop it. Therefore, it should expect a strong retaliation." Al-Nakhalah asserted: "This moment is serious and decisive, and the priority is the resilience of the resistance...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour in Africa was meant to be a game changer, not only in terms of Russia's relations with the continent, but in the global power struggle involving the US, Europe, China, India, Turkiye and others. Many media reports and analyses placed Lavrov's visit...

Russia is turning to Turkiye as it tries to decrease the harming level of Western sanctions to its economy following its invasion of Ukraine, Washington Post says in an in-depth news analysis piece. According to the analysis, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is set to meet his Turkish counterpart, Recep...

Three more ships loaded with grain sailed from Ukraine on Friday under an UN-backed deal lifting Russia's blockade of the Black Sea, Turkiye's Defence Ministry said, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, the departure of grain ships came as Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian President,...

Senior Israeli officials warned, Thursday, that the chances of a confrontation with the Lebanese Hezbollah group will increase, if Tel Aviv did not reach an agreement with Lebanon regarding the maritime borders. This came during a cabinet security meeting attended by Chief of Staff, Aviv Kohavi, Military Intelligence Chief,...

Ben-Gurion University has postponed the disciplinary hearing of a Palestinian student, who was accused of "supporting terrorism" after using the term 'martyr' at a memorial event to mark Nakba Day. The student, Watan Madi, used the term while quoting Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, during a speech that concluded the...

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Palestinian officials in the besieged Gaza Strip warned Thursday that the enclave's only power plant will have to shut down within 48 hours if Israel's blockade is not lifted, amid rising tension on the border area following the Israeli army arrest of an Islamic Jihad leader, Bassam Al-Saadi, on...

Israeli occupation army has carried out several air strikes in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing ten people, including a five-year-old boy, and wounding 55 others, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said. One of the dead was identified as Tayseer Al-Jaabari, commander of of the military wing of...

Iraq's Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (Hashd Al-Shaabi) rejected, on Thursday, the call of Iraqi Shia cleric and head of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada Al-Sadr, to dissolve Parliament and hold early elections, Anadolu news agency reported. Lead of the Popular Mobilisation Forces, Falih Al-Fayyad, said in a statement to Al...

A United Nations panel yesterday ruled that France had violated an "international human rights treaty" by preventing a Muslim woman from wearing her headscarf in school. The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) said in a statement that the French move had violated "rights guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil...

A top aide to Turkiye's President said on Friday the international community cannot end the war in Ukraine by ignoring Moscow, as Tayyip Erdogan headed to Russia to meet his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports. The meeting, less than three weeks since they held talks in Tehran, comes after...

On Thursday, 4 August 2022, the Head of the Ennahda Movement and Speaker of Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, did not rule out excluding the Movement from the upcoming legislative elections or even issuing a decision to dissolve it. According to an interview, the Arabic France 24 channel said that it...

Israeli authorities yesterday approved the construction of 1,400 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem. The new units will be built in an area northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, bordering the East Jerusalem towns of Beit Safafa and Sur Baher, Mondoweiss reported. The new settlements...

This is a developing story. Israeli forces have begun an operation hitting targets in the Gaza strip, the military said on Friday, following days of friction after the arrest of a senior Palestinian resistance leader, Reuters reports. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that seven people have...