TEL AVIV | TASS | The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes on Iranian missile manufacturing facilities and surface-to-air missile arrays, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. According to the IDF, Israeli planes safely returned home. The Israeli army said that the attack had been conducted in response to the …
Read More »Israeli airstrikes on camps in central, northern Gaza cause large casualties
GAZA, Palestine | Xinhua | At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Saturday targeting separate refugee camps in central and northern Gaza, Palestinian sources said. Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to the Shana’a family with several missiles without prior warning in the Maghazi refugee camp in central …
Read More »Hamas must be ‘brought to its knees’ — Israeli official
TEL AVIV | TASS | Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on the country’s authorities not to send a delegation “to talks in Doha or Cairo” to try to make a deal on Gaza, as he made no bones about his position that the Palestinian Hamas movement should …
Read More »At least 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on school in S. Gaza
GAZA, | Xinhua | At least 25 Palestinians were killed and some others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. Security sources told Xinhua that Israeli aircraft targeted the gate of the Al-Awda School, …
Read More »Arab League’s chief slams Israeli bombing on camp in Gaza’s Rafah
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (AL) Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Monday criticized Israel for bombing tents for the displaced Palestinians in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. In a post published on social media platform X, Aboul-Gheit called the bombing, which took on Sunday, …
Read More »Blinken says US not involved in Israeli attack against Iran
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that he can’t speak to media reports about the details of an Israeli attack against Iran overnight, stressing that the United States was not involved in any offensive operations by Israel. “The reports that you’ve seen, I’m not …
Read More »UN: Israeli bombardment hits 212 schools in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The heavy bombardment against Gaza by Israel has resulted in “direct hits” on 212 schools within the enclave, according to analysis partnered with the United Nations released on Wednesday. Satellite images have shown that at least 53 schools have been “completely destroyed” since the conflict …
Read More »Jordan, Palestine, Egypt stress rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians
AMMAN | Xinhua | Jordan, Egypt and Palestine stressed Wednesday their rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The rejection was reiterated during a trilateral summit held in Jordan’s Aqaba, where King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and …
Read More »Blinken discusses Gaza conflict with Israeli officials during visit
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday with Israeli officials the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and urged the Israeli side to protect civilians in Gaza. Blinken’s visit marks his fourth trip to Israel since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in …
Read More »Israeli FM confirms assassination of senior Hezbollah commander
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Monday evening that Israel was behind the assassination of an elite Hezbollah commander, Wissam Hassan Tawil, in Lebanon, reported Israeli media. “Regarding the elimination in southern Lebanon, we took responsibility for it,” Katz said, cited by Israel’s Ynet news …
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