Israel on Sunday accepted a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip proposed by Egypt, killing 31 Palestinians, including six children, and injuring 275, an Egyptian security source told AFP, adding that Cairo is now awaiting the Palestinian response. “The Israeli side accepted the ceasefire,” the source, who declined to be named, told AFP without giving further […]
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Russia urges containment of Israeli-Palestinian Islamic Jihad conflict
Russia said it was “deeply concerned” about the violence unleashed in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed at least 12 lives, and called for “maximum containment” of Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. “We are watching with deep concern the development of events, which could lead to a resumption of full military confrontation and further aggravate […]
Gaza power plant shut down due to lack of fuel on fifth day of Israeli blockade
The only power plant in the Gaza Strip was shut down this Saturday due to lack of fuel, on the fifth day of Israel’s closure of the border crossings with the enclave, a spokesman for the electricity company announced. “The power plant in Gaza has stopped working due to a lack of fuel,” Mohammed Thabet […]
Islamic Jihad leader among eight dead in Israeli strikes in Gaza
Israel had announced this Friday (5) that it was attacking the Gaza Strip, justifying the operation with rumors of the possibility of armed retaliation from the Palestinian enclave after the arrest, Monday, of Bassem Saadi, a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad organization at the West Bank. The Palestinian health ministry said at least eight […]
Israel accuses Hamas of rebuilding facilities such as tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites
© Mohamed Saber/EPA Author: Lusa The Israeli army said on Wednesday that the Islamist group Hamas had rebuilt some of the facilities that had been damaged during last year’s Gaza war, including three new tunnels and several weapons manufacturing and storage sites. The Israeli military has released aerial images and maps showing what it says […]
Biden will not make progress in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict″
Grandnephew of the mayor of Jerusalem who tried to dissuade the author of the Zionist project, nephew of the leader who refused Britain’s proposal for Palestinian self-determination, son of a diplomat posted to the United Nations – hence he was born and raised in New York, Rashid Khalidi is a college professor and historian. His […]
State funeral for late Palestinian journalist Abu Akleh
the Palestinian journalist Shiren Abu Aklehshot in the head on Wednesday while covering up a raid by the Israeli army in the north of west bank occupied, received a state funeral in Ramallah yesterday in the presence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Abu Akleh, reporter for Al Jazeera and died at age 51, she was […]