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Israeli attack on Syria kills 36
Israeli airstrikes on the city of Palmyra in Syria have killed at least 36 people and more than 50 people wounded, reports AFP. Syrian defece ministry confirmed the death saying, The attack killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, and caused significant material damage. But the Syrian...
US vetoes on Gaza ceasefire resolution
The US has vetoed Wednesday an UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, reports UNB. The US vetoed saying the resolution was not linked to an immediate release of hostages still held by Hamas. Meanwhile in Lebanon, a ceasefire deal between Israel and...
Yemeni forces seize Israeli ship in fresh operation
Yemens Armed Forces seize an Israeli ship in the Red Sea in yet another operation in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have been enduring a genocidal war and siege for more than 13 months. In a statement released on Wednesday, the forces announced conducting a military operation in...
Microsoft employee fired for pro-Palestine vigil
Two employees of the tech giant company Microsoft were sacked in late October after holding a demonstration for Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. The employees were part of a group called No Azure for Apartheid, which demands Microsoft end its cloud computing...
Israel threatens, attacks Palestinian farmers harvesting olives
On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her familys land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank. It was something that Hanan Abu Salameh had done for decades. Within minutes, the mother of...
More than 1000 health workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza: Ministry
Health ministry on Tuesday evening said more than 1000 doctors and nurses so far have been killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Palestine, reports Sana. The occupation deliberately targets medical staff, as it has executed more than 1,000 doctors and nurses so far, and it continues to...
Israel's Gaza assault escalates amid rising toll and international concerns
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has described the situation at the facility as an extreme catastrophe after Israeli forces targeted the building while it was treating children and elderly patients suffering from malnutrition. The hospital, located in one of Gazas most heavily...
Over 200 children killed in Lebanon in under two months: UN
The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that over 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated attacks targeting Hezbollah in September, reports BSS. James Elder, spokesman for the UN childrens agency, UNICEF, said reporters, Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in...
Pro-Palestinian activists arrested at the US senate
Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists has been arrested on Tuesday at the United States senate, repots Al Jazeera. However, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that the number of arrestee must be over 50. The activists staged a protest inside the US hart senate building in solidarity with the...
7 wounded in Hezbollah’s attack on central Israel
According to Israels ambulance service, Magen David Adom, at least seven people were injured in central Israel in Hezbollahs rocket attack, reports Al Jazeera. Earlier, Israeli military said that about five projectiles have been identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, following...
Israeli aggression in Gaza, Lebanon pushing region to wider war: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabias Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Monday said that Israels aggression in Gaza and Lebanon is pushing the region to a wider war, Al Arabia. He told this at the opening session of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza and...
US Senate to vote on bills to block arms deal with Israel
The United States Senate will vote later this week on bills to block a $20bn arms deal with Israel, an effort advocates say will set a precedent in congressional efforts to halt weapons transfers to the US ally, reports Al Jazeera. Senator Bernie Sanders a progressive independent who caucuses...
Iraqi armed group claims attack on Israel
Iraq based armed group The Islamic Resistance said that it launched an attack on a vital target in southern Israel using drones, reports Al Jazeera. The group of Iran-backed militias said the attack was in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon. It has been launching near-daily...
Israel attacks key government buildings, embassies in Beirut
An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanons capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, reports UNB. The attack killed at least five people as the US pressed ahead with cease-fire efforts. Lebanons state-run National News Agency...
Iran vows ‘proportionate response’ to Israeli aggression
Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has asserted the countrys right to defend its territorial integrity and national sovereignty, reiterating Tehrans resolve to give a proper response to Israels latest act of aggression, Press TV reported. We have said many times that we will not...
Israel kills six more paramedics in Lebanon
The National News Agency of Lebanon reports that Israeli jets bombed the Islamic Health Authority centre in the village of Arab Salim in the Nabatieh governorate, killing six more paramedics, reports Al Jazeera. The deceased were identified as Mustafa Hanawi, Hassan Aboud, Muhammad Hanawi, Ahmed...
An Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah’s spokesman, another kills at least 30 in Gaza
The UNB reports, citing AP, that a rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollahs chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gazas Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people. Hezbollah confirmed the death saying, Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi was killed in a strike on the...
Israel carried out 145 attacks on Lebanon in 24 hrs
The Lebanese government has published a report that demonstrates the scale and intensity of Israels attacks on the country, reports Al Jazeera. The report by Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin said that there have been 145 Israeli attacks across the country in the past 24 hours. Most of them...
Three suspects arrested after flares near Israel PM's home
Israeli police arrested three suspects on Sunday morning after two flares landed near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus residence in the central town of Caesarea, reports AFP. Three suspects were arrested overnight for their involvement in the incident that took place Saturday night, the police...
Dozens killed as Israel attacks on Gaza school
According to medical sources, at least 10 including women and children were killed by an Israeli attack on Gaza school and Barbershop, reports Al Jazeera. Another 20 people were injured during the attack on UN-run Abu Assi School in the Shati refugee camp early Sunday. The school sheltered...
Beirut’s Dahiyeh being bombed 50 times in one week
The Israeli military issued a statement saying its forces carried out a fourth wave of attacks on Beiruts Dahiyeh on Saturday evening, and that in the last week alone, it has bombed 50 targets in the neighbourhood, reports Al Jazeera. The statement came as Israeli forces continued to pound...
Businesses struggle to survive amid ongoing Israeli raids
Lina al-Khalil has fled her south Beirut home to escape escalating Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but she still returns daily to the bombarded area to keep the family business running. Its more important than my house, said the pharmacist, in her 50s, of the business she inherited from her father...
Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli soldiers
Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah says its fighters ambushed Israeli soldiers in the village of Chamaa in southern part of the country on Saturday, causing several casualties, reports Al Jazeera. The group said fighting was ongoing. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Earlier,...
Netherlands dismayed by Israeli influence on national politics
Citing a local media Anadolu Agency reports, Security units in the Netherlands have expressed discomfort over Israels attempts to influence and meddle in the countrys political affairs. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant published the story which says, Israels Diaspora Affairs and Combating...
Lebanese resistance strikes Israeli army with missile
Syrian state media said that the Lebanese resistance group launched a missile attack on Israeli Occupation Army Infantry Brigade. Quoting resistance group, the report said, Lebanese National Resistance launched a missile attack on the 769th General Division of the Israeli Occupation Army...
Several buildings, vehicles damaged in rocket attack near Haifa
Israeli Defence Forces said that Hezbollah on Saturday has launched several barrages of rockets targeting Israeli establishments, reports TOI. Israeli air defence system Iron Dome failed to safeguard its agriculture area as police said in a statement that Buildings and vehicles in the area...
New Trump administration ‘more pro-Israel than most Israelis’: Analysts
US president-elect Donald Trump will move his administration even closer to Israel and would feel no pressure to pretend there is a difference between the interests of the two sides, analysts said, reports Al Jazeera. Speaking to the AFP, Asher Fredman, director of the Israeli think tank the...
EU to discuss sanctions, ‘suspending political dialogue with Israel’
Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will discuss proposals to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements and suspend political dialogue with Israel, reports Al Jazeera. The blocs foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced he is proposing the measures because of the many violations...