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UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 22, 2024 (AFP) – Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a “hypocritical spectacle” that does not pressure Israel. The United States, Israel’s main ally which has vetoed previous ceasefire calls, put forward the resolution which for the first time would have supported “the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire” and condemned […]
TOKYO, March 22, 2024 (AFP) – A theme park based on Japan’s “Dragon Ball” manga franchise will be built in Saudi Arabia’s new high-end tourist attraction of Qiddiya just outside Riyadh, authorities said Friday. The announcement comes two weeks after fans of the massively popular and influential series were shocked by news of the death of its creator Akira Toriyama, aged 68. The 500,000-square-metre (125-acre) park will allow fans to “live the adventures at the […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Leon Bruneau in Cairo GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, March 22, 2024 (AFP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Israel Friday to press for a truce in Gaza, ahead of a key UN Security Council vote on a US draft resolution calling for an “immediate” ceasefire. Israel’s main backer the United States announced it would submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Security Council on the need […]
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, March 21, 2024 (AFP) – The United States has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages” in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The diplomat made his announcement whilst on a tour of the Middle East that will include a stop in Israel. Key Israel backer the United States has vetoed previous UN Security Council votes on the […]
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, March 18, 2024 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza’s Rafah would be a “mistake,” as the two leaders spoke for the first time in a month amid growing tensions. Netanyahu had also agreed to Biden’s request to send a delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington to discuss Israel’s Rafah plans and a possible “alternative approach,” the […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Robbie Corey-Boulet in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, March 17, 2024 (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that civilians crammed into the southern Gaza Strip would be able to leave before troops enter in pursuit of Hamas militants. His comments, alongside visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, follow international fears over the fate of the roughly 1.5 million people sheltering in Rafah, most of them displaced by Gaza’s war. […]
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Friday that Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive desperately needed aid in the besieged territory, but Israel said the reports were “erroneous”. With the United Nations warning of a looming famine in Gaza, besieged by Israel after the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, a Spanish aid ship sailed closer to the Gaza coast opening a maritime corridor from Cyprus. Efforts to get food […]
By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – The leader of the US Senate called Thursday for Israel to hold new elections in the most strident criticism yet by a senior American official of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza. The rebuke from Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, came amid increased pressure from President Joe Biden over the mounting death toll in the conflict, sparked by […]
DUBAI, March 15, 2024 (AFP) – The US military said Thursday it had destroyed nine anti-ship ballistic missiles and two drones in Yemen after Huthi rebels fired on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said two missiles fired by the Huthi rebels towards the Red Sea and two towards the Gulf of Aden had caused no damage or injuries. It said the strikes on the missiles and drones […]
By Louis Baudoin-Laarman KEREM SHALOM, Israel, March 14, 2024 (AFP) – Israel on Thursday defended its policies on admitting trucks into Gaza, calling on the United Nations to send more convoys of aid to the war-ravaged territory. “If the UN wants to see more aid in north Gaza, it should coordinate more convoys,” said Elad Goren, head of the civil department at COGAT, a defence ministry body governing civilian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories. […]
JERUSALEM, March 15, 2024 (AFP) – The Israeli army said Friday it had not opened fire on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip, after the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said 20 people were killed and 155 wounded. “Press reports that Israeli forces attacked dozens of Gazans at an aid distribution point are erroneous,” the Israeli military said in a brief statement, adding that it was “analyzing the incident seriously”.
JERUSALEM, March 12, 2024 (AFP) – The Israeli military said Tuesday a soldier believed to be held captive in Gaza had been killed in the October 7 attack and his body taken to the Palestinian territory. Sergeant Itay Hen, 19, “fell on October 7 and was then kidnapped” to the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants, the military said in a statement. During the attack, Palestinian militants seized around 250 hostages, dozens of whom were released […]
