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By Rosie Scammell Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, May 18, 2023 (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched to Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday in an annual flag-waving march commemorating Israel’s capture of it, as tensions on the Gaza border remained high. Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem closed their shops and were banned from the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City, a social hub, to make way for the marchers, some of whom attacked journalists […]
By Fulya OZERKAN and Burcin GERCEK with Remi BANET in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. Erdogan sounded triumphant as he emerged before a sea of supporters shortly after midnight to proclaim himself ready to lead the nation for another five years. Almost […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, May 13, 2023 (AFP) – A ceasefire took effect in and around the Gaza Strip on Saturday after five days of cross-border exchanges that have killed at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza and two people in Israel. The truce was due to take effect at 10:00 pm local time (1900 GMT), Egyptian and Palestinian sources said. But in the final 30 minutes running up to 1900 GMT, dozens of rockets were […]
PARIS, May 12, 2023 (AFP) – Iran on Friday released two French citizens, including one also holding Irish nationality, as Paris urged Tehran to free other foreigners jailed by the Islamic republic. French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since October, and Frenchman Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran lasted two years, were freed from their prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the French foreign ministry said. They rapidly boarded a special flight to Paris and […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, May 10, 2023 (AFP) – Israel’s army and Gaza militants traded heavy cross-border fire Wednesday, with 20 Palestinians killed over two days amid the worst escalation of violence to hit the coastal territory in months. Smoke billowed from the densely-populated coastal enclave after Israel announced it was targeting rocket launch sites of the militant group Islamic Jihad. Gaza’s health ministry said five people were killed, a day after Israeli strikes on […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The Israeli army said it killed three leaders of the Islamic Jihad militant group Tuesday in air strikes on Gaza, which left a dozen dead according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory. The ministry said that women and children were among the dead, publishing a list of names without ages or detailing any affiliations. An AFP journalist in Gaza saw the top of a building on fire […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes on Tuesday against the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, its military announced, with the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory saying nine people were killed. The ministry said that women and children were among the dead, but did not give further details as to the identity of the victims. An AFP journalist in Gaza saw the top of a building on […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, May 4, 2023 (AFP) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army called a “stabbing attack”. Iman Odeh, 26, was “killed by a bullet to the chest fired by the occupation soldiers in Huwara, south of Nablus,” a ministry statement said. The Israeli army said an assailant stabbed a soldier, who was “lightly injured” and taken […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a truce around Gaza Wednesday, after militants traded fire with Israel following the death in Israeli custody of a hunger striker from its ranks. Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United Nations intervened to broker a return to calm from 4 am (0100 GMT), sources in Islamic Jihad and fellow militant group Hamas told AFP. Israel did not immediately confirm the agreement. The […]
By Delphine Matthieussent Agence France-Presse ASHKELON, Israel (AFP) — Now 75 years old, Israel models itself as an economic success story, a leader in business, agriculture and advanced technologies — despite glaring inequalities that have left many Israelis behind. The country readily describes itself as a “start-up nation”, and its per capita GDP is higher than that of Germany, France or Britain. But “there is the start-up nation and the soup kitchen nation,” says Gilles […]
By Maher al-Mounes Agence France-Presse DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi is set to travel to Damascus Wednesday in the first visit by an Iranian president since Syria’s civil war broke out and as regional engagement with the two allies expands. During 12 years of conflict, Tehran has provided economic, political and military support to Syria, helping Damascus claw back lost territory and positioning Iran in a leading role as President Bashar al-Assad seeks […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Gaza militants fired rockets Tuesday after the death in Israeli custody of a leading Palestinian figure in the Islamic Jihad group, who had been on hunger strike for nearly three months. The cross-border fire followed the death of Khader Adnan, who had been on hunger strike since his detention by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in February. Israel’s prison service announced the death of a detainee affiliated […]
