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DUBAI, Dec 19, 2023 (AFP) – The United States condemned “unprecedented” attacks by Yemeni rebels on Red Sea shipping as the Huthis pledged Tuesday to continue military operations despite the announcement of a new maritime protection force. The flurry of drone and missile attacks by the rebels, the latest of which targeted two vessels on Monday, threaten to upend global trade flows, with major shipping firms halting traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Pentagon chief […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – An Israeli soldier was shot and killed in an overnight attack at a checkpoint in east Jerusalem, the Israeli army said Sunday. A police spokesperson had announced earlier that a manhunt was underway for an assailant who had “shot and severely injured two Israelis” at a checkpoint near Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp. A third person, whose nationality was not specified, was hit by “shrapnel”, according to Magen David Adom (MADA) — […]
by Guillaume Lavallee and Daniella Cheslow Agence France Presse JERUSALEM (AFP) — Hundreds were wounded in new clashes Monday between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem as a planned march marking Israel’s 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions. Palestinians hurled projectiles at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, an AFP correspondent at the scene said, following a night of sporadic […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines and Israel on Monday, Sept. 3, inked several agreements during President Rodrigo Dutertes official visit. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, representing the Philippine government, signed the memorandum of understanding on scientific cooperation. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, for his part, signed the memorandum of intent on the collaboration of bilateral direct investment, while Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed a memorandum of agreement which, the Palace said, aims to reduce placement fees for […]
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) — Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Friday (November 25) forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee the city of Haifa, as leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them “terrorists”. The fires have been burning in multiple locations for the past three days but intensified on Thursday (November 24), fueled by unseasonably dry weather and strong easterly winds. With fires burning in the forests west of […]
In order to further strengthen the ties between Israel and the Philippines,an officer of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture visits the country Omar Zeidan, Deputy Director for Extension Service of said ministry, met up with his Philippine counterparts in the fields of horticulture and post-harvest. In 2006, both governments decided to create the Philippine-Israeli Center for Agricultural Training which seeks to promulgate an agricultural and research and development coordinator that will promote farm productivity, profitability […]
(Reuters) – Israeli shelling killed four boys on a Gaza beach on Wednesday, a local health official said, and Palestinian militants fired a further 70 rockets into Israel after a failed Egyptian attempt to halt more than a week of warfare. Israel urged the evacuation of several districts in the Gaza Strip where more than 100,000 people live, threatening ground operations to try to stem the rocket attacks. An Israeli official said the defence minister […]
A series of fresh Israeli air strikes in Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of nine Palestinian militants.
