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by Sakher Abou El Oun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides Tuesday as tensions flared in Palestinian “day of anger” protests in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Calls for a ceasefire intensified, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its onslaught on the coastal enclave “as long as necessary,” before a UN […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The Palestinian enclave of Gaza’s only Covid-19 laboratory is no longer able to carry out testing due to an Israeli air strike Monday on the clinic housing it, local authorities said. Al-Rimal clinic, in the town of the same name in the Gaza Strip, was partly destroyed, while the territory’s health ministry and the office of Qatar’s Red Crescent were also hit, officials said. Medical personnel at the […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The United States’ top military officer has warned the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas is creating instability beyond Gaza, saying it is “in no one’s interest to continue fighting”. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, speaking to journalists while flying to Brussels for a NATO meeting, urged both sides in the conflict to de-escalate, echoing comments from President Joe Biden, who has said he backs a […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Monday evening, a Lebanese military source told AFP, prompting the Israeli army to respond with rocket fire. “Three Grad-type rockets were fired from the Shebaa Farms area,” not far from the Israeli border, the source said, adding that Israel responded with artillery fire. bek/kjl/jj © Agence France-Presse
by Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip Monday, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants left more than 200 people dead as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded. Overnight Sunday to Monday, Israel launched dozens of strikes in the space of a few minutes across the crowded coastal Palestinian enclave controlled by Islamist group Hamas, according […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian (AFP) — Israeli warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday to Monday, said witnesses in the Palestinian enclave, from where armed groups have launched rockets into the Jewish state. “IDF fighter jets are striking terror targets in the Gaza Strip,” the Israeli army said in a statement in the first hours of Sunday. Dozens of missiles crashed into different parts of the densely populated coastal territory, AFP journalists said. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US State Department on Thursday urged citizens to “reconsider travel to Israel” due to the recent surge in violence between the Jewish state and Palestinians. The travel advisory level, which had been lowered in recent weeks due to improvement in the country’s Covid-19 situation, was stepped up to Level 3, out of a maximum of four. “Reconsider travel to Israel due to armed conflict and civil unrest,” the department […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon, (AFP) — Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Thursday, a Lebanese military source said. Israel’s army said the rockets landed in the sea. Lebanese military and security sources said the rockets were launched from near the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh. A source close to Israel’s arch-enemy Hezbollah said the Lebanese Shiite group had no link to the incident. Israel’s army said in a statement: “A short while ago, […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 1,000 rockets towards Israel since Monday evening, when hostilities escalated dramatically following days of unrest in Jerusalem, the Israeli army said. Army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told reporters Wednesday morning that the figures related to the barrage that began at roughly 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Monday evening, when Hamas Islamist launched rockets towards Jerusalem, causing tensions to soar. Since then, 850 rockets launched […]
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 […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli aircraft hit what the military said were Islamic Jihad sites in the Gaza Strip and Syria late Sunday, after the Palestinian militant group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel. In a new flareup a week ahead of a fresh general election in the Jewish state, the Israeli Air Force carried out strikes on “Islamic Jihad terror sites” throughout Gaza and near the Syrian capital Damascus, a military statement said. […]
by Stephen Weizman with Sakher Abou El Oun in Gaza City JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Calm returned Wednesday after Palestinian militants in Gaza fired three rockets at Israel overnight, prompting retaliatory fire from Israel and threatening a Hamas-declared truce. But while the shaky ceasefire seemed to be taking effect, there were concerns the first anniversary of mass protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday could lead to further tensions. A big turnout is expected for […]
