An Israeli strike hit the home where a displaced Palestinian family was sheltering in the southern city of Rafah, relatives and neighbors told AFP as they scraped at the soil with their hands. Al-Arja said the blast killed at least 10 people. “We retrieved the remains of children and women, finding arms and feet. They … Read more
LONDON: In July 2018, a senior Iranian official made an announcement that raised eyebrows around the Middle East. The Islamic Republic, said Manouchehr Manteqi, head of the Headquarters for Development of Knowledge-Based Aviation and Aeronautics Technology and Industry, was now capable of producing drones self-sufficiently, without reliance on foreign suppliers or outside technical know-how. International … Read more
Commander of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warns of escalation danger in Israel-Hezbollah conflict BEIRUT: The commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Gen. Aroldo Lazaro, warned on Wednesday of the continuing danger of escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern border. He said the UN Interim Force in Lebanon “calls … Read more
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A military plane banked over the war-ravaged ruins of Gaza City dropping dozens of black parachutes carrying food aid. On the ground, where almost no building within sight was still standing, hungry men and boys raced toward the beach where most of the aid seemed to have landed. Dozens of them … Read more
LONDON: Ahmed’s plans for his eagerly anticipated first child were shattered when the Israeli military bombed his home in Sabra, in western Gaza, on Oct. 26 last year. In his telling, among the possessions destroyed in the attack was a nursery that he and his wife had lovingly decorated. “All the preparations we made to … Read more
CAIRO: Trucks of flour have reached northern Gaza for distribution to areas that have had no aid in four months, Palestinian media reported on Sunday, with famine looming in the enclave and truce talks between Israel and Hamas due to resume in Qatar. A convoy of 12 trucks arrived in the north on Saturday — six … Read more
MUNICH, GENEVA: The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday that a spillover of refugees from Gaza’s Rafah into Egypt’s Sinai would be a disaster and that Egyptian authorities had made clear that Palestinians should be assisted in the enclave. “It would be a disaster for the Palestinians … a disaster for Egypt and … Read more
Israel selects its Eurovision contestant amid calls for country to be banned from competition LONDON: Israel has chosen singer Eden Golan to be its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. It comes as organizers of the competition continue to face mounting international pressure to exclude the country over the war in Gaza. Golan, 20, was … Read more
GAZA STRIP: Hamzeh Tabash walks to the Egyptian border every day from his tent in Gaza for a faltering mobile signal so he can send voice messages to loved ones separated by war and hopefully receive one in return. “One message revives the soul,” he says. Most of bombed-out Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled … Read more
BEIRUT: Three pro-Iran fighters were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes south of the Syrian capital, a war monitor said, the second such attack this week.Syrian state media reported damage from “Israeli” air strikes south of Damascus, but did not mention any casualties.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said “three members of pro-Iran groups, … Read more