United Nations, June 11 (IANS) With the reopening of the Rafah crossing, UN humanitarians said medical evacuations of people seeking treatment outside Gaza are now ready to resume.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border reopened for a limited number of people travelling in both directions after a two-day closure imposed by the Israeli authorities. Assistance was also offered to people returning to the Gaza Strip.The Kerem S…
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Tehran, June 8 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its aerospace forces on Monday morning targeted two “important and strategic” Israeli air bases in retaliation for Israel’s attacks earlier in the day against the Gulf country. In a statement on its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC said that it struck Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases in response to Israel’s missile strikes on a number of radar sites in three Iranian locations.All its combat and operational …
Jerusalem, June 8 (IANS) An Iranian missile, or debris from an interception, struck a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, damaging three homes, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported. Video footage shared on social media showed a large plume of smoke rising from the area. There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.The attack triggered air-raid sirens in the Jerusalem area and parts of the West Bank, while explosions were heard as a…
Canberra, June 2 (IANS) The Australian government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three Israeli individuals and four entities in response to escalating settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Announcing the sanctions in a statement, Penny Wong, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, said settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank undermines Israel’s security and its standing in the world.According to Wong, the individuals and entities will be subjected to financial…
London, May 23 (IANS) A joint statement was released by nine Western countries — The UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands on the serious situation in Israel’s West Bank.”Over the past few months, the situation in the West Bank has deteriorated significantly. Settler violence is at unprecedented levels. The policies and practices of the Israeli government, including a further entrenchment of Israeli control, are undermining stability and prospect…
Gaza, April 25 (IANS) Thousands of Palestinians voted Saturday in the first municipal elections held in Gaza in 20 years, though the process was limited to the city of Deir al-Balah in the central part of the enclave, alongside local elections across the West Bank.Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT), with voting continuing until 5:00 p.m. in Deir al-Balah and until 7:00 p.m. in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Central Elections Commission.The commission said som…
Tel Aviv, March 12 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in Israel, Yair Lapid, said on Thursday that Israel is fighting a “just war” to ensure that all the people in the country are safe and not being harmed by terrorist organisations. Speaking to reporters, Lapid stated that Israel is fighting the war in the north as Hezbollah and Iran are targetting the area with drones and rockets.He said, “If you want to know why is it that we’re fighting this war here up in the Israeli north, it’s because if the…
Brussels, Feb 28 (IANS) Some European countries have urged their citizens to leave or avoid travel to Iran and several other Middle East regions due to escalating US-Iran tensions. The British government on Friday (local time) said it has temporarily withdrawn staff from Iran, with its embassy continuing to operate remotely, and advised against all travel to the country.The French Foreign Ministry issued a security advisory for French nationals against travel to Israel, Jerusalem and the West Ba…
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Amidst escalating tension in the Middle East, the U.S. State Department on Friday authorised the departure of non-emergency government personnel and their families from Israel, even as it retained its Level 3 advisory urging Americans to “Reconsider Travel” to Israel and the West Bank. In an updated Travel Advisory, the Department said it had “authorised the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel from M…
Cairo, Feb 22 (IANS) The Arab League, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee that Israel has the right to claim control over the entire Middle East.Huckabee’s remarks, being illogical and irrational, are “inconsistent with the fundamental principles and established norms of diplomacy,” Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said in a statement.Those remarks “serve only to inflame sentiments and stir religious and national emotions” when …