BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the phone at the latter’s invitation as discussed with him the situation developing in Gaza and also spoke on China’s concerns about the Taiwan issue. Wang Yi said that the current important task for both sides is to extend the positive effects of the San …
WEST BANK: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Monday that he rejects Israel’s plans to “separate, occupy, cut off or isolate any part of the Gaza Strip,” which is “an integral part of the Palestinian state,” according to a statement by the official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). “It’s necessary to immediately stop the aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza …
VIRGINIA: An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. “We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as …
BEIRUT: Israeli shelling killed two people in south Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese official said, as the collapse of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the frontier. The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said it had carried out several attacks on Israeli military positions at the border in …
Rafah: Hamas released a second group of Israeli and foreign hostages on Saturday night in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli authorities said Sunday morning, after an hourslong delay raised fears that a fragile truce in Gaza could collapse altogether. Qatar, which helped broker the deal alongside Egypt, said that two mediators had managed to overcome an …
GAZA: Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday shared a list of captives to be released today with Israel, following the release of 24 captives the previous day, the first of a planned four-day truce. Israeli security officials were reviewing the list, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. The pause in the fighting was the first …