Category: 2. Middle East

Yemen’s armed forces said yesterday that they had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv in central Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israeli defence systems earlier in the day, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

The missile launch, which was in response to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, activated air raid sirens across large areas of central Israel, including Tel Aviv and…

Hamas strongly condemned remarks made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who suggested that a Palestinian state be established on part of French territory — an apparent response to France’s support for recognising a Palestinian state, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

In an official statement issued yesterday, Hamas described Huckabee’s comments as a “blatant mockery” of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people and a…

A Lebanese citizen was killed and another was injured yesterday in two attacks carried out by Israeli drones. The strikes targeted two towns in southern Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle with a guided missile on the Arnon–Shaqif road, killing a Lebanese citizen.

Earlier,…

In a show of support for Palestine, fans of the French club Paris Saint-Germain raised a banner calling for an end to the massacres in the Gaza Strip during the team’s match against Inter Milan in the Champions League final on Saturday.

During the match, a large banner raised by PSG fans read, “Stop the genocide in Gaza”.

A powerful message from PSG fans during tonight’s Champions League final.

“Stop the genocide in Gaza”

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said yesterday that what is happening in the Gaza Strip in terms of displacement and violations has gone beyond all acceptable limits, asking: “I don’t know what more we need to witness—displacement and violations—to sound the alarm about what is happening in Gaza.”

In remarks reported by Euronews, Prevot stated that Belgium has decided to adopt a harsher tone towards Israel, accusing it of causing famine inside…

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for an independent investigation into the killing of dozens of Palestinians near a US-backed aid centre in Gaza after rescuers blamed the deaths on Israeli fire and the military denied any involvement.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 people and wounded 176 near the aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah, with AFP photos showing civilians at the scene carting away bodies and medics at nearby hospitals…

The flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of next month.

Emirates said in a statement today that its first flight to Damascus will take off on 16 July.

The airline said that it will initially operate three flights weekly, with plans to increase to four weekly flights as of August.

The company said its decision to resume flights to Damascus came after a “thorough assessment conducted in…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud said the Israeli government’s refusal to allow a delegation of Arab ministers into the occupied West Bank showed its “extremism and rejection of peace”, Reuters reports.

His statement came during a joint press conference in Amman with counterparts from Jordan, Egypt and Bahrain, after they met as part of an Arab contact group that was going to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said today it would have to see if there are changes in the US position on sanctions, as the two countries negotiate a deal to resolve a decades-long dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Reuters reports.

“I regret to inform you that the American side has not yet been willing to clarify this issue,” ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a weekly press conference in Tehran.

“It must be clear to us how the oppressive…

An Israeli air strike has severely damaged the Ansar Mosque in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, as Israel’s genocidal war continues unabated in the besieged Palestinian enclave. The adjacent cemetery also sustained damage in the strike.

Footage from the scene shows the mosque with all its walls collapsed, and its columns and central dome heavily damaged but still partially standing. Torn copies of the Qur’an are seen strewn amid the rubble, as…