Category: 2. Middle East

The Israeli occupation army yesterday admitted its soldiers had killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in a town near Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, under the pretext that the child had attempted to throw an explosive device at the soldiers, Anadolu reported, citing a post on the Israeli Defence Forces’ official account on X.

However, Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) reported that Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija was shot in the abdomen…

India and Pakistan have taken reciprocal measures, including the suspension of bilateral pacts and closing the only legally operating land border, after an attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people, Anadolu Agency reports.

New Delhi, on Wednesday, suspended its decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, under which two nuclear-armed neighbours regulate water share of six rivers on the Indus Basin.

Islamabad called the move “reckless” and warned any attempt by…

An Israeli air strike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip today, killing at least ten people, local health authorities said according to Reuters.

Medics said two Israeli missiles hit the police station, located near a market, which led to the wounding of dozens of people in addition to the ten deaths. The identities of those killed were not immediately clear.

Local health authorities said at least 30 Palestinians have been killed in a…

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry told Iran’s ambassador not to interfere in Lebanon’s internal affairs on Thursday as pressure rises on Beirut to bring Hezbollah under state control.

Ambassador Mojtaba Amani was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday after he commented on the disarmament of Hezbollah. The ministry’s secretary-general, Hani Chemaitelly, spoke to him about the “necessity of adhering to diplomatic norms specified in the international treaties related to the…

Israel will allow entry to 600 Syrian Druze clerics into the country on Friday, Israeli media said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.

Defence Minister, Israel Katz, approved the move to allow the Druze clerics to visit the tomb of Prophet Jethro in the Lower Galilee in northern Israel, the Walla news website reported.

Friday’s visit marks the second, after a similar trip by a delegation of around 100 Syrian Druze members in March, the first in more than five…

The Saudi Council of Ministers has approved three agreements with Morocco aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation in criminal matters between the two countries.

During a cabinet meeting chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday, the council ratified agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, extradition of wanted persons, and the transfer of convicted individuals between the Saudi and Moroccan governments.

The three…

The medical director of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has warned that the Gaza Strip has reached the most critical level of malnutrition, Stage 5, under the World Health Organisation’s classification, as a result of the ongoing and severe blockade imposed by Israeli occupation forces.

Speaking to Voice of Palestine, Dr Khalil Al-Daqran described a dire humanitarian crisis in which children are suffering from extreme levels of malnutrition due to the severe shortage…

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry reprimanded Tehran’s ambassador to Beirut on Thursday over comments alleging that plans to disarm Iran-backed Lebanese group, Hezbollah, were a “conspiracy”, Reuters reports.

Hezbollah is under mounting pressure to relinquish its arsenal after a 2024 conflict with Israel badly weakened it and left much of southern Lebanon in ruins.

President Joseph Aoun is expected to begin talks with the group on disarmament, seen for years…

In another illustration of the genocidal mania gripping sections of the pro-Israel support base, an anti-Palestinian commentator has openly declared he is willing to see “as many dead kids as it takes” for Israel to achieve its objectives in Gaza.

In the latest example of this mania, a viral tweet from a prominent pro-Israel supporter writing under the tag “Misfitpatriot” — hiding behind the cloak of anonymity — has sparked widespread outrage for…