Category: 1. Palestine

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised Netanyahu’s pledge to continue the assault on Gaza, calling for the full occupation of the territory.

“Netanyahu’s statement that the war must end in victory means that the style of warfare must be changed and the approach must be to occupy the entire Gaza,” Smotrich said in a statement on X.

“We must not be afraid of establishing military administration in Gaza if…

Thousands of Christians gathered in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a centuries-old Holy Fire ceremony.

Holding unlit candles, they packed into the sprawling 12th-century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried.

In near-total darkness, the Greek patriarch entered the Holy Edicule and emerged with two lit candles. The flame was passed from one candle to the next, the light overcoming the darkness in the rotunda. The flame was…

Video shows US air strikes pounding Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, just days after the US bombed Hodeidah’s airport and Ras Isa port, killing at least 80 people. The UN says it’s gravely concerned by the US campaign against the Iran-backed group, which the Trump administration argues is necessary to protect international shipping in the Red Sea.

Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday.

Russian astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner have returned to Earth along with American Donald Pettit after a seven-month science mission on board the International Space Station (ISS).

The Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying the trio touched down southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 6:20am (01:20 GMT) on Sunday, the landing confirmed by the United States’s NASA and…