Activist aid ship nears Gaza after reaching Egypt coast: organisers
Cairo, Egypt - An aid ship with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is nearing Gaza,...
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US urges Israel to scale down Gaza offensive
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made the push during talks in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...
- White House said earlier that Sullivan had pushed Israel on the timing of the war after Israel's defense minister told him that the conflict would last several more months
- Washington has strongly backed Israel's right to defend itself, but mounting civilian casualties in the Palestinian territory have caused a growing rift between the close allies
Palestinian presidency slams mosque ‘desecration’ by Israel army
Video footage obtained by AFP showed soldiers inside a mosque in Jenin refugee camp using loudspeakers to recite the Shema...
- "Israeli occupation forces' desecration of a mosque in the Jenin camp is shameful and condemnable behavior," Palestinian presidency spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said
- Abu Rudeineh called on the international community and US to "put pressure on Israel to stop its violations against Palestinian people, their property and their sanctities."
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Yemen rebels fire missile at cargo ship in Red Sea
A US official earlier said "we have indications that a missile was fired at the Maersk Gibraltar from a Houthi-controlled...
- No one was hurt in the incident involving the Maersk Gibraltar, which was sailing from Salalah, Oman to Jeddah, the Danish shipping giant said.
- Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the attack came after the ship's crew "refused to respond to the calls of the Yemeni naval services."