JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops advanced further into Gaza City on Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state before departing for New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
Israeli forces continued their offensive across the Gaza Strip, carrying out strikes on 170 separate targets in the past 24 hours. Footage showed tanks in southwestern Gaza City, where heavy bombardments have triggered a mass exodus of residents. (Israel-Gaza-Offensive)
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SANAA/JERUSALEM -- At least eight people were killed and 142 others wounded on Thursday when Israel conducted multiple airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Houthi-run health authorities said.
According to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the Israeli airstrikes targeted the Dhahban power station, the Presidential Palace complex, the General Security Camp, as well as two residential neighborhoods in the city. (Israel-Yemen-Airstrikes)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) said Thursday it will partially reopen the main crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan for passenger traffic only, starting Friday morning.
The crossing, known in Israel as the Allenby Bridge and in Jordan as the Karama Bridge, is the principal gateway for Palestinians from the West Bank to travel abroad. It is also a key trade route for trucks transporting goods between Jordan and the West Bank. (Israel-West Bank-Crossing-Reopening)
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Thursday announced a deal under which the federal oil ministry will take crude produced in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and export it through a pipeline to Türkiye.
"This ensures fair distribution of wealth, diversification of export outlets and encouragement of investment," al-Sudani said on social media platform X. (Iraq-Kurdistan-Oil-Exports) ■
