GAZA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) - Two Palestinians were killed on Saturday by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources.Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told Xinhua that the hospital's emergency room received the body of a Palestinian man killed when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on him in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli drone fire in the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, according to medical sources at Nasser Hospital in Gaza City.Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli army shelled eastern Khan Younis, and carried out demolition operations on homes and buildings east of Gaza City.There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents.Gaza's health authorities said on Saturday that 612 Palestinians have been killed and 1,640 others wounded by Israeli army fire since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect on Oct. 10, 2025.The authorities said the total number of Palestinian fatalities since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 72,070, with 171,738 wounded.

AMMAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) - Jordan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee that Israel has right to claim control over the entire Middle East, calling them reckless and provocative.Huckabee's remarks violate diplomatic norms, infringe on the sovereignty of regional states, and breach international law and the UN Charter, Jordan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Fouad Majali said in a statement, adding that they contradict Washington's declared position rejecting the annexation of the occupied West Bank.Majali reaffirmed that the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip are occupied Palestinian territories under international law, reiterating that ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state, based on the two-state solution and international law, is the only path to a just and comprehensive peace.In a contentious interview with podcaster Tucker Carlson posted on Friday, Huckabee said Israel has a biblical right to claim control over the entire Middle East, or at least most of the region.It would be fine if they took it all, Huckabee said.

Turkish gendarmerie detained 346 people on Saturday in a large-scale anti-drug operation across five provinces, authorities said.