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Man severely wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing attack; assailant killed

Date: 2025-01-18 23:05:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11032057

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - A 28-year-old man was severely wounded in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon, Israeli police authorities said. The attacker, identified as Saleh Yahya, 19, a Palestinian from the West Bank city of ....

4 Palestinian children injured in Israeli raid on West Bank

Date: 2025-01-18 20:24:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11032149

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) – Four Palestinian children were injured by live ammunition on Saturday evening during an Israeli military raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian news agency ....

UN chief says Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon in agreed timeframe

Date: 2025-01-18 20:13:02 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11032035

BEIRUT, Jan 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon by the January 26 deadline set in the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement. Addressing reporters during a news briefing in Beirut on ....

One Palestinian killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes south Gaza

Date: 2025-01-18 14:55:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:11031839

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen was killed on Saturday in an Israeli air raid on the town of Al-Fakhari, east Khan Yunis, in southern the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian "WAFA" News Agency reported. Local sources reported that ....

UN chief voices support to Lebanon and its president

Date: 2025-01-18 12:16:13 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11031521

BEIRUT, Jan 18 (MENA) – Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres had a meeting with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, voicing support for him and solidarity with the people of Lebanon, MTV Lebanon reported. Guterres said the ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 46,899

Date: 2025-01-18 12:07:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11031514

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 46,899 civilians and the number of wounded has reached 110,725, since October 7, 2023, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said on Saturday. Most of ....

Israel tightens military measures at Tayasir, Hamra checkpoints

Date: 2025-01-18 08:20:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11031223

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday tightened their military measures at the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley. Local Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli forces tightened ....

Five civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-01-18 08:05:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11031209

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Last night, five Palestinians from one family were killed in an Israeli occupation forces' shelling in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. Medical sources said that a person from the Al-Qudra ....

UNRWA chief says Israel’s dismantling of agency would be catastrophic to Gaza

Date: 2025-01-18 05:07:10 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11031105

NEW YORK, Jan 18 (MENA) - The head of the United Nations agency that assists Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that the expected implementation later this month of Israeli legislation aimed at shuttering the agency would be “catastrophic” to ....

Well-placed source: Joint operations room formed to follow up compliance with Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-01-18 00:12:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11031045

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - A well-informed Egyptian source said Friday that the Cairo-hosted meeting on the implementation mechanisms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which was announced two days ago, had already wrapped up this evening amid optimistic ....