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Israel risking disastrous war against Hezbollah for political reasons, says former US official

Date: 2024-07-02 21:21:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10768899

LONDON, July 2 (MENA) - Israel risks going to war against Hezbollah to ensure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival, but it would be a miscalculation that could lead to mass civilian deaths in both Lebanon and Israel, a ....

Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on vital target in Israel’s Haifa

Date: 2024-07-02 21:19:04 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10768924

ADEN, July 2 (MENA) – Yemen’s Houthis said on Tuesday that they, along with the Islamic resistance in Iraq, have conducted a joint military operation, attacking a vital target in Israel’s Haifa, Al Arabiya reported. The military operation has been ....

Washington says it works with Egypt, Qatar on ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-02 19:35:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10768875

WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) – Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said his country continues to work closely with partners in Egypt and Qatar to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. "Our ....

270 patients left Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younes: WHO official

Date: 2024-07-02 18:24:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10768724

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - WHO Representative for the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" (OPT) Rick Peeperkorn said that as many as 270 patients left Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younes, after evacuation orders from the Israeli side. Speaking ....

UNRWA: Israeli offensive increases complexity of humanitarian situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-02 17:23:56 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10768705

AMMAN, July 2 (MENA) - UNRWA spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna said that ongoing Israeli military operations increase the complexity of the humanitarian situation in all parts of the Gaza Strip. Abu Hasna added during a phone call with the Al Qahira news ....

Gaza in 'full-blown famine': PNGO

Date: 2024-07-02 16:02:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10768640

GAZA CITY, July 2 (MENA) - The Gaza Strip is experiencing a real famine due to the destruction of food sources, said Director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) Amjad Shawa. In statements to Al Arabiya Al Hadath on ....

Gasoline prices in Israel back on the rise

Date: 2024-07-02 10:18:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10767895

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - The return to a rise in prices comes after gasoline prices fell by NIS 0.38 at the start of June, after five consecutive months of price rises, the Israeli newspaper of Globes reported. The maximum price of government ....

Israeli soldier killed by roadside bomb in West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp

Date: 2024-07-01 21:50:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10767437

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - An Israeli soldier was killed and another was seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in the West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp this morning, the Israeli occupation army announced this evening. The two soldiers were inside ....

UNRWA: Humanitarian response impossible in Gaza in light of Israeli restrictions

Date: 2024-07-01 17:30:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10767173

GAZA CITY, July 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Monday Israel's strict restrictions on the arrival of aid to the Gaza Strip make providing a humanitarian response very difficult, if not ....

UN official: Palestinian prisoners suffer due to Israeli abuses

Date: 2024-07-01 17:07:20 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10766935

GENEVA, July 1 (MENA) - Head of the mission of the International Council for Human Rights to the United Nations in Geneva Haitham Abu Saeed said that Palestinian prisoners are suffering from abuses taking place in Israeli jails in blatant violation ....