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Pentagon: US defense secretary confers with Gallant on latest developments in ME

Date: 2024-06-25 12:40:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10758810

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - The press secretary for the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Major General Pat Ryder stated that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is discussing developments in the Middle East with his Israeli counterpart Yoav ....

Netanyahu dismisses cease-fire proposal, angering hostage families: Washington Post

Date: 2024-06-25 09:39:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10758346

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to dismiss the cease-fire proposal backed by President Biden, angering the families of Israeli hostages who accused him of not honoring a key element of the plan: a full ....

Kuwait condemns Israeli occupation's attacks on hospitals, UN agencies in Palestine

Date: 2024-06-25 09:32:44 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10758553

KUWAIT, June 25 (MENA) - Kuwait strongly condemned the ongoing attacks targeting facilities, places of worship, hospitals and buildings affiliated with the United Nations (UN), including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ....

WHO: 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside Gaza

Date: 2024-06-25 07:41:12 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10758257

GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside Gaza, according to the website of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The ....

Blinken meets Gallant, discusses efforts to achieve ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-25 05:01:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10758164

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza that secures the release of all hostages and alleviates the suffering of the ....

Palestinian cause facing grave threat amid Israel's ongoing policy of genocide: Abbas

Date: 2024-06-24 21:28:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10758125

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned about the grave threat to the Palestinian national cause amid the Israeli occupation's ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people throughout the occupied Palestinian ....

Lazzarini: Gaza situation catastrophic; Israel seeks to dismantle UNRWA

Date: 2024-06-24 18:23:54 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10757998

GENEVA, June 24 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said Monday the situation in the Gaza Strip was unbearable and a nightmare. This came during his speech ....

Italy’s FM worried about escalations between Hezbollah, Israel

Date: 2024-06-24 17:55:33 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10757980

ROME, June 24 (MENA) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani voiced concern anew about what is happening on the Lebanese-Israeli border, calling for continuing efforts to bring the situation back to normal between ....

Lebanon to sue Telegraph over false 'Hezbollah arms storage' allegation

Date: 2024-06-24 14:01:33 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10757452

BEIRUT, June 24 (MENA) - Lebanon has denied claims made in The Telegraph on June 23 that Hezbollah is storing weapons in Beirut’s airport and has vowed to file a lawsuit against the British daily for slander. The British Telegraph said in an ....

28 martyrs in 24 hrs in Gaza, Palestinian health ministry says

Date: 2024-06-24 13:48:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10757705

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces martyred 28 Palestinians and injured 66 others as a result of aggression in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza said Monday. In press statements, the ....