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Lebanon: Dozens of injuries in southern Lebanon, southern Beirut due to ‘pager’ explosions

Date: 2024-09-17 14:22:33 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10874416

BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) - Dozens of injuries were reported in southern Beirut and southern Lebanon due to the explosion of pagers they use to communicate, National News Agency (NNA) reported Tuesday. The unprecedented security incident that ....

Former Palestinian minister appreciates Egypt efforts in support of Gaza

Date: 2024-09-17 05:57:31 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10873500

AMMAN, Sept 17 (MENA) - Former Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila has thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptian government and people for supporting the Palestinian cause. Kaila, in statements to MENA correspondent in Amman, ....

Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

Date: 2024-09-16 22:04:15 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10873446

GENEVA, Sept 16 (MENA) – The UNRWA has warned against the deteriorating disastrous sanitary situation in Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by the organization. In a new alert, UNRWA highlighted how Gazans’ shelters have become a target ....

6 civilians killed, others wounded in Israeli shelling of northern, central Gaza

Date: 2024-09-16 21:01:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10873384

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) – Six civilians were killed and others were injured on Monday night in the occupation’s shelling of the northern and central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that Israeli shelling targeted a group of ....

UNRWA commissioner: polio vaccination coverage reached 90% in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-16 17:35:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10873115

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, Sept 16 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that UNRWA and partners vaccinated hundreds of thousands of Gaza children, reaching 90% polio vaccination coverage, according to Palestinian news agency (WAFA). ....

Death toll from Gaza war surges to 41,226

Date: 2024-09-16 16:15:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10873155

GAZA CITY, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 20 Palestinians and the injury of 76 others, Wafa news agency quoted local medical ....

Israeli warplanes strike southern Lebanon towns

Date: 2024-09-16 11:18:34 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10872366

BEIRUT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes targeting a town in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, three artillery shells hit the forest of the town of Hanin in the Bint Jbeil district, according to the state-run ....

Israeli forces forces detain 20 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2024-09-16 10:18:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10872280

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) Israeli occupation forces detained at least 20 people, including a child and former detainees, in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours, said WAFA News Agency Monday. The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission ....

Israeli settlers attack school students, teachers northwest of Jericho

Date: 2024-09-16 08:47:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10872152

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli settlers attacked students and teaching staff at Arab al-Ka'abneh Elementary School in the Ma'arjat area, northwest of Jericho, Wafa news agency reported on Monday. Local sources reported that armed Israeli ....

PNC warns of extremist Jewish plans to change status quo of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-09-16 07:53:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10871986

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Rawhi Fattouh has warned of hazardous plans by extremist Jewish groups to change the status quo of the Al Aqsa Mosque. The plans are supervised by ministers in the ....