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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 39,480, over 91,128 injured

Date: 2024-08-01 09:46:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10810972

RAMALLAH, August 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 35 Palestinians and the injury of 551 others, WAFA quoted medical sources ....

Top Hamas commander Mohammed Deif killed in Israeli strikes, Israeli occupation forces confirms

Date: 2024-08-01 09:39:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10810914

RAMALLAH, Aug 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops confirmed Thursday that strikes on July 13 in southern Gaza had killed Mohammed Deif, according to The Washington Post. “We can now confirm: Mohammed Deif was eliminated,” Israeli occupation ....

Official, popular funeral procession of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran

Date: 2024-08-01 08:30:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10810765

TEHRAN, August 1 (MENA) - An official and popular funeral procession was held in Tehran for Hamas' Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers for Haniyeh and his ....

Guterres urges int'l community to prevent actions pushing Middle East over edge

Date: 2024-08-01 07:28:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10810680

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said the international community must work together to urgently prevent any actions that could push the entire Middle East over the edge, with a devastating impact on ....

Blinken emphasizes importance to continue work to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-01 06:17:51 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10810596

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken emphasized the importance of continuing to work to reach a ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages, alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian ....

The Guardian: Risk of regional Middle East conflict acute after two weeks of airstrikes

Date: 2024-07-31 22:01:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10810504

LONDON, July 31 (MENA) - Although the parties involved are loath to acknowledge that the war in Gaza is metastasizing into a regional conflict, the last two weeks of airstrikes and targeted killings across the Middle East suggest the risk is ....

Int'l community must work to prevent pushing entire Middle East over the edge: UN chief

Date: 2024-07-31 20:09:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10810430

NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the recent attacks in South Beirut and Teheran represent a dangerous escalation at a moment in which all efforts should instead be leading to a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of ....

NYT: Strikes in Iran & Lebanon raise risk of escalation, but all-out war not inevitable

Date: 2024-07-31 19:59:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10810427

NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - The scale of the reaction from Iran and its regional proxies to Israel's attacks on Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut could determine whether the ....

UNSC to hold emergency meeting over Hamas chief's killing

Date: 2024-07-31 19:51:27 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10810416

NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - The UN Security Council will convene for an emergency meeting on Wednesday regarding the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, TASS quoted Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to ....

Arab Journalists' Union condemns Israel's assassination of Journalist Ismail Al Ghoul, cameraman Rami Al Rifi

Date: 2024-07-31 19:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10810365

CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - The General Union of Arab Journalists denounced the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation army, which led to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al Rifi during their coverage of ....