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Hezbollah says it attacked building used by Israeli soldiers

Date: 2024-06-28 21:11:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10763243

BEIRUT, June 28 (MENA) - Hezbollah said on Friday that in response to the Israeli aggression on Lebanese villages, particularly the Lebanese southern town of Chihine, its fighters targeted a building used by enemy soldiers in the Shlomi settlement ....

Pentagon removing Gaza pier, no clear date on reinstallation - The Hill

Date: 2024-06-28 19:43:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10763229

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - The US military is once again removing the Gaza pier due to poor weather, and there is no clear timeline on when it would be reanchored, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh ....

Blinken, UN humanitarian coordinator stress need to increase aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-28 19:15:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10763164

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag stressed the need to increase and sustain humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as ongoing work to address ....

Hezbollah targets Israel's spy equipment in Birkat Risha site

Date: 2024-06-28 18:19:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10763163

BEIRUT, June 28 (MENA) – The Hezbollah Movement said on Friday that its fighters targeted spy devices at Israel’s Birkat Risha site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hit, Lebanon’s NNA reported. In a press release, the group added that ....

Iran: Voting time of 14th presidential election extended for additional 2 hours

Date: 2024-06-28 18:17:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10763182

TEHRAN, June 28 (MENA) - The Iranian Interior Ministry has extended the voting time of the 14th presidential election for a second two hours (until 10:00 p.m.) across the country, state news agency IRNA quoted spokesperson for Iran's election ....

Jordan condemns Israel's approval of new five settlement outposts in West Bank

Date: 2024-06-28 18:16:50 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10763115

AMMAN, June 28 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the Israeli government's decisions to approve the legalization of five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and push for the construction of ....

Scores of Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-06-28 17:40:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10763138

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were killed and wounded on Friday as a result of Israeli airstrikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip. As many as 11 Palestinians were killed and more than 40 others injured in Israeli ....

PNGO: Int'l community's response to humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza 'less than acceptable'

Date: 2024-06-28 11:23:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10762690

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) Amjad Shawa said the response of the international community to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip is "less than acceptable." Shawa ....

Presidential election kicks off in Iran

Date: 2024-06-28 07:00:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10762529

TEHRAN, June 28 (MENA) - A sum of 61,452,321 voters have the right to vote in the 14th presidential election, IRNA reported Friday. Two Iranian presidential candidates Alireza Zakani and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi announced their withdrawal ....

UNRWA: Severe shortages of medicines, fuel in Gaza hindering life-saving operations

Date: 2024-06-27 18:58:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10762289

GAZA CITY, JUNE 27 (MENA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned about the critical health care needs of Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, emphasizing that only a few of its health centers remain ....