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Netanyahu tries to gain time: Israeli minister

Date: 2024-09-01 08:47:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10851734

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to gain time for political reasons, said Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. He, meanwhile, urged the Israeli people to go to the streets for protests and call to ....

Israeli occupation forces continue assault on Jenin for fifth consecutive day

Date: 2024-09-01 08:08:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10851675

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces are continuing their wide-scale assault on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for the fifth consecutive day, according to WAFA News Agency. On the fifth day of the ongoing military attack, ....

Jordanian FM condemns Israel's justifications for West Bank aggression as fabrications

Date: 2024-09-01 07:51:41 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10851646

AMMAN, Sept 1 (MENA) - Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi has strongly condemned Israel's justifications for its recent aggression in the West Bank, labeling them as outright ....

UNICEF in race against time to prevent spread of polio in Gaza: Spokesman

Date: 2024-09-01 07:41:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10851650

RAMLLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kazem Abu Khalaf has revealed that that there is a race against time to prevent the spread of polio in the Gaza Strip. The vaccination campaign aims to target ....

Biden: US keeps working for release of hostages held by Hamas

Date: 2024-09-01 07:35:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10851635

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said the US will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Earlier Sunday, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered ....

Jordan condemns ongoing systematic aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2024-09-01 07:19:53 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10851630

AMMAN, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has issued a strong condemnation of the continued systematic attacks on Palestinians and their cities within the occupied Palestinian territories. The ministry also ....

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 07:07:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10851607

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - The bodies of six hostages abducted alive by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah a few days ago, shortly after they were murdered, the Israel occupation army announced on Sunday. ....

Three Israelis killed in drive-by shooting attack near Hebron

Date: 2024-09-01 06:52:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10851564

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - Three Israelis were killed in a shooting attack on Sunday morning targeting a transport vehicle on Route 35, near the Tarqumiya checkpoint, north of Hebron, according to Yediot Ahronoth newspaper. The gunfire is ....

March in Ramallah to denounce Israeli aggression in Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2024-09-01 06:03:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10851545

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians marched through the streets of Ramallah to denounce the continued Israeli aggression in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the occupied East Jerusalem (Al Quds). They chanted slogans ....

Biden upbeat over ceasefire agreement in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 05:31:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10851540

WASHINGTON, Sept1 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said he is optimistic over reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, citing an initial agreement by bodies involved in the talks over the formula of the ceasefire deal. "It’s time this war ended” and ....