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Guterres appreciates efforts of Egypt, Qatar, US to end suffering in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-08-12 17:00:52 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10826484

NEW YORK, Aug 12 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appreciates the efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States to reach an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, release the hostages and send humanitarian aid without disruption, ....

Israeli occupation arrests 12 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2024-08-12 12:44:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10825838

RAMALLAH, Aug 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 12 Palestinians from the West Bank, the Prisoners' Club and the Prisoners' Affairs Authority reported - in a joint statement, according to WAFA. Arrest operations were carried out in ....

'It's time for a ceasefire in Gaza' Italy's Tajani tells paper

Date: 2024-08-12 09:54:29 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10825721

ROME, Aug 12 (MENA) - Italian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called for a ceasefire in Gaza in an interview to Milan daily Corriere della Sera of Monday. "Our line is very clear", Tajani told the newspaper. "We ask Israel - ....

France, Germany, UK leaders praise diligent efforts of Egypt, Qatar, US on reaching ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-12 08:24:49 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10825516

PARIS, Aug 12 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer have praised the diligent efforts by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to reach a ceasefire agreement in ....

Settlers attack Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection

Date: 2024-08-12 07:58:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10825513

RAMALLAH, Aug 12 (MENA) - Jewish settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque courtyard Monday under the protection of Israeli police. WAFA said dozens of settlers attacked the mosque in groups and performed Talmudic rituals. The occupation turned the ....

US defense secretary orders deployment of USS Abraham Lincolin carrier, submarine to Middle East

Date: 2024-08-12 05:14:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10825309

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East amidst rising tensions in the region, the US "Al Hurra" news ....

Israeli intel believes Iran will attack directly within days

Date: 2024-08-11 19:45:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10825170

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Iran might carry out an attack on Israel in the coming days, potentially even before the upcoming Thursday summit on the hostage deal negotiations, according to a report by The Jerusalem Post, quoting two sources familiar ....

Two Palestinian youths, including detainee, succumb to wounds from Israeli gunfire in Jenin

Date: 2024-08-11 17:47:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10825096

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth has Sunday evening succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire in Jenin during the occupation army's most recent aggression on the city and its refugee camp. Director of Jenin ....

5 Palestinians martyred in Israeli shelling of different areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-11 17:29:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10825032

GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were martyred Sunday in Israeli shelling targeting citizens' homes in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north Gaza City, Nuseirat camp, and Rafah in southern the war- ravaged Gaza Strip. "Israeli ....

Germany calls on Israel to stop repeated attacks on Gaza schools

Date: 2024-08-11 15:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10824945

CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry has said killing civilians in the Gaza Strip who are seeking shelter is unacceptable, urging Israel to stop such attacks. It called on the Israeli army to stop repeated attacks targeting schools ....