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Hezbollah chief says conflict with Israel is in 'new phase' after assassinations

Date: 2024-08-02 11:20:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10812335

LONDON, Aug 2 (MENA) - The leader of Hezbollah has said that the Lebanese group’s conflict with Israel has entered "a new phase" after the back-to-back assassinations of a senior commander and Hamas’s political chief that risk plunging the Middle ....

Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights

Date: 2024-08-02 10:45:34 GMT - India - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10812263

NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (MENA) - Air India suspended its flights to and from Israel's Tel Aviv with immediate effect till August 8 amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, NDTV reported Friday. "In view of the ongoing situation in parts of the ....

Biden says killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 'doesn't help' to get ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-02 09:03:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10812142

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was not helpful to reaching a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to media outlets. The US president made the comment as another ....

South Korea calls for restraint, diplomatic efforts to reduce Middle East tensions

Date: 2024-08-02 07:18:47 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10812113

SEOUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - South Korea expresses "deep concern" over the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East and urges all parties to exercise restraint and seek diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions, Yonhap quoted the foreign ministry as ....

UNRWA: Gaza's children live in trauma & shock after 300 days of war

Date: 2024-08-02 06:42:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10812080

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday that the children of Gaza are going through unspeakable atrocities. They are living in trauma and shock due to 300 days of war, ....

UNRWA launches the back to learning program in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-01 21:57:51 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10811932

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Thursday launched a program aimed at getting children in the Gaza Strip back to learning and reclaiming their childhood amid the ongoing ....

Situation in Middle East extremely dangerous: Russia’s ambassador to Israel

Date: 2024-08-01 18:24:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10811830

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (MENA) - The current situation in the Middle East is extremely dangerous and it is not easy to extinguish the "blaze," Russia’s ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said in TV statements quoted by TASS news agency on Thursday. "The ....

Beirut and Tehran attacks ‘represent a dangerous escalation’, UN's Guterres warns

Date: 2024-08-01 17:48:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10811727

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to prevent escalation in the Middle East, following an Israeli strike on Lebanon’s capital and the reported killing of a top Hamas leader in ....

At least 15 killed in Israeli airstrike targeting school in Gaza's Shujaiya neighborhood

Date: 2024-08-01 16:20:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10811696

GAZA, Aug (MENA) - At least 15 Palestinians were killed and several others injured after an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced families in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City Thursday afternoon, WAFA news agency ....

Jordan calls on UN to curb "rogue state of Israel"

Date: 2024-08-01 15:44:55 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10811590

AMMAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called on the United Nations Security Council Thursday to act within its mandate to “"not allow a rogue state" to impose further war and destruction on the region, royanews reported. In ....