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Israeli warplanes launch raids on towns in Lebanon's Baalbek region

Date: 2024-08-19 19:23:19 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10835941

BEIRUT, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched three raids on towns in the Baalbek region of south Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced that its fighters carried out a number of operations against the Israeli army, including attacks on ....

Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli raids on Gaza, Khan Yunis

Date: 2024-08-19 19:12:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10835666

GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians were martyred Monday, as a result of Israeli occupation forces' targeting of citizens west Khan Yunis city and other parts of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted medical sources as ....

Egypt, Qatar play crucial role in reaching Gaza ceasefire agreement: Blinken

Date: 2024-08-19 19:04:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10835908

GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - Egypt and Qatar play a crucial role in reaching a Gaza ceasefire agreement, affirmed US State Secretary Antony Blinken. Blinken, who is currently on a visit to Tel Aviv, announced that he will pay a visit to Egypt and ....

Blinken underlines need of reaching Gaza ceasefire agreement

Date: 2024-08-19 18:26:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10835875

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - US State Secretary Antony Blinken affirmed during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv the pressing need to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement. The US abides by efforts aiming to defusing tensions ....

Infant killed, some displaced women injured in Israeli attack in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-08-19 15:00:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10835570

GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - An infant was killed and a number of displaced women were injured Monday in an Israeli attack in the Asdaa area, west Khan Yunis, in southern the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said Israel's unabated ....

Prolonged Gaza war hits Israeli economy with substantial slowdown: Times of Israel

Date: 2024-08-19 12:45:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10835186

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israel’s economy grew at a much slower pace in the second quarter of the year, falling short of economists’ forecasts, as the months-long war with the Hamas continues to take a heavy toll on exports and investments, Times ....

Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians from the West Bank

Date: 2024-08-19 10:10:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10834934

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of detentions across the West Bank last night and early this morning, detaining 14 Palestinians, most of them from the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, WAFA News ....

Hezbollah claims attacks on military positions in northern Israel

Date: 2024-08-19 07:46:50 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10834705

BEIRUT, Aug 19 (MENA) - The Lebanese Hezbollah on Monday claimed attacks on Israeli troops and military positions in northern Israel, including a drone strike on a base and an assault on soldiers allegedly “infiltrating” near the Lebanese border, ....

Scores of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli occupants

Date: 2024-08-19 07:21:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10834661

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Monday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem in the central West Bank under the protection of Israeli occupation police, WAFA News Agency reported. Dozens of settlers entered the mosque in ....

Blinken says 'decisive moment' for Gaza ceasefire talks

Date: 2024-08-19 07:12:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10834596

GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - It is a "decisive moment" in the Gaza ceasefire talks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, describing the latest diplomatic push by Washington to strike a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war as ....