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UNRWA says displacement never ends in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-13 18:37:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10828003

GAZA CITY, Aug 13 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) emphasized on Tuesday that "displacement never ends" in the Gaza Strip. The UN agency stated that the Israeli military has put about 84% of Gaza, ....

Tehran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks on Israel

Date: 2024-08-13 18:18:37 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10828039

TEHRAN, Aug 13 (MENA) - Iran dismissed three European countries' call on it to refrain from any retaliatory strikes against Israel that would further escalate regional tensions. The Islamic Republic is determined to defend its national security ....

Putin: We pay special attention to what happens in Palestine despite military op. in Ukraine

Date: 2024-08-13 18:14:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10828028

MOSCOW, Aug 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday despite Russia's preoccupation with implementing the special military operation in Ukraine, it still pays special attention to what is happening in Palestine. During his ....

Hamas' Al-Qassam fires two rockets at Israel's Tel Aviv

Date: 2024-08-13 16:08:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10827927

GAZA CITY, Aug 13 (MENA) - Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that it has fired two ‘M90’ rockets at the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv and its suburbs. Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obaida said in a statement on Tuesday: "We ....

Palestinian National Council head condemns storming of Al Aqsa mosque by extremist Israeli colonists

Date: 2024-08-13 15:06:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10827618

RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Palestinian National Council president Rawhi Fattouh condemned the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli extremists, led by the far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvira and Yitzhak Wasserlauf. The storming of Al Aqsa ....

Jordan condemns Israeli ministers' storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-08-13 10:27:35 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10827323

AMMAN, Aug 13 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned on Tuesday the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ al-Haram al-Sharif compound by two extremist Israeli ministers and members of the Knesset, Jordan News Agency ....

10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis

Date: 2024-08-12 21:27:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10826804

GAZA, Aug 12 (MENA) - At least ten Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured this evening in an Israeli airstrike east of the city of Khan Younis, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that an Israeli ....

Iran will fall into Netanyahu’s trap if it hits Israel hard - The Guardian

Date: 2024-08-12 20:42:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10826756

LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - Whatever the method followed for killing Ismail Haniyeh, the former political leader of Hamas, the assassination was yet another humiliating intelligence failure for Iran, according to a special report released by The ....

Patel sees progress in Gaza, as ceasefire still possible

Date: 2024-08-12 20:16:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10826736

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel expected that the peace talks in the Gaza Strip would proceed as planned, expressing his belief that a ceasefire agreement in the Strip is still possible. Patel ....

British PM urges Iranian president in phone call to avoid attacks on Israel

Date: 2024-08-12 20:05:57 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10826762

LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, asking him to refrain from attacking Israel and saying that war was not in anyone's interest, the prime minister's office ....