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Palestinian Red Crescent: We are working to rescue victims of Israeli war on northern Gaza

Date: 2025-05-18 11:38:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11183477

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - Media Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza Raed al-Nims confirmed deterioration of health system in northern areas of the Gaza Strip due to closure of all hospitals and Israeli occupation ....

Lebanese soldier injured in Israeli raid on Beit Yahoun road

Date: 2025-05-18 11:08:13 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11183445

BEIRUT, May 18 (MENA) - An Israeli drone strike targeted a car on the Beit Yahoun road in Bint Jbeil district on Sunday, leaving two people injured, including a Lebanese army soldier. The Israeli drone has carried out several strikes in Bint ....

Palestinian Health Min: Gaza death toll surges to 53,339

Date: 2025-05-18 10:46:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11183437

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - At least 67 Palestinians were killed and 361 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll of Palestinians since October 2023 to 53,339, Wafa news agency reported on Sunday. Local ....

Health Ministry in Gaza: All hospitals are out of service

Date: 2025-05-18 10:12:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11183371

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in Gaza on Sunday announced that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are out of service. The Health Ministry, in a statement carried by Al Qahera News channel, said that hospitals in the ....

Israel interceptes Houthi ballistic missile

Date: 2025-05-18 09:58:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11183309

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Houthis in Yemen was successfully intercepted by air defenses a short while ago, the military, quoted by The Times of Israel, said Sunday. There are no immediate reports of ....

Rafah border terminal opens for 62nd day in row

Date: 2025-05-18 09:57:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11183387

RAFAH, May 18 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing is still open from the Egyptian side for the 62nd consecutive day waiting for the arrival of injured Palestinians, patients and their companions to receive treatment while the Israeli authorities continue ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-05-18 09:11:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11183198

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by the Israeli police. The settlers conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals in the mosque. Meanwhile, Jewish settlers burnt ....

UN chief urges permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-18 09:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11183240

NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in ....

Dozens killed in Gaza in one of bloodiest nights since start of Israeli genocide

Date: 2025-05-18 08:02:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11183107

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - In one of the bloodiest nights since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, dozens of innocent civilians, including children and women, were killed and many others injured after midnight in a series of ....

Over 80 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday dawn

Date: 2025-05-17 22:08:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:11182999

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - At least 80 Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded on Saturday as Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources, WAFA reported. Among the dead were 34 people in ....