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Israel shells towns in southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-08-06 17:09:12 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10818457

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continued Tuesday shelling villages and towns in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah targeted Israeli army barracks. National News Agency in Lebanon (NNA) reported that an Israeli raid targeted the ....

Italy donates 15 trucks to WFP for distributing food aid in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-06 17:05:22 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10818282

ROME, Aug 6 (MENA) - Prompted by Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation signed an agreement with the World ....

UN Human Rights Commission dismayed due to Israel’s targeting of Gaza schools

Date: 2024-08-06 17:02:14 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10818399

GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Human Rights Commission expressed shock at the growing pattern of raids launched by the Israeli occupation army on schools in Gaza, which it said are killing internally displaced Palestinians seeking shelter ....

Death toll from Israeli bombing in Rafah, Gaza rises to 3, many injured

Date: 2024-08-06 16:58:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10818374

GAZA CITY, Aug 6 (MENA) - The death toll from Israeli occupation forces' bombing of the cities of Rafah and Gaza Tuesday rose to three martyrs with many others reportedly wounded. The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said that an Israeli army drone ....

Israeli bombing of Gaza's Rafah city kills Palestinian civilian, injures another

Date: 2024-08-06 15:01:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10818222

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian civilian was killed and another one was wounded in an Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. State news agency WAFA quoted eyewitnesses as saying that an Israeli drone ....

Malaysia condemns latest Israeli airstrikes on UN-run schools in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-06 14:42:34 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10818146

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (MENA) - Malaysia on Tuesday condemned "in strongest terms" the latest attacks by the Israeli forces targeting two UN-run schools in Gaza, killing 30 civilians, the Malaysian News Agency (BERNAMA) reported. "The intransigence ....

Hezbollah launches air strikes on two targets in northern Israel

Date: 2024-08-06 14:34:17 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10817834

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hezbollah launched an aerial attack on Tuesday with a squadron of kamikaze drones targeting the headquarters of the "Golani" Brigade and the "Egoz Unit 621" in the "Shraga" barracks in Acre, northern Israel. Hezbollah ....

Italy's ITA extends suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv to Aug 8

Date: 2024-08-06 13:46:38 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10818035

ROME, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Italian airline ITA has announced the extension of its decision to suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv until the day after tomorrow, August 8th. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Italian company stated that due to the ....

Satellite surveillance shows 63% of Gaza buildings damaged: UN

Date: 2024-08-06 08:48:16 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10817396

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - The latest UN analysis of satellite surveillance covering the Gaza Strip showed 63 percent of structures in Gaza have been damaged, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. It added that the ....

Iran says it has duty to punish Israel over killing of Hamas leader in Tehran

Date: 2024-08-06 07:43:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10817223

LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Iran has called in foreign ambassadors based in Tehran to warn of the country’s moral duty to punish Israel for what it sees as its “adventurism” and law-breaking in assassinating Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader, a week ago ....