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Israel damages infrastructure in Jenin-area town, blows up parts of house near Qalqilya

Date: 2025-03-12 08:57:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11099573

JENIN, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation bulldozers destroyed infrastructure in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, at dawn on Wednesday, amid the deployment of additional military reinforcements, WAFA reported. Local sources said that the ....

Saudi cabinet says Kingdom continues efforts with Arab, Islamic countries to advance two-state solution

Date: 2025-03-11 21:38:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:11099356

RIYADH, March 11 (MENA) - The Saudi Cabinet continues efforts in cooperation with Arab and Islamic countries to advance the two-state solution. It welcomed, under Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the statement issued by the extraordinary meeting ....

2 Palestinian children injured by Israeli gunfire in West Bank

Date: 2025-03-11 20:01:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11099254

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) – Two Palestinian children were shot and injured by Israeli forces during a raid on Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. The Palestinian Red Crescent treated a 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and a ....

5 civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on gathering of citizens in central Gaza

Date: 2025-03-11 17:38:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11099155

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Five civilians were killed when the Israeli occupation bombed a group of citizens in the center of Gaza City, WAFA reported on Tuesday. According to the Palestinian news agency, the occupation military tanks targeted ....

Israeli police arrest 40 Palestinian job seekers in '48 Territories

Date: 2025-03-11 17:19:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11099134

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation police arrested Tuesday 40 job seekers from the West Bank's city of Tira in the Triangle region inside the '48 Territories on the pretext of “staying without permits.” According to WAFA, hundreds ....

Qatar strongly condemns Israel's electricity cutoff in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-11 17:11:56 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:11099154

DOHA, March 11 (MENA) - Qatar has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's decision to cut electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, describing it as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ....

UN official: Dismantling UNRWA to deepen suffering of Palestine refugees

Date: 2025-03-11 09:29:21 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11098310

GENEVA, March 11 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that dismantling the agency abruptly will only deepen the suffering of Palestine Refugees, but it will not cancel their refugee status.   "The rights of Palestine ....

US envoy demands deadlines on Gaza hostage release

Date: 2025-03-11 07:57:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11098317

WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff on Monday said that deadlines were needed on a deal for the next phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and that “all things are on the table”. Witkoff headed ....

US state secretary, Saudi CP discuss regional situation, Ukraine war

Date: 2025-03-11 05:23:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11098192

WASHINGTON/RIYADH, March 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman Al Saud during a meeting in Jeddah for once again hosting the United States in talks to ....

Russian, Turkish diplomats discuss situation in Syria

Date: 2025-03-10 20:03:00 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:11097968

MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - The situation in the Middle East in light of ongoing developments in Syria was the focus of a meeting between Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov ....