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US moves to head off war between Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah

Date: 2024-06-17 12:33:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10750821

WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - US special envoy Amos Hochstein will meet with top officials in Israel to push diplomatic efforts aimed at keeping months of attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah from escalating into a wider conflict, The Wall ....

Israeli officials say Netanyahu has dissolved War Cabinet after key partner bolted government

Date: 2024-06-17 10:08:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10750704

RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli officials said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential War Cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza. The War Cabinet was dissolved following the departure ....

US-led coalition’s aircraft violate Syrian airspace 14 times in one day

Date: 2024-06-16 21:20:25 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10750427

MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - The US-led coalition’s aircraft violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area 14 times over the past 24 hours, Yury Popov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of ....

UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel, aid to Gaza: Oxfam

Date: 2024-06-16 17:53:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10750318

LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - Providing arms to Israel while offering humanitarian aid to Gaza at the same time is “intellectually and morally incoherent,” the head of Oxfam GB said. In an interview with the Guardian on Sunday, Halima Begum, who took ....

Death toll from Israeli military offensive in Gaza Strip rises to 37,337

Date: 2024-06-16 16:37:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10750337

GAZA, June 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army airstrikes targeting al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip today killed six Palestinians, including an infant, and injured scores, the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported Sunday. Local ....

Jordan: 14 pilgrims dead, 17 missing

Date: 2024-06-16 14:54:49 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10750268

AMMAN, June 16 (MENA) - The Directorate of Operations and Consular Affairs at the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates announced that 14 Jordanian pilgrims died and 17 others were missing during performing the Haj rituals, Petra ....

Israeli raid on Lebanon's Yaroun

Date: 2024-06-16 12:36:29 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10750187

BEIRUT, June 16 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes carried out an air attack at approximately 1:30 this afternoon targeting the town of Yaroun in the Bint Jbeil district with two air-to-surface missiles, NNA reported Sunday. Israel and Lebanon's ....

Israeli army announces daily pause in fighting along key south Gaza road to increase aid flow

Date: 2024-06-16 12:18:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10750177

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - The Israeli military announced Sunday it had begun to implement a daily “tactical pause of military activity” along a key road in the southern Gaza Strip to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians, The ....

N. Sinai governor says Egypt biggest supporter of Palestinians

Date: 2024-06-16 11:18:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10750091

ARISH, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) - Egypt is the biggest supporter of the Palestinian cause, says North Sinai governor Mohamed Abel Fadil Shousha. Meeting with North Sinai chieftains, MP and citizens earlier Sunday, Shousha pointed to great efforts ....

Over 40,000 worshippers attend Eid al-Adha prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque amid Israeli restrictions

Date: 2024-06-16 08:32:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10749967

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - More than 40,000 Muslim worshippers performed the Eidul Adha prayers early Sunday at Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem despite massive restrictions and harassment by Israeli forces. WAFA correspondent ....