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Blinken says war in Gaza should end now

Date: 2024-10-23 07:30:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10922615

GAZA, Oct 23 (MENA) - US top diplomat Antony Blinken told reporters during his current visit to Tel Aviv Wednesday that the war in Gaza should end now, adding that Israel needed to do more to allow in aid despite “progress.” “Since October 7 a ....

UNRWA media officer warns of exacerbating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-10-23 06:35:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10922509

GAZA, Oct 23 (MENA) - The media officer at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Enas Hamdan, warned that the level of food security in the Gaza Strip is dangerously on the brink, especially in the northern ....

Israel confirms it killed Hezbollah’s Hashem Safieddine in Beirut strike

Date: 2024-10-22 21:39:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10922399

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) – Israel’s army confirmed Tuesday it “eliminated” Hezbollah’s Hashem Safieddine, apparent successor of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a strike in a southern Beirut suburb three weeks ago. “It can now be confirmed that ....

Italy allocates €25 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, Gaza - FM

Date: 2024-10-22 19:50:33 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10922293

ROME, Oct 22 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said his country will allocate €25 million to Lebanon and Gaza in emergency humanitarian assistance. In press statements, Tajani added during the opening of G7 meetings in the Italian ....

Blinken urges Israel to reach ceasefire, allow more aid into Gaza after Sinwar death

Date: 2024-10-22 19:07:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10922257

WASHINGTON/GAZA, Oct 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken emphasized the importance of charting a new path forward in the post-conflict period that allows Palestinians to rebuild their lives and provides governance, security, and ....

Israeli airstrikes kill 19 in Lebanon's Nabatieh, Iqlim al-Tuffah towns

Date: 2024-10-22 18:07:02 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10922218

BEIRUT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli airstrikes left 19 persons killed in Nabatieh and Iqlim al-Tuffah, Lebanon's National News Agency reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, Nabatieh’s western entrance, specifically the Ksar Zaatar neighborhood, was heavily ....

Palestinian child killed, 15 others injured in Israeli drone targeting tent west of Khan Younis

Date: 2024-10-22 12:28:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10921728

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - A Palestinian child was killed and 15 others were injured on Tuesday when an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced people west of Khan Yunis, WAFA reported. Three civilians were also injured when the occupation ....

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah attacks "Gililot" base

Date: 2024-10-22 08:00:38 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10921067

BEIRUT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the town of Al- Shaytiyah in southern Lebanon and attacked the town of Yahmur al- shuqif to the west, NNA reported. Two airstrike hit the Jdeida-Yabous crossing inside Syrian ....

Israeli settlers break into Nablus' Joseph's Tomb area

Date: 2024-10-22 07:30:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10921175

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli colonists last night stormed Joseph's Tomb, east of the city of Nablus, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, WAFA reported. Local sources said that dozens of settlers stormed the tomb, under ....

15 Palestinians in Israeli drone strike north of Gaza

Date: 2024-10-22 07:11:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10921124

GAZA CITY, Oct 22 (MENA) - Fifteen Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and others were injured in an Israeli drone strike on the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. The Red Crescent said ....