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US envoy says Israel-Hezbollah truce is 'within our grasp'

Date: 2024-11-20 10:53:02 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10959608

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - A US envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is "within our grasp" after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. However, there was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the ....

Iran FM calls fresh European sanction against Tehran unjustified, provocative

Date: 2024-11-20 10:37:05 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10959674

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has categorically slammed the new sanctions imposed by European countries against Tehran, terming the move as unjustified and provocative. Araghchi made the remarks on Wednesday in a ....

Axios: US consultants gave Israel plan to secure aid delivery in Gaza

Date: 2024-11-20 10:10:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10959531

WASHINGOTN, Nov 20 (MENA) - US national security consulting company Orbis recently delivered to the Israeli government a study on how to securely deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza, Axios reported Wednesday. The US has pressed Israel to get more ....

US working on security solution to safely deliver aid to Gaza -- Official

Date: 2024-11-20 09:45:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10959527

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that looting of humanitarian aid convoys in Gaza cannot be fully addressed until a new Palestinian-led governing and security force is established in the Strip. ....

Israeli bombardment of Bureij and Nuseirat camps in central Gaza kills four, injures others

Date: 2024-11-20 08:41:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10959425

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - At least four civilians were killed and several others were injured on Tuesday evening in the Israeli shelling of the al-Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps in the war-torn Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent reported Wednesday ....

Netanyahu says Hamas 'will no longer rule Gaza'

Date: 2024-11-19 21:00:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10959115

GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that "Hamas will not rule the Gaza Strip." Visiting the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza, Netanyahu added that Israeli troops in Gaza have “achieved excellent results ....

4 UNIFIL peacekeepers injured in southern Lebanon attack

Date: 2024-11-19 20:54:34 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10959046

BEIRUT, Nov 19 (MENA) - Four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured after a rocket struck their base in the village of Ramyah in Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Tuesday. In a statement reported by Lebanon's National ....

US imposes sanctions on senior Hamas officials

Date: 2024-11-19 20:44:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10959120

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - The US has imposed sanctions on six senior Hamas officials, the US Treasury Department announced Tuesday. The sanctions target the group’s representatives abroad, a senior member of Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, and ....

G20 leaders call for comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon

Date: 2024-11-19 17:17:57 GMT - Brazil - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10958768

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - The G20 Rio de Janeiro Leaders Declaration expressed deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the escalation in Lebanon. The declaration said “we emphasize the urgent need to ....

12 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2024-11-19 10:48:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10958035

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 12 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, including former prisoners, during a series of overnight raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society and the ....