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Six civilians killed in Israeli shelling targeting group of civilians in Gaza's Beit Lahia

Date: 2024-09-01 16:33:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10852602

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - Six civilians were killed on Sunday evening in an Israeli bombing that targeted a group of civilians in the city of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. According to local sources, the Israeli warplanes targeted a ....

Starmer underscores necessity of reaching immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 15:34:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10852412

LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer underscored the importance of reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to put an end to the suffering of Palestinians. "Hamas must release all the hostages now, and a ceasefire deal ....

10 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 14:27:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10852400

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured in Israeli strikes on southern and central Gaza Sunday. The strikes also targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza city. Local sources ....

UN chief calls for ending Gaza war nightmare, unconditional release of all hostages

Date: 2024-09-01 13:19:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10852197

NEW YORK, Sept 1 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for “the unconditional release of all hostages and an end to the nightmare of war in Gaza,” after Israel’s military said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages, ....

Israeli forces detain 36 Palestinians in West Bank in 24 hours

Date: 2024-09-01 10:39:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10851918

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained at least 36 Palestinians from the West Bank during the last 24 hours, including a journalist, four female students from Hebron, and several former prisoners, according to prisoner advocacy ....

Palestinian official urges end to Israeli attacks on health facilities in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 10:22:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10851888

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Nancy Fawzi, Director General of the Ramallah Health Directorate, called on all world countries and international institutions to intervene to stop targeting health facilities and infrastructure in order to be able to ....

Mass polio vaccinations in Gaza amid limited pause in fighting, UN says

Date: 2024-09-01 09:59:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10851883

WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - A mass polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Sunday to immunize more than 600,000 children, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) ....

Palestinian NOGs: Israeli occupation seeks to terminate "national Palestinian project"

Date: 2024-09-01 09:05:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10851728

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation seeks to keep the cycle of violence ongoing against the Palestinian people to end the Palestinian national project, said head of Palestinian NGOs Network Amjad Al Shawa Sunday. In statements to ....

Netanyahu tries to gain time: Israeli minister

Date: 2024-09-01 08:47:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10851734

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to gain time for political reasons, said Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. He, meanwhile, urged the Israeli people to go to the streets for protests and call to ....

Israeli occupation forces continue assault on Jenin for fifth consecutive day

Date: 2024-09-01 08:08:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10851675

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces are continuing their wide-scale assault on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for the fifth consecutive day, according to WAFA News Agency. On the fifth day of the ongoing military attack, ....