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UN chief voices support to Lebanon and its president

Date: 2025-01-18 12:16:13 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11031521

BEIRUT, Jan 18 (MENA) – Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres had a meeting with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, voicing support for him and solidarity with the people of Lebanon, MTV Lebanon reported. Guterres said the ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 46,899

Date: 2025-01-18 12:07:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11031514

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 46,899 civilians and the number of wounded has reached 110,725, since October 7, 2023, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said on Saturday. Most of ....

Israel tightens military measures at Tayasir, Hamra checkpoints

Date: 2025-01-18 08:20:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11031223

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday tightened their military measures at the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley. Local Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli forces tightened ....

Five civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-01-18 08:05:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11031209

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Last night, five Palestinians from one family were killed in an Israeli occupation forces' shelling in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. Medical sources said that a person from the Al-Qudra ....

UNRWA chief says Israel’s dismantling of agency would be catastrophic to Gaza

Date: 2025-01-18 05:07:10 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11031105

NEW YORK, Jan 18 (MENA) - The head of the United Nations agency that assists Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that the expected implementation later this month of Israeli legislation aimed at shuttering the agency would be “catastrophic” to ....

Well-placed source: Joint operations room formed to follow up compliance with Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-01-18 00:12:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11031045

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - A well-informed Egyptian source said Friday that the Cairo-hosted meeting on the implementation mechanisms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which was announced two days ago, had already wrapped up this evening amid optimistic ....

Malaysia will assist in reconstruction of Gaza: Malaysian PM

Date: 2025-01-17 20:33:28 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:11030980

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (MENA) - Malaysia, which has for decades championed the rights and freedoms of the Palestinian people, will extend assistance for the reconstruction of Gaza, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday. "There are challenges, ....

Occupation army committed 4 massacres in Gaza in past 24 hours

Date: 2025-01-17 19:42:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11030672

GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 88 civilians and the injury of 189 others, according to medical sources, the ....

Russia, Iran sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty

Date: 2025-01-17 19:39:17 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11030964

MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Russian and Iranian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian signed Friday a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty. The ceremony was held following the talks in the Kremlin, TASS reported. "The ....

UN says Israel killed 35 Palestinian children every single day

Date: 2025-01-17 19:18:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11030975

RAMALLAH, GENEVA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The United Nations Friday said that Israel killed 35 Palestinian children every single day in the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. "We have been standing by our use of those Ministry of Health's numbers of ....