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Israel commits four massacres in Gaza over past 24 hours

Date: 2024-10-18 14:40:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10916799

GAZA CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 62 civilians and the injury of 300 others, according to medical sources. The ....

Israeli raids target multiple southern Lebanese towns, localities

Date: 2024-10-18 13:39:10 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10916683

BIRUTE, Oct 18 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched a large-scale air aggression on Friday, targeting the Berjawi building on the road to the town of Harouf with an airstrike, destroying it. The town of Deir Siryan was also subjected to an enemy ....

Hamas group officially mourns death of its leader Yahya Sinwar

Date: 2024-10-18 13:16:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10916657

GAZA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Hamas officially mourned on Friday its leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in clashes with Israeli troops Wednesday in the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah, WAFA said. Earlier, the Israeli foreign ministry stated on its ....

Almost everyone in Gaza is going hungry: WHO warns

Date: 2024-10-18 12:38:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10916582

RAMMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Friday that "almost everyone in Gaza is going hungry according to the latest assessment", describing the conditions there as ....

Palestinian Health Ministry condemns attack on ambulance by Israeli settlers

Date: 2024-10-18 06:56:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10916240

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health has condemned the assault on an ambulance belonging to the Salfit Government Hospital while its crew was transporting a patient near Qalqilya, north of the occupied West Bank, on Thursday ....

Macron urges Israel to halt Lebanon operations

Date: 2024-10-18 06:47:16 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10916236

PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to halt military operations in Lebanon, respect its sovereignty, and avoid expanding the conflict. Speaking to reporters after meeting with other EU leaders at a summit in ....

Biden, Netanyahu agree 'to advance the release of the hostages'

Date: 2024-10-18 06:40:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10916231

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday night called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One following the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya al Sinwar. Both leaders "agreed that there is an ....

Biden: Blinken to travel to Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-10-18 06:35:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10916230

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday he was sending US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire deal after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Alhurra news channel reported. "It's ....

Israel announces 5 killed, 9 wounded in combat in southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-18 06:31:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10916217

GAZA CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Israeli army announced on Thursday evening that five soldiers fell during combat in southern Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post reported. Maj. Ofek Bachar, aged 24, from Ness Ziona, a Company Commander from the Golani ....

Netanyahu: Sinwar's assassination 'beginning of the day after Hamas'

Date: 2024-10-17 21:55:58 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10916180

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the assassination of Hamas group's leader Yahya Sinwar as "the beginning of the day after Hamas", stressing that Hamas will not rule again in Gaza. "This is an ....