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Deadly Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City leave dozens killed and wounded

Date: 2024-06-29 12:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10763964

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - Dozens of innocent civilians were killed and several others injured this morning in widespread airstrikes and artillery shelling carried out by Israeli occupation forces across Gaza City. WAFA correspondent reported ....

Arab Parliament condemns Israeli decision to legalize settlements in WB, impose taxes on churches in Jerusalem

Date: 2024-06-29 12:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10763963

CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) has strongly condemned an Israeli decision to legalize five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. It also condemned imposing taxes on churches in Jerusalem, describing such Israeli actions ....

40 Palestinians killed in 3 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-29 12:17:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10763969

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 40 Palestinians and the injury of 224 others, WAFA quoted ....

UNICEF: Those paying price of Gaza war are civilians especially children, women

Date: 2024-06-28 21:26:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10763209

CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) – UNICEF spokesman Kazem Abu Khalaf said that those who pay the highest price of wars in the world are always the civilians, especially children and women. In an exclusive interview with Nile News TV channel on Friday, he ....

Hezbollah says it attacked building used by Israeli soldiers

Date: 2024-06-28 21:11:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10763243

BEIRUT, June 28 (MENA) - Hezbollah said on Friday that in response to the Israeli aggression on Lebanese villages, particularly the Lebanese southern town of Chihine, its fighters targeted a building used by enemy soldiers in the Shlomi settlement ....

Pentagon removing Gaza pier, no clear date on reinstallation - The Hill

Date: 2024-06-28 19:43:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10763229

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - The US military is once again removing the Gaza pier due to poor weather, and there is no clear timeline on when it would be reanchored, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh ....

Blinken, UN humanitarian coordinator stress need to increase aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-28 19:15:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10763164

WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag stressed the need to increase and sustain humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as ongoing work to address ....

Hezbollah targets Israel's spy equipment in Birkat Risha site

Date: 2024-06-28 18:19:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10763163

BEIRUT, June 28 (MENA) – The Hezbollah Movement said on Friday that its fighters targeted spy devices at Israel’s Birkat Risha site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hit, Lebanon’s NNA reported. In a press release, the group added that ....

Iran: Voting time of 14th presidential election extended for additional 2 hours

Date: 2024-06-28 18:17:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10763182

TEHRAN, June 28 (MENA) - The Iranian Interior Ministry has extended the voting time of the 14th presidential election for a second two hours (until 10:00 p.m.) across the country, state news agency IRNA quoted spokesperson for Iran's election ....

Jordan condemns Israel's approval of new five settlement outposts in West Bank

Date: 2024-06-28 18:16:50 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10763115

AMMAN, June 28 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the Israeli government's decisions to approve the legalization of five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and push for the construction of ....