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US strikes Houthi unmanned vessels, missiles, drone over Red Sea

Date: 2024-02-27 07:36:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10599734

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US Central Command said its forces destroyed three seaborne drones, an airborne drone and two cruise missiles in Yemen that were being prepared for attacks in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya news channel reported on ....

Biden hopeful of Gaza ceasefire by Monday

Date: 2024-02-27 06:50:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10599686

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said he believes a new, temporary ceasefire in Gaza is possible by next Monday, as Hamas was reportedly considering a draft agreement for a 40-day pause in fighting and the exchange of dozens of ....

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Israel's construction of tower, installation of cameras on western wall of Al Aqsa

Date: 2024-02-26 19:46:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10599443

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the Israeli occupation’s construction of a tower and installation of surveillance cameras on the western wall of Al Aqsa Mosque in the occupied ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured by Israeli strikes in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-26 19:02:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10599342

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) – Four Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured by Israeli occupation live bullets and ongoing airstrikes against several areas west of the city of Gaza, WAFA reported Monday. Medical sources reported that ....

Arab-Islamic ministerial committee warns of consequences of Israel’s potential invasion of Rafah

Date: 2024-02-26 18:45:24 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10599196

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) – Members of the Ministerial Committee formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit which held in Riyadh in November, have warned about the grave consequences of Israel’s potential invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city ....

Israel strikes Lebanon's Baalbek

Date: 2024-02-26 16:25:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10599060

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israel struck Hezbollah targets near the Lebanese city of Baalbek on Monday, killing two group members. Meanwhile, Hezbollah group announced that it shot down an Israeli drone with a surface-to-air missile. In a press ....

Palestinian resistance fighters kills, wounds 15 Israeli soldiers in Gaza's Khan Younis

Date: 2024-02-26 15:32:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10598777

GAZA CITY, F (MENA) - Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, announced that its fighters detonated an explosive device, targeting a group of 15 Israeli soldiers inside a house in Abasan al Kabira in Khan Younis, killing and injuring ....

Michigan Primary Clouded by Biden’s Israel Stance: Democrats

Date: 2024-02-26 13:48:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10598562

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - Governor of the US Satate of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer expressed concern that President Joe Biden risks losing support among the state’s Arab and Muslim Americans because of his support for Israel in the war against ....

US Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in protest against Gaza war

Date: 2024-02-26 10:11:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10598227

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - An active-duty member of the US Air Force was critically injured after setting himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide,” a person ....

Gaza death toll from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 29,782

Date: 2024-02-26 10:04:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10598234

GAZA, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 29,782, medical sources confirmed on Thursday. They said that at least 70,782 other people have also ....