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Hezbollah says launched missiles on Israeli base near Haifa

Date: 2024-10-12 07:11:54 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10907979

BEIRUT, Oct 12 (MENA) - Lebanese group Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base south of the coastal city of Haifa, as Israelis marked the Yom Kippur holiday. Hezbollah fighters struck a base “south ....

Israel continues its wide-scale onslaught on Jabalia for seventh day, resulting in further casualties

Date: 2024-10-12 06:41:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10907954

RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Israeli forces continue their wide-scale onslaught and intense bombardment of the town of Jabalia and its refugee camp in northern Gaza for the seventh day in a row, resulting in dozens of casualties, including women ....

Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two

Date: 2024-10-11 20:58:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10907816

NEW YORK, Oct 11 (MENA) - Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix has warned, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury ....

Iran urges int'l community to take concerted action against Israeli atrocities

Date: 2024-10-11 19:26:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10907785

TEHRAN, Oct 11 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh has called on the international community to take collective action against the crimes of Israel, state news agency IRNA reported. Baghaei on Friday condemned the ....

US State Secretary, Lebanese parl't speaker discuss situation in Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-11 19:03:45 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10907728

BEIRUT, Oct 11 (MENA) - Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Friday received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which lasted about 40 minutes, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. The two sides discussed the situation in ....

US in 'around-the-clock' push to end war in ME - Harris

Date: 2024-10-11 18:17:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10907712

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has called for de-escalation in the Middle East. The Biden administration is working around the clock to achieve a ceasefire and end the conflict, ....

US, UK defense secretaries discuss latest developments in Middle East, Ukraine

Date: 2024-10-11 17:24:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10907678

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his UK counterpart John Healey have discussed the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the discussion centered on military ....

UN commission says much evidence on Israeli violations in Gaza collected in 2023

Date: 2024-10-11 17:02:31 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10907624

SYDNEY, Oct 11 (MENA) - Chris Sidoti, a member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said much evidence was collected in 2023 about the ongoing Israeli violations and attacks in the Gaza ....

WHO: Gaza's healthcare system collapse prevents treatment of Injured

Date: 2024-10-11 15:11:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10907519

GENEVA, Oct 11 (MENA) - The collapse of the healthcare system in Gaza and the lack of necessary rehabilitation services are preventing the treatment of the injured, warned Tarik Jasarevic, the spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), on ....

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from Friday prayer at Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2024-10-11 14:45:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10907541

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday prevented Palestinians from performing Friday prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to Director of the Hebron Awqaf Department Ghassan al ....