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Tulkarm: Israeli aggression continues for 22nd day in a row

Date: 2025-02-17 08:31:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11070418

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army continues its aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 22nd consecutive day and the 9th day on Nour Shams camp amidst an Israeli military escalation accompanied by widespread ....

ICC case accuses Israeli FM of war crimes

Date: 2025-02-16 22:34:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:11070232

GAZA, Feb 16 (MENA) – An anti-Israel organization has filed a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, accusing him of war crimes, according to The Jerusalem Post. The Hind Rajab Foundation, ....

Guterres praises continued ceasefire & prisoner swap in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-16 21:09:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:11070170

NEW YORK, Feb 16 (MENA) – UN Secretary General António Guterres welcomed the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza and the latest prisoner swap. In a statement on Sunday, Guterres reaffirmed the UN’s role in supporting the truce and delivering humanitarian ....

55 tons of Pakistani aid for Palestinians arrive at El Arish Airport

Date: 2025-02-16 17:32:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11069876

El ARISH, Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) – As many as 55 tons of Pakistani aid for the Palestinians in the war-devastated Gaza Strip arrived Sunday at El Arish International Airport. The Pakistani Embassy in Cairo said in a statement that the aid was ....

Rubio discusses with Netanyahu Gaza's future

Date: 2025-02-16 14:02:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11069653

RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Sunday for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and returning them to their families. During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....

Scores of Israeli settlers barge into compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-02-16 11:38:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11069408

RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday guarded by the Israeli police, according to Wafa News Agency. Some 595 Israeli settlers thrusted into the eastern part of Al-Aqsa Mosque - in ....

New shipment of humanitarian assistance enters Gaza

Date: 2025-02-16 10:45:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11069236

RAFAH, Feb 16 (MENA) - A reliable source at Rafah Terminal in North Sinai said on Sunday that 150 trucks entered Gaza including 15 fuel tankers. The source said the trucks entered the Palestinian enclave following inspection at Karm Abu Salem ....

Israel receives heavy bombs from the US

Date: 2025-02-16 08:23:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11069085

GAZA CITY, Feb 16 (MENA) - A shipment of some 1,800 heavy bombs from the United States that had been held up by the previous American administration arrived in Israel overnight, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday as quoted by The Times of ....

Jordan, Turkey assert necessity to consolidate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-15 14:57:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11068274

MUNICH/AMMAN, Feb 15 (MENA) - Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan asserted the necessity to consolidate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and allow enough aid supplies ....

Israel releases 369 Palestinian detainees

Date: 2025-02-15 13:56:35 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11068215

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) – The Israeli authorities Saturday released 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees from its jails as part of the sixth batch of prisoner-hostage exchanges between Israel and Hamas. Abdullah al-Zaghari, head of the ....