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Israeli aircraft bombed Hezbollah arms depot in Bekaa Valley, northeastern Lebanon

Date: 2025-04-09 06:51:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11131081

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike targeting a building in Hawsh Tal Safiyeh area of Baalbek, Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said Wednesday. According to the Times of Israel, the Israeli military announced ....

Israeli FM: War will stop if Hamas lays down weapons

Date: 2025-04-09 06:38:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11131061

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that the war in the Gaza Strip could stop if Hamas agreed to disarm and release the hostages. In an interview with Sky News Arabia Wednesday, the Israeli foreign minister said, ....

US, Iran to hold direct talks in Oman Saturday

Date: 2025-04-08 22:57:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:11131014

WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - The White House insists that talks with Iran will be direct. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said Tuesday at a press conference that US-Iran talks to be held in Oman on Saturday regarding Iran's nuclear ....

Israel says it will take strong action against resurgence of reservists refusing to serve

Date: 2025-04-08 22:52:41 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:11131011

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - The Israeli army said it will take strong action against a possible resurgence of reservists refusing to serve amid reports that Air Force commander Tomer Bar had been holding meetings in a bid to foil hundreds from ....

Forcing Palestinians to move away defies international law: UN chief

Date: 2025-04-08 21:53:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:11130917

NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it would be against international law for Palestinians to be forced to be moved away. "To be forced to be moved away is something that is against international ....

Macron: Humanitarian situation in Gaza is untenable

Date: 2025-04-08 20:33:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:11130891

CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is untenable. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza is untenable. The resumption of aid, the liberation of hostages, the ceasefire, and the ....

Guterres: More than entire month without drop of aid into Gaza

Date: 2025-04-08 20:11:23 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:11130844

NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that more than one month passed without “a drop of aid into Gaza.” “No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies,” he said in remarks to journalists. “As aid ....

7 Palestinians, including journalist, killed in Israeli airstrike north of Gaza

Date: 2025-04-08 07:22:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11129604

GAZA CITY, April 8 (MENA) - Journalist Ahmed Mansour has succumbed to wounds, while six other citizens were killed, at dawn on Tuesday, as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza ....

Trump meets Netanyahu at White House

Date: 2025-04-07 18:00:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:11129271

WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump met Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, making him the first foreign official to visit Washington since Trump announced comprehensive tariffs on countries ....

Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone: AP

Date: 2025-04-07 11:25:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11128475

GAZA CITY/WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking ....