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Israeli Army says rockets targeted Northern Command

Date: 2024-02-14 10:10:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10580050

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - The Israeli Army confirmed that rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Northern Command headquarters base in Safed. Numerous launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into the areas of Netua, Manara, and into an ....

One Israeli killed, several injured as rockets pound Safed deep inside northern Israel

Date: 2024-02-14 10:09:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10579962

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - The body of a woman was found in a building near the northern city of Safed that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, Magen David Adom ambulance service reported Wednesday morning, after Hezbollah fighters launched ....

Sirens wail north Israel after Hezbullah launched missiles from southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-02-14 10:04:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10580014

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - Sirens sounded at successive intervals in towns and cities in northern Israel Wednesday after Hezbollah launched missiles from south Lebanon. Israeli media reported that the missiles targeted Safed and its surroundings, ....

Iran’s gas network stable after ‘sabotage acts’: Official

Date: 2024-02-14 09:52:39 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10580052

TEHRAN, Feb 14 (MENA) - Iran’s gas transmission network is stable after sabotage acts targeted natural gas pipelines in two provinces in the center and south of the country, IRNA reported Wednesday, quoting the dispatching director of the National ....

Israeli settlers break into Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque

Date: 2024-02-14 09:51:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10579995

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - Dozens of fanatic Israeli colonists Wednesday morning broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police, WAFA news agency reported. The extremist colonists, divided into groups, ....

Military operations in Rafah could lead to a massacre – UN warns

Date: 2024-02-13 22:16:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:10579614

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) – Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has warned that the Israeli military operations in Rafah could lead to a massacre, according to a ....

Jordan's King meets Blinken, warns of ramifications of Rafah attack

Date: 2024-02-13 21:09:20 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:10579530

AMMAN, Feb 13 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as he reiterated Jordan's call to end the war on Gaza and protect Gazans from a deteriorating humanitarian situation, Petra News Agency ....

Several civilians killed, injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza, Rafah, Khan Yunis

Date: 2024-02-13 19:32:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10579433

GAZA, Feb 13 (MENA) - A least six civilians, including children and women, were killed this evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle on al-Jala Street to the north of Gaza City, WAFA reported on Tuesday. A civilian was also ....

France slaps travel bans on 28 ‘extremist’ Israeli settlers

Date: 2024-02-13 18:54:46 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10579335

PARIS, Feb 13 (MENA) - France on Tuesday adopted travel bans against 28 extremist Israeli settlers “guilty of violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank”, according to a foreign ministry statement. The measure was prompted by ....

Int'l official voices concern over prospect of ground offensive in Rafah

Date: 2024-02-13 18:39:16 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10579336

GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Advisor to the International Human Rights Committee in Geneva Ambassador Haitham Abu Saied voiced concern over the prospect of a ground offensive by the Israeli army in Rafah. He, meanwhile, warned of the consequences of ....