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Hamas denies suspending hostage talks

Date: 2025-03-21 12:47:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:11110657

GAZA, MARCH 21 (MENA) - Palestinian Movement of Hamas denied on Friday halting hostage negotiations. The denial came following a report by the Israeli Ynet newspaper citing a mediator-country official who claimed the group had cut off talks ....

Israeli occupation closes Al-Murabba military checkpoint south of Nablus

Date: 2025-03-21 12:42:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11110618

RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces closed Al-Murabbaa military checkpoint, south of Nablus. The Palestinian News Agency Wafa said Friday that occupation troops closed the checkpoint in the morning, prevented citizens' vehicles ....

Israeli forces continue their wide-scale offensive in Tulkarm for 54th day

Date: 2025-03-21 10:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11110467

RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces continue their wide-scale assault on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camps for the 54th consecutive day, so far resulting in the demolition of dozens of homes and the displacement of nearly ....

AP: Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraints

Date: 2025-03-21 09:04:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11110440

WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) - Israel’s renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip threatens to be even deadlier and more destructive than the last, as it pursues wider aims with far fewer constraints, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Israel ....

Israeli tanks invade the western areas of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza

Date: 2025-03-21 08:02:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11110406

GAZA CITY, March 21 (MENA) - In an escalation of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Israeli army tanks have invaded the western areas of Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of the enclave. This assault was accompanied by heavy artillery ....

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kill 95 Palestinians

Date: 2025-03-20 14:11:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11109829

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - At least 95 Palestinian citizens were killed and several others were wounded including critical injuries Thursday as a result of Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in several districts of the Gaza Strip, reported the ....

Qassam Brigades attack Tel Aviv with missiles in response to Israeli massacres against Palestinians

Date: 2025-03-20 12:55:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11109686

GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced Thursday firing a Maqadmeh M90 rocket salvo from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv in response to Israeli massacres against Palestinian ....

UNFPA deplores resumption of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2025-03-20 12:16:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11109640

NEW YORK, March 19 (MENA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is shocked by the resumption of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. In a statement released on Thursday, the UN agency said: "Already a meaningful number of civilians ....

43 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-20 09:05:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11109252

GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - About 43 Palestinian citizens were killed last night and early Thursday morning and scores were wounded as a result of the continued Israeli bombing of various areas of the Gaza Strip. WAFA reported that seven ....

Guterres condemns attacks on UN personnel in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-20 08:51:54 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11109299

NEW YORK, March 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of a United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) staff member, when two UN guesthouses in Deir al Balah were hit in ....