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Gaza reconstruction impossible as long as it's under Hamas control: US state sec.

Date: 2025-02-21 17:31:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11077105

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the reconstruction and governance of the Gaza Strip will be impossible as long as the strip is under the control of Hamas. "As long as Hamas is in Gaza, there will never be ....

Hamas says 6 Israeli captives to be released Saturday

Date: 2025-02-21 17:06:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11076934

GAZA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Hamas movement said Friday "it has no interest in violating the ceasefire commitment or retaining any bodies of Israeli detainees in Gaza." In a statement, Hamas emphasized its seriousness and commitment to ....

40,000 worshipers perform Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-02-21 15:20:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:11076827

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Around 40,000 worshipers performed Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli Army to restrict access to the mosque, the Palestinian (WAFA) News Agency quoted the Jerusalem ....

Shin Bet arrests two Jewish-Israelis who drove terrorists to Bat Yam ahead of bus bombings

Date: 2025-02-21 13:10:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11076763

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested two Jewish-Israeli suspects and are investigating their potential involvement in transporting the persons that planted bombs on buses in the Bat Yam area of central Israel on ....

Israeli media: hostages' families urge swift return of Shiri Bibas’ body

Date: 2025-02-21 11:18:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11076564

GAZA, Feb 21 - (MENA) - Israeli media reported Friday that families of the hostages are pressing the government to act swiftly and find a way to retrieve the body of Shiri Bibas. The families were stunned by the failure to return Shiri Bibas' ....

UN calls to make progress on two-state solution

Date: 2025-02-21 08:41:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11076500

NEW YORK, Feb 21 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the international community to help achieve progress on the two-state solution. Guterres’s remarks came at the 19th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of ....

Netanyahu to hold security assessment meeting after blasts: PM office

Date: 2025-02-21 07:26:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11076456

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security meeting following a series of blasts on public buses in central Israel, his office said in a statement. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been ....

Israel says it strikes Lebanon-Syria border crossings used by Hezbollah

Date: 2025-02-21 07:22:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11076455

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) – Israel said Friday it struck crossings on the Lebanon-Syria border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, with a Syria war monitor reporting an unspecified number of people wounded in the attack, Al Arabiya reported. The ....

Guterres: Keep working to ensure peace, dignity, horizon of hope grounded in action for people of ME

Date: 2025-02-21 07:19:25 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11076477

NEW YORK/ROME, Feb 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for keep working to ensure peace, dignity, horizon of hope grounded in action for people of Middle East. In his video message to the 19th plenary session of the ....

Israel to step up counterterror op in some West Bank areas after attempted bus bombings

Date: 2025-02-21 06:50:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11076460

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Israeli army said it is investigating this evening’s bus bombings in Bat Yam and Holon jointly with the Shin Bet security agency and Israel Police, the Times of Israel reported. Following a fresh assessment, the ....