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Biden, Netanyahu agree 'to advance the release of the hostages'

Date: 2024-10-18 06:40:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10916231

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday night called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One following the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya al Sinwar. Both leaders "agreed that there is an ....

Biden: Blinken to travel to Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-10-18 06:35:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10916230

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday he was sending US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire deal after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Alhurra news channel reported. "It's ....

Israel announces 5 killed, 9 wounded in combat in southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-18 06:31:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10916217

GAZA CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Israeli army announced on Thursday evening that five soldiers fell during combat in southern Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post reported. Maj. Ofek Bachar, aged 24, from Ness Ziona, a Company Commander from the Golani ....

Netanyahu: Sinwar's assassination 'beginning of the day after Hamas'

Date: 2024-10-17 21:55:58 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10916180

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the assassination of Hamas group's leader Yahya Sinwar as "the beginning of the day after Hamas", stressing that Hamas will not rule again in Gaza. "This is an ....

German FM: Hamas must now release all hostages, lay down its weapons

Date: 2024-10-17 21:55:16 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10916179

BERLIN, Oct 17 (MENA) - Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said "Hamas must now release all hostages and lay down its weapons," France 24 reported. "The suffering of the people in Gaza must finally end," Baerbock added in remarks ....

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar eliminated, says Israeli foreign ministry

Date: 2024-10-17 18:34:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10915996

GAZA, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Israeli foreign ministry announced on Thursday that Hamas group leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in the Gaza Strip. A year ago, Yahya Sinwar orchestrated the October 7th attack in which more than 1,200 Israelis were ....

Israeli FM announces Sinwar dead

Date: 2024-10-17 18:34:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10915951

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, Al Qahirah News channel reported. Israeli channel i24 reported it had been confirmed that Sinwar was martyred in a military ....

Israeli army: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-17 17:40:34 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10915954

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israel on Thursday night announced that its army troops had killed Hamas group chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. Sinwar was shot dead along with two others in a firefight in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Wednesday, the Israeli ....

9 Palestinians martyred as Israeli forces target house in central Gaza

Date: 2024-10-17 14:57:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10915757

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians, including children, were martyred as a result of Israeli occupation forces' shelling of Maghazi camp, central the Gaza Strip, Palestinian (WAFA) News Agency reported. Local sources told WAFA Thursday ....

15 civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on school in Jabalia camp

Date: 2024-10-17 13:16:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10915514

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - At least 15 civilians were killed and dozens injured, including women and children, when Israeli warplanes bombed a school housing displaced people in Jabalia camp, north the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA news ....