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1,590 Palestinians arrested by Israel since October 7, rights groups say

Date: 2023-10-29 11:21:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10415279

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - More than 1,590 Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli occupation forces since the onset of the Israeli aggression on October 7, the Palestinian Authority's Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the ....

UNIFIL warns of attempts of targeting it

Date: 2023-10-29 10:53:56 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10415217

BEIRUT/NEW YORK, Oct 29 (MENA) - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) warned of attempts to target it after a shell hit its premises in south Lebanon. In a statement Sunday, UNIFIL urged all sides to implement a ceasefire ....

Netanyahu apologizes for statement blaming defense forces for October 7

Date: 2023-10-29 10:10:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10415079

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized on Sunday morning for a statement on Saturday night attacking the defense, and especially intelligence, forces, according to The Jerusalem Post. The tweet was posted ....

Gaza Civil Defense warns of repeated disruption of communication services in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-29 09:34:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10415028

GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, warned of repeated disruption of communication and internet services in Gaza, which affects work of civil defense teams and the lives of citizens in the Gaza Strip in ....

13 Palestinians civilians killed in Israeli bombardment in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-29 09:32:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10415076

GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - Thirteen Palestinian civilians were brutally murdered Sunday and many more were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting two residential homes in Gaza City and in the town of Beit Lahia, according to local ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque anew

Date: 2023-10-29 09:22:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10415053

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers raided Sunday Al Aqsa Mosque and carried out provocative tours at the compound. The settlers performed Talmudic rituals in Al Aqsa's courtyards, according to Palestinian sources. Israeli ....

Somalia ready to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza - official

Date: 2023-10-29 09:18:15 GMT - Somalia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10415026

MOGADISHU, Oct 29 (MENA) - Head of the Somali Disaster Management Agency Mahmoud Maalim Abdullah expressed on Sunday readiness to dispatch humanitarian assistance to Gaza after opening Rafah border terminal. He denounced massacres committed by ....

Palestinian PM: We are doing our best to halt aggression on Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-29 09:17:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10414971

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said the Palestinian Authority is doing its best to save the Gazans and halt the Israeli aggression into the Gaza Strip. In an interview with Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel ....

WFP: Situation in Gaza Strip "tragic"

Date: 2023-10-29 09:06:03 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10414982

CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - Spokesperson and Senior Regional Communications Officer for the World Food Program (WFP) Abeer Etefa asserted on Sunday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is "very tragic and difficult" especially after communication cut and ....

Sixth Gaza relief aid plane departs Kuwait to Arish airport

Date: 2023-10-29 09:04:27 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10414957

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - The sixth relief aid plane, filled with 40 tons of necessities and supplies, departed Kuwait on Sunday, heading to Arish airport to provide assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip. This initiative came in line with ....