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Israel arrests about 94 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-10-26 08:09:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10410898

RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) – About 94 Palestinians were detained this morning in Israeli army raids at their homes across the occupied territories, including a young girl detained in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for posting on social ....

Israeli army: Israeli ground forces raided Hamas sites in Gaza during overnight incursion

Date: 2023-10-26 06:23:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10410719

RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israeli ground forces made an incursion into the Gaza Strip overnight, attacking multiple Hamas targets before withdrawing, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement. Israel's Army Radio described the ....

US Assistant Secretary Leaf travels to Middle East

Date: 2023-10-26 06:14:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10410709

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Amb. Barbara A. Leaf has departed on travel to consult with regional partners and advance efforts to prevent the conflict in the Middle East from spreading. In a ....

18 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on various parts of Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-26 06:10:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10410702

GAZA CITY, Oct 26 (MENA) - Eighteen Palestinians, mostly children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency. Local sources said ....

Russia regrets that UNSC fell short of expectations — UN envoy

Date: 2023-10-26 06:03:09 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10410693

NEW YORK, Oct 26 (MENA) - Russia regrets that the UN Security Council has fallen short of expectation, despite Moscow’s efforts, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Wednesday. "We regret that the ....

At least five people killed, dozens injured in Israeli airstrike on house in central Gaza

Date: 2023-10-25 21:43:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:10410585

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - At least five people were killed and dozens others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Az-Zawayda area, in center of the besieged Gaza Strip, state news agency WAFA reported on Wednesday. Israeli warplanes shelled the ....

Israeli occupation responsible for killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh: UN

Date: 2023-10-25 21:40:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:10410575

RAMALLH/NEW YORK, Oct 25 (MENA) - The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has acknowledged that Israeli forces used "lethal force without justification" in targeting the late Al Jazeera journalist ....

Palestinian-Israeli conflict can spill far beyond Middle East: Putin

Date: 2023-10-25 21:02:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:10410560

MOSCOW, Oct 25 (MENA) - Russia's position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not influenced by the current circumstances but is based on the UN Security Council resolutions which envisage the creation of two independent sovereign states, Israel ....

Israeli warplanes target house in Nuseirat refugee camp; family of Al Jazeera journalist killed

Date: 2023-10-25 19:33:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10410526

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes targeted a house in Nuseirat refugee camp south of the Gaza Valley, killing a number of people, including the family of Wael al-Dahdouh, Al-Jazeera correspondent from Gaza, his wife, son, and ....

Biden says Israel has to protect civilians

Date: 2023-10-25 19:18:53 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10410532

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel should act to protect civilians. “Israel has to do everything in its power, as difficult as it is, to protect innocent civilians,” Biden said at a joint press ....