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EU expresses grave concerns about Israeli draft bill to stop UNRWA operations in Occupied Palestinian Territory

Date: 2024-10-12 16:37:30 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10908692

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (MENA) – The European Union expressed its grave concern about the draft bill on UNRWA currently discussed in the Israeli parliament, WAM reported. "The EU strongly supports the UN Secretary General’s call on the matter and shares ....

Fatah movement calls for broader UN action to stop aggression on Palestinians

Date: 2024-10-12 11:17:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10908247

RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) – The central committee of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement ‘Fath’ has called for broader action by the United Nations to put an end to injustice and aggression on Palestine and Palestinian people. In a ....

Israel issues new evacuation orders for northern Gaza

Date: 2024-10-12 08:30:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10908036

GAZA CITY, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has ordered residents in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes, as part of an ongoing military offensive that began on October 6, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. The army specifically ....

Two Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli drone strike near Gaza fishing port

Date: 2024-10-12 07:25:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10907988

GAZA CITY, Oct 12 (MENA) - Two Palestinian persons were killed and several others sustained injuries in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of individuals near the fishing port west of Gaza City on Saturday. Eyewitnesses reported that the ....

Hezbollah says launched missiles on Israeli base near Haifa

Date: 2024-10-12 07:11:54 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10907979

BEIRUT, Oct 12 (MENA) - Lebanese group Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base south of the coastal city of Haifa, as Israelis marked the Yom Kippur holiday. Hezbollah fighters struck a base “south ....

Israel continues its wide-scale onslaught on Jabalia for seventh day, resulting in further casualties

Date: 2024-10-12 06:41:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10907954

RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Israeli forces continue their wide-scale onslaught and intense bombardment of the town of Jabalia and its refugee camp in northern Gaza for the seventh day in a row, resulting in dozens of casualties, including women ....

Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two

Date: 2024-10-11 20:58:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10907816

NEW YORK, Oct 11 (MENA) - Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix has warned, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury ....

Iran urges int'l community to take concerted action against Israeli atrocities

Date: 2024-10-11 19:26:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10907785

TEHRAN, Oct 11 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh has called on the international community to take collective action against the crimes of Israel, state news agency IRNA reported. Baghaei on Friday condemned the ....

US State Secretary, Lebanese parl't speaker discuss situation in Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-11 19:03:45 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10907728

BEIRUT, Oct 11 (MENA) - Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Friday received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which lasted about 40 minutes, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. The two sides discussed the situation in ....

US in 'around-the-clock' push to end war in ME - Harris

Date: 2024-10-11 18:17:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10907712

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has called for de-escalation in the Middle East. The Biden administration is working around the clock to achieve a ceasefire and end the conflict, ....