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Palestinian PM, Japanese official discuss latest developments in Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2025-03-20 08:49:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11109295

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mostafa had talks in Ramallah last night with Japanese Assistant Foreign Minister Ando Toshihide. They discussed Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the developments in the West ....

Sirens jolt central Israel awake as Israel intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen

Date: 2025-03-20 08:39:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11109253

GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - Air raid sirens blared across central Israel early Thursday as a missile attack from Yemen targeted multiple cities, including Tel Aviv, Rishon LeZion and Ramat Gan, as well as parts of Jerusalem and the Sharon region, ....

Thousands of Israelis march against latest Netanyahu policy moves

Date: 2025-03-20 07:26:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11109202

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Thousands of demonstrators began marching to Jerusalem ahead of a mass protest planned outside the Knesset, Ynet reported. The marchers temporarily blocked the main highway leading to the capital while more arrived in ....

Israel extends detention of 5 Palestinian female prisoners

Date: 2025-03-19 22:03:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11109073

RAMALLAH, March 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation courts Wednesday extended the detention of five female Palestinian prisoners, three of whom are from the al-Khalil (Hebron) Governorate, Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and Palestinian Prisoners' Club ....

U.S. announces temporary plan to extend Gaza ceasefire, warns opportunity "dwindling Rapidly"

Date: 2025-03-19 21:50:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:11109082

WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - The United States announced that a temporary plan to extend the Gaza ceasefire has been proposed, but noted that the opportunity for its success is "dwindling rapidly." According to Al-Hara TV, the U.S. Department of ....

Romania sorry over renewed hostilities in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-19 21:32:49 GMT - Romania - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:11109043

BUCHAREST, March 19 (MENA) - Romania expressed on Wednesday deep concern over the renewal of hostilities in Gaza, urging all parties to respect international humanitarian law. Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed in a post on X platform ....

Israel's renewed aggression dashes Palestinian hopes for statehood: The Guardian

Date: 2025-03-19 20:40:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:11109013

LONDON, March 19 (MENA) - In shattering the two-month ceasefire that had brought a fragile peace and relief to Gaza, Israel has also smashed the faint hopes that a resolution might just remain within reach, according to the Guardian British ....

Hamas holds Israel responsible for ground incursion repercussions, affirms commitment to ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-03-19 20:40:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11109031

GAZA CITY, March 19 (MENA) - Hamas held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the repercussions of the ground incursion into the central Gaza Strip, considering it a new violation of the ceasefire agreement. According to Al Qahira News ....

Israel forces evacuation of 80 families from Ain refugee camp in Nablus

Date: 2025-03-19 19:44:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11108966

NABLUS, March 19 (MENA) - Deputy director of the Al Ain refugee camp Ibrahim Shatawi warned that the Israeli army had forced the evacuation of 80 families from the camp as a result of its operations there. Wafa, citing Shatawi, said that the ....

Trump: Iran must stop supplying Houthis immediately

Date: 2025-03-19 18:34:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11108896

WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump demanded that the Iranian government stop providing weapons to the Houthis in Yemen on Wednesday, declaring the group will be “annihilated.” “Reports are coming in that while Iran has ....