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Knesset committee okays bills crimping UNRWA

Date: 2024-10-06 17:43:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10901068

GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved two bills intended to limit the activities of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, allowing the legislation to advance ....

Flights from all Iran’s airports cancelled until Monday morning

Date: 2024-10-06 17:42:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10901116

TEHRAN, Oct 6 (MENA) - Flights from all of Iran’s airports have been cancelled from Sunday 21:00 to Monday 06:00 local time, state media reported on Sunday, citing a spokesperson for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, Al Arabiya said. The ....

Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon's Jdeidet Marjayoun, causing injuries and fatalities

Date: 2024-10-06 16:14:55 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10901010

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Israeli army has carried out two raids from a drone on Jdeidet Marjayoun near the industrial city of Ain al-Saghira, Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Sunday. Injuries and civilian fatalities have been ....

Jordan, UAE discuss regional developments

Date: 2024-10-06 15:32:11 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10901008

AMMAN, Oct 6 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed regional developments, particularly the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. This came during a summit meeting between Jordanian ....

Israeli airstrike targets three cars carrying medical, relief materials in Syria's Homs

Date: 2024-10-06 14:10:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10900895

DAMASCUS, Oct 6 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike targeted three cars carrying medical and relief materials in the industrial city in Syria's Homs, state news agency SANA reported on Sunday. Material damage was reported, it added. SANA quoted the ....

Jordan condemns Israel's continued aggression against Gaza, calls for immediate int'l action

Date: 2024-10-06 13:34:27 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10900894

AMMAN, Oct 6 (MENA) - Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned Israel’s ongoing aggression against Gaza, particularly the systematic targeting of civilians, including the recent bombing of a mosque sheltering ....

1 killed, 8 wounded in Beersheba shooting attack

Date: 2024-10-06 13:32:58 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10900880

GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) - One woman was killed and seven others wounded in a shooting attack at the central bus station in Beersheba, Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance service reported on Sunday. The assailant has been neutralized, ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under protection of Israeli police

Date: 2024-10-06 09:41:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10900586

RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli police, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Al Quds city on Sunday, according to WAFA News Agency. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of settlers entered the holy ....

23 killed, 93 injured in Israeli airtrikes across Lebanon

Date: 2024-10-06 09:13:26 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10900562

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (MENA) - At least 23 people were killed and 93 wounded in Israeli bombing across Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The raids targeted the towns and villages of south Lebanon, Nabatieh, the eastern governorate of Beqaa, ....

Mikati praises Marcon's call to halt arms shipment to Israel

Date: 2024-10-06 07:58:30 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10900449

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati praised the support of French President Emmanuel Macron expresses to Lebanon in facing the crises afflicting them, and his announcement yesterday about holding an international ....