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Israel receives heavy bombs from the US

Date: 2025-02-16 08:23:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11069085

GAZA CITY, Feb 16 (MENA) - A shipment of some 1,800 heavy bombs from the United States that had been held up by the previous American administration arrived in Israel overnight, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday as quoted by The Times of ....

Jordan, Turkey assert necessity to consolidate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-15 14:57:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11068274

MUNICH/AMMAN, Feb 15 (MENA) - Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan asserted the necessity to consolidate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and allow enough aid supplies ....

Israel releases 369 Palestinian detainees

Date: 2025-02-15 13:56:35 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11068215

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) – The Israeli authorities Saturday released 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees from its jails as part of the sixth batch of prisoner-hostage exchanges between Israel and Hamas. Abdullah al-Zaghari, head of the ....

President Abbas at African Summit: Anyone who thinks they can displace our people is delusional

Date: 2025-02-15 13:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11068091

RAMALLAH/ADDIS ABABA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated today his absolute rejection of any calls aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their homeland, which would keep the region in a cycle of violence, ....

Israeli authorities release sixth batch of Palestinian detainees under ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-02-15 10:48:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11068014

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities released the sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, in accordance with the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The released prisoners include 36 detainees serving life sentences and 333 ....

Israeli army receives 3 hostages from Red Cross

Date: 2025-02-15 10:29:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11067967

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) - The Israeli army announced on Saturday it received three Israeli hostages from teams of the Red Cross. The Times of Israel newspaper said that Israeli forces will accompany the three hostages outside the Gaza Strip to ....

Hamas hands over 3 Israeli hostages to ICRC

Date: 2025-02-15 08:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11067877

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) - Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas on Saturday handed over three Israeli hostages to teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) within the sixth batch of the first phase of the ceasefire ....

For 20th consecutive day, Israeli forces continue large-scale military onslaught on Tulkarm, its camp

Date: 2025-02-15 07:24:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11067779

TULKARM, Feb 15 (MENA) - For the 20th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp, and on the Nour Shams camp for the seventh day, amid a military escalation that led to the killing of ....

Lebanon's PM pledges to bring UN peacekeeping convoy assailants to justice

Date: 2025-02-14 23:14:59 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:11067680

BEIRUT, Feb 14 (MENA) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has vehemently condemned the criminal attack on a UN peacekeeping force affiliated to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday. He pledged to bring to justice ....

New batch of wounded, sick Palestinians cross Rafah Terminal from Gaza

Date: 2025-02-14 20:08:38 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11067428

RAFAH, Egypt, Feb 14 (MENA) - Rafah Border Crossing received on Friday the 13th batch of wounded and sick Palestinians who crossed the terminal from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment at Egyptian hospitals. In addition, up to 60 aid ....