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US defense secretary orders deployment of USS Abraham Lincolin carrier, submarine to Middle East

Date: 2024-08-12 05:14:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10825309

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East amidst rising tensions in the region, the US "Al Hurra" news ....

Israeli intel believes Iran will attack directly within days

Date: 2024-08-11 19:45:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10825170

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Iran might carry out an attack on Israel in the coming days, potentially even before the upcoming Thursday summit on the hostage deal negotiations, according to a report by The Jerusalem Post, quoting two sources familiar ....

Two Palestinian youths, including detainee, succumb to wounds from Israeli gunfire in Jenin

Date: 2024-08-11 17:47:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10825096

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth has Sunday evening succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire in Jenin during the occupation army's most recent aggression on the city and its refugee camp. Director of Jenin ....

5 Palestinians martyred in Israeli shelling of different areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-11 17:29:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10825032

GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were martyred Sunday in Israeli shelling targeting citizens' homes in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north Gaza City, Nuseirat camp, and Rafah in southern the war- ravaged Gaza Strip. "Israeli ....

Germany calls on Israel to stop repeated attacks on Gaza schools

Date: 2024-08-11 15:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10824945

CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry has said killing civilians in the Gaza Strip who are seeking shelter is unacceptable, urging Israel to stop such attacks. It called on the Israeli army to stop repeated attacks targeting schools ....

Two Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis

Date: 2024-08-11 11:30:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10824515

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed and others injured this afternoon when an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of civilians in central Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA News Agency reported Palestinian Red Crescent ....

Internally displaced Gazans face ongoing horror, denial of access to basic needs: UN

Date: 2024-08-11 10:29:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10824409

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (MENA) - The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that internally displaced Gazans face "indescribable horror" after 10 months of hostilities, including multiple forced displacements, the rapid spread of ....

Israel broadens its evacuation orders after deadly strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter: AP

Date: 2024-08-11 10:03:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10824337

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. Israel ....

UNRWA says humanitarian work in Gaza became more difficult

Date: 2024-08-11 10:00:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10824290

GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza Inas Hamdan has said the Palestinian territory is witnessing more civilian evacuation operations as a result ....

17 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces across the West Bank

Date: 2024-08-11 09:32:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10824293

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of detentions across the West Bank last night and early this morning, detaining 17 Palestinians, including several former prisoners. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees ....