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Police update says 19 wounded in rocket attack on Tira

Date: 2024-11-02 07:28:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10934976

BEIRUT, Nov 2 (MENA) - Citing medical officials, police raise the injury toll in the rocket attack on Tira to 19, four of whom were moderately hurt and the rest lightly. All 19 were taken to local hospitals, police were quoted by The Times of ....

Pentagon says US to deploy more ballistic missile destroyers, bombers to Middle East

Date: 2024-11-02 05:22:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10934924

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) - The US has decided to deploy additional ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and several U.S. Air Force B-52 long-range strike bombers to the Middle East. Pentagon Press Secretary ....

Settlers attack Burqa village near Ramallah

Date: 2024-11-01 15:36:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10934581

RAMMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Israeli settlers launched an attack on Friday on the village of Burqa, located east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. Local sources reported that dozens of settlers ....

Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis, Nuseirat kill at least 6

Date: 2024-11-01 15:29:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10934601

GAZA City, Nov 1 (MENA) - At least six Palestinians were killed Friday as Israeli warplanes and artillery attacked multiple residential areas in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central area of ....

2nd round of polio vaccine drive to begin in north Gaza Saturday

Date: 2024-11-01 15:18:42 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10934600

NEW YORK, Nov 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Friday that a second round of child polio vaccinations in northern Gaza would begin on Saturday after Israeli bombing in the ....

France sends 30 tons of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon

Date: 2024-11-01 12:05:09 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10934458

PARIS, Nov 1 (MENA) - France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs delivered nearly 30 tons of humanitarian aid for the Lebanese civilian population, including solar lamps supplied by the NGO Electriciens sans Frontières, tents, blankets and ....

US Defense Secretary, Israeli min. mull de-escalation in Gaza

Date: 2024-11-01 08:58:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10934200

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant to discuss opportunities for regional de-escalation, the US Department of Defense reported. Secretary Austin reaffirmed that the ....

Gaza war death toll surges to 43,204

Date: 2024-10-31 15:38:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10933668

GAZA CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed six massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 41 Palestinians and the injury of 131 others, WAFA reported. Local health ....

Seven civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in the Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-10-31 13:22:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10933522

RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - Seven civilians were killed and others were injured on Thursday when the Israeli occupation forces bombed several areas in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. In the Nuseirat camp in the ....

Israel demolishes UNRWA building in Tulkarem days after ban

Date: 2024-10-31 12:41:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10933471

TULKARM, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Israeli army has destroyed a UNRWA building in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem in northern West Bank, two days after the decision to ban the agency's work. According to Nihad Shawish, head of the camp's services ....