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Israeli occupation forces detain over 26 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-08-07 09:47:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10819135

RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces conducted a series of detentions across the West Bank since last night until this morning, rounding up at least 26 people including siblings and former prisoners, WAFA quoted the Palestinian ....

India can use its influence to convince Israel to stop genocide in Gaza: Iran's envoy

Date: 2024-08-07 09:46:55 GMT - India - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10819114

NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (MENA) - Terming India as a “big power” and “important country”, Iran’s Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi on Tuesday said that there is an expectation that New Delhi can and should play a more active role in the current crisis in West ....

Hamas names Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination

Date: 2024-08-06 19:56:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10818638

GAZA, Aug 6 (MENA) – Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, the group said on Tuesday. Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran last week. (MENA) K F E/R E E ....

Italian FM: We care about protection of our citizens in Lebanon, army personnel in UNIFIL

Date: 2024-08-06 18:55:55 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10818504

ROME, Aug 6 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday his primary concern is to protect Italian citizens in Lebanon and Italian army personnel in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). This came in a speech ....

UN Human Rights Commission dismayed due to Israel’s targeting of Gaza schools

Date: 2024-08-06 17:02:14 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10818399

GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Human Rights Commission expressed shock at the growing pattern of raids launched by the Israeli occupation army on schools in Gaza, which it said are killing internally displaced Palestinians seeking shelter ....

Israeli bombing of Gaza's Rafah city kills Palestinian civilian, injures another

Date: 2024-08-06 15:01:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10818222

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian civilian was killed and another one was wounded in an Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. State news agency WAFA quoted eyewitnesses as saying that an Israeli drone ....

Hezbollah launches air strikes on two targets in northern Israel

Date: 2024-08-06 14:34:17 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10817834

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hezbollah launched an aerial attack on Tuesday with a squadron of kamikaze drones targeting the headquarters of the "Golani" Brigade and the "Egoz Unit 621" in the "Shraga" barracks in Acre, northern Israel. Hezbollah ....

Italy's ITA extends suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv to Aug 8

Date: 2024-08-06 13:46:38 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10818035

ROME, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Italian airline ITA has announced the extension of its decision to suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv until the day after tomorrow, August 8th. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Italian company stated that due to the ....

Satellite surveillance shows 63% of Gaza buildings damaged: UN

Date: 2024-08-06 08:48:16 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10817396

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - The latest UN analysis of satellite surveillance covering the Gaza Strip showed 63 percent of structures in Gaza have been damaged, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. It added that the ....

Iran says it has duty to punish Israel over killing of Hamas leader in Tehran

Date: 2024-08-06 07:43:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10817223

LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Iran has called in foreign ambassadors based in Tehran to warn of the country’s moral duty to punish Israel for what it sees as its “adventurism” and law-breaking in assassinating Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader, a week ago ....