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UNIFIL urges Lebanon, Israel to reach ceasefire, avoid more escalation

Date: 2021-08-04 15:11:12 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:9094490

BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - UNIFIL urged Lebanon and Israel to cease fire and to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further escalation after receiving reports that at least two rockets had been fired from Lebanon toward Israel. The Israeli army ....

Macron pledges 100 million euros worth of emergency aid for Lebanon

Date: 2021-08-04 14:51:30 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:9094337

PARIS, Aug 4 (MENA) – French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Wednesday a further 100 million euros worth of emergency aid for Lebanon, and 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the country, France 24 reported. One year since an explosion ....

Israeli military fires artillery towards Lebanon

Date: 2021-08-04 14:39:25 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:9094456

GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Israeli military has renewed artillery fire into southern Lebanon following rocket firing across the border from Lebanon earlier on Wednesday, Haaretz reported. Three rockets were fired from Lebanon, with two landing ....

Iran records 39,357 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-08-04 14:07:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:9094483

TEHRAN, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry said that 39,357 new cases of coronavirus were detected over the past 24 hours, 4,263 of whom were hospitalized, IRNA reported Wednesday. This takes the total number of COVID-19 infections in ....

Palestine records 140 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths

Date: 2021-08-04 11:37:18 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:9094040

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said on Wednesday 140 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. In her daily report on the ....

Israeli forces conduct large-scale demolitions in northern Jordan Valley

Date: 2021-08-04 08:37:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:9093614

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Wednesday conducted large-scale demolitions of Palestinian property in Khirbet Ibzeiq village, northeast of Tubas, according to an official. Mu‘taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement ....

Israel sees over 3,000 new coronavirus cases for second straight day

Date: 2021-08-04 08:31:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:9093567

GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - Israel on Wednesday saw over 3,000 new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, as the number of local authorities designated as '"red" infection hotspots also rose, Ynet reported. The Health Ministry on Wednesday ....

Vienna talks must cover Tehran's destabilizing behavior in ME: Arab League

Date: 2021-08-03 18:33:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:9092910

CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Assistant Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Hossam Zaki commended Tuesday the unwavering position of Romania in support of a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis. During a meeting earlier today with Deputy Foreign ....

Six Palestinians wounded during with Israeli occupation forces in WB

Date: 2021-08-03 08:56:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:9091682

RAMALLAH, Aug 3 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were injured, one seriously, early Tuesday during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenin and four others in Beita, near Nablus, according to Palestinian security and ....

Israel reports nearly 4,000 new coronavirus cases for first time in five months

Date: 2021-08-03 08:37:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9091683

RAMALLAH, Aug 3 (MENA) - New coronavirus cases have neared 4,000 on Tuesday, Israeli Health Ministry data shows, for the first time since early March. Israel's coronavirus cabinet is slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss further measures to stop ....