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South Korea calls for restraint, diplomatic efforts to reduce Middle East tensions

Date: 2024-08-02 07:18:47 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10812113

SEOUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - South Korea expresses "deep concern" over the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East and urges all parties to exercise restraint and seek diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions, Yonhap quoted the foreign ministry as ....

Situation in Middle East extremely dangerous: Russia’s ambassador to Israel

Date: 2024-08-01 18:24:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10811830

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (MENA) - The current situation in the Middle East is extremely dangerous and it is not easy to extinguish the "blaze," Russia’s ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said in TV statements quoted by TASS news agency on Thursday. "The ....

At least 15 killed in Israeli airstrike targeting school in Gaza's Shujaiya neighborhood

Date: 2024-08-01 16:20:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10811696

GAZA, Aug (MENA) - At least 15 Palestinians were killed and several others injured after an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced families in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City Thursday afternoon, WAFA news agency ....

Jordan calls on UN to curb "rogue state of Israel"

Date: 2024-08-01 15:44:55 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10811590

AMMAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called on the United Nations Security Council Thursday to act within its mandate to “"not allow a rogue state" to impose further war and destruction on the region, royanews reported. In ....

Murder of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh cannot be tolerated: Indonesia's Jokowi

Date: 2024-08-01 14:18:02 GMT - Indonesia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10811487

JAKARTA, Aug 1 (MENA) - President Joko Widodo asserted that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance organization Hamas, committed by Israel constitutes an act of violence that cannot be ....

120 Jordanian trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into Gaza

Date: 2024-08-01 12:56:51 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10811177

AMMAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Some 120 Jordanian trucks loaded with humanitarian aid crossed into the Gaza Strip, where they will be distributed by partner organizations, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) announced on Thursday. In a ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas on Gaza

Date: 2024-08-01 11:13:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10811103

GAZA CITY, Aug 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 300th consecutive day, WAFA news agency reported. In Gaza City, a man was killed and others were injured in an ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque anew

Date: 2024-08-01 10:51:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10811099

RAMALLAH, Aug 1 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed on Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem under the protection of occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said settlers broke their way into the holy compound in groups while hundreds of ....

Iranian acting FM: Assassination of Haniyeh "terrorist attack" threatening regional security

Date: 2024-08-01 10:01:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10810960

TEHRAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani termed as a "terrorist attack" Israel's assassination of Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh. The Iranian official said the attack poses serious threat to ....

Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 39,480, over 91,128 injured

Date: 2024-08-01 09:46:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10810972

RAMALLAH, August 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 35 Palestinians and the injury of 551 others, WAFA quoted medical sources ....