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Jordan's army calls on citizens to stay at their homes for their safety from Iranian missiles towards Israel

Date: 2024-10-01 17:44:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10895173

AMMAN, Oct 1 (MENA) - A military official at the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces called on citizens to stay in their homes for their safety after hundreds of Iranian missiles were fired towards Israel. The official's appeals came in ....

Biden says US prepared to help Israel defend against Iranian attack

Date: 2024-10-01 17:43:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10895169

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said Tuesday Washington is prepared to help Israel defend against an Iranian missile attack, ABC News reported. Before the attack began, he posted on X that he and Vice President Kamala Harris had ....

UN launches USD 426M aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon underway

Date: 2024-10-01 17:20:34 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10895017

GENEVA, Oct 1 (MENA) – UN humanitarian agencies launched a USD 426 million relief campaign Tuesday to support one million people displaced by widespread Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, in what Israel described as a limited, local, and targeted ....

Iran launches missile strike on Israel: Israeli media

Date: 2024-10-01 17:18:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10895128

RAMALLAH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli media reported that Iran launched more than 100 missiles at the country as a whole. Sirens are going off in Tel Aviv, it added. The Israeli Air defences are swinging into action, it further said. (MENA) N A ....

All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

Date: 2024-10-01 16:47:13 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10895058

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (MENA) – The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what it described as a “limited” ground incursion into Southern ....

White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel

Date: 2024-10-01 16:42:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10895059

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) – Iran is poised to launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel soon, the White House warned Tuesday, instantly ratcheting up fears of all-out war in the region, CNN reported. In a statement released mid-morning, the ....

US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah

Date: 2024-10-01 14:18:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10894899

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) - Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the US would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah — even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent ....

3 Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing of civilian vehicle west of Gaza's Khan Younis

Date: 2024-10-01 14:17:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10894898

RAMALLAH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Three citizens were killed on Tuesday, as a result of the Israeli occupation's bombing of a civilian vehicle west of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent reported that three citizens were killed as ....

War on Gaza has become endless nightmare: UNRWA commissioner-general

Date: 2024-10-01 09:07:55 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10894132

GENEVA, Oct 1 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said that after almost a year, the war on Gaza has become an "endless nightmare," adding that the Strip has ....

3 killed, 9 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus

Date: 2024-10-01 04:46:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10893845

DAMASCUS, Oct 1 (MENA) - At least three civilians were killed and nine others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on multiple sites in Damascus in the wee hours of Tuesday, according to the Syrian state news agency. “The Israeli enemy launched an ....