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Knesset law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’: UN chief warns

Date: 2024-10-08 22:00:12 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10904050

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning him that draft Israeli legislation to prevent the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) from working in the ....

Several Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-08 20:29:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10903988

RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) - Several Palestinians were killed and others injured on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. Medical sources in the Strip said that several civilians were ....

Death toll from Israeli onslaught in Gaza surges to 41,965; over 97,590 injured

Date: 2024-10-08 17:27:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10903879

RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 56 Palestinians and the injury of 278 others, WAFA reported. Local health ....

3 family members killed in Lebanon’s Al-Khodor massacre, rubble removal operations continue

Date: 2024-10-08 16:12:03 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10903819

BEIRUT, Oct 8 (MENA) – Israeli aircraft committed a massacre by bombarding a house of a citizen from the Audeh family in Baalbek’s town of Al-Khodor, where five family members were inside, the National News Agency reported. Rescue teams of the ....

Several civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-08 15:24:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10903771

RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) - Several civilians were killed and others injured on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Medical sources in the Strip said that several civilians were killed after ....

EU again insists airlines should suspend Israel flights

Date: 2024-10-08 09:33:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10903126

RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) - The European Commission and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has discussed and reaffirmed the recommendation to airlines not to fly to Israel until October 31, the Israeli newspaper "Globes" said. After the ....

Biden stresses necessity of reaching ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-08 09:14:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10903024

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden stressed the necessity of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the White House announced Tuesday. This came in a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the occasion of the one-year ....

Israel announces assassination of Hezbollah's commander Suhail Hussein Husseini in Beirut

Date: 2024-10-08 07:55:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10902955

GAZA CITY, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Israeli army conducted a precise strike on Monday that killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, Commander of the Hezbollah organization headquarters in the Beirut area, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli army as ....

UN warns of collapse of healthcare system in Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes

Date: 2024-10-08 07:12:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10902847

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric warned of the collapse of the healthcare system in Lebanon due to the continued Israeli airstrikes, according to the website of the UN. He added that Special ....

Chinese envoy urges restraint to prevent further escalation in Middle East

Date: 2024-10-08 07:09:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10902877

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy on Monday urged all parties to exercise restraint and avoid inflammatory remarks and provocative actions to prevent the situation in the Middle East from further escalating, CGTN reported. "At present, ....