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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 40,405

Date: 2024-08-25 12:13:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10843030

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (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 71 Palestinians and the injury of 112 others, WAFA reported ....

Israeli forces detain at least 35 Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Date: 2024-08-25 11:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10842940

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained at least 35 Palestinians, including minors and freed prisoners, from across the occupied West Bank during the past two days, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the ....

Mikati: Lebanon holds series of contacts with allies to stop escalation

Date: 2024-08-25 11:09:27 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10842931

BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired a ministerial meeting at his residence to follow up on the latest field developments in the south, NNA reported Sunday. The attendees discussed the situation in the ....

Turkish, Iranian FMs probe situation in Gaza, regional developments

Date: 2024-08-25 11:08:41 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10842908

ANKARA, Aug 25 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iran's new Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Sunday discussed the situation in Gaza and developments in the region. The two leaders also discussed Turkish-Iranian relations, ....

Civil Aviation: Beirut Airport operating normally

Date: 2024-08-25 10:53:45 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10842930

BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - Lebanon's General Directorate of Civil Aviation denied in a statement Sunday what was circulated by some media outlets about the cancellation of all flights to and from Beirut International Airport, NNA reported. The ....

Israeli warplanes strike Lebanese villages in South Lebanon

Date: 2024-08-25 09:47:04 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10842782

BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched on Sunday raids on some Lebanese villages during the past hours. According to the National News Agency, the warplanes launched violent raids on Wadi Hamoul, east of Naqoura, and the Tasheelat ....

8 Palestinians killed, including eight-month-old toddler in Israeli airstrike

Date: 2024-08-25 09:21:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10842501

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were killed, including a toddler in central Gaza, medical sources told the Palestinian news agency WAFA Sunday. Six Palestinians were killed and several others injured last night in an Israeli ....

US Embassy in Al Quds warns its citizens against travelling to north Israel, Lebanon, Gaza

Date: 2024-08-25 09:01:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10842696

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Al Quds reminded the American citizens to strongly reconsider travel to northern Israel, Lebanon and Gaza, especially after the current escalation between Israel and Hezbollah. In a statement, the US ....

Five Palestinians killed and several injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza

Date: 2024-08-25 09:00:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10842732

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (MENA) - In a series of intense Israeli airstrikes on Sunday, five Palestinians were killed and several others were injured as the bombardment targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, particularly focusing on the central and ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli forces

Date: 2024-08-25 08:16:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10842644

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed Sunday Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem in the central West Bank under the protection of Israeli occupation police, WAFA News Agency reported. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of colonists ....