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8 civilians killed in Israel strikes on central and southern parts of Gaza

Date: 2025-05-24 07:21:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11191380

GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - Eight citizens were killed and several injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip and concentrated on its central and southern parts, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that ....

Egypt plays key role in humanitarian efforts for Gaza: UN envoy

Date: 2025-05-23 21:26:20 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11191237

NEW YORK, May 23 (MENA) - Egypt has played a key role in facilitating humanitarian response efforts for those in need in the war-torn Gaza Strip since 2023, Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek ....

11 Palestinians killed, mostly children, in Israeli airstrike on house in Gaza's Khan Younis

Date: 2025-05-23 09:57:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11190603

GAZA CITY, MAY 23 (MENA) - Eleven Palestinians were killed and others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the town of Abasan al-Jadida, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. According to WAFA, the home belonged to the ....

France takes command of NATO Mission Iraq

Date: 2025-05-22 16:36:19 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:11190067

BRUSSELS, May 22 (MENA) - Maj.-Gen. Christophe Hintzy, from France, assumed command of NATO Mission Iraq, at a change of command ceremony in Baghdad. He succeeds Lt.Gen. Lucas Schreurs from the Netherlands, who had been in post since May 2024. ....

Jenin governor to MENA: Israeli attack on Arab, foreign ambassadors ‘deliberate, systematic’

Date: 2025-05-22 14:03:10 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11189338

AMMAN, May 22 (MENA) - Governor of the Palestinian city of Jenin Kamal Abu al-Rub said Thursday that Israel is working to destroy and besiege the governorate in the same way it did with the Gaza Strip and stressed that all Israeli violations and ....

7 Palestinians injured in Israeli crackdown on refugee camp near Ramallah

Date: 2025-05-22 11:25:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11189462

RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Seven citizens were injured on Thursday after Israeli occupation forces stormed Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its crews treated two people injured by rubber ....

Mufti condemns targeting int'l delegation by occupation forces during Jenin visit

Date: 2025-05-22 11:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11189395

CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Nazir Mohamed Ayyad on Thursday condemned targeting of an international diplomatic delegation by Israeli occupation forces during their visit to the Palestinian city of Jenin. The mufti, in a statement, ....

Dozens of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards

Date: 2025-05-22 10:59:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11189463

RAMALLH, May 22 (MENA) - Dozens of settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque compound in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) on Thursday under the protection of Israeli occupation troops. Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al ....

Tokyo lodges protest after Israel fires shots at diplomats

Date: 2025-05-22 10:45:54 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:11189494

TOKYO, May 22 (MENA) - Tokyo on Thursday lodged a protest with Israel after the Israeli military fired what it called warning shots at a group of Japanese and other diplomats visiting the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, according to the ....

Israeli army intercepts ballistic missile launched by Houthis

Date: 2025-05-22 10:29:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11189414

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - The Israeli army announced that air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen toward Israel. The occupation army indicated that the attack was the second Houthi missile attack on Israel ....