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Pakistani PM condemns Israeli attack on Khan Younis

Date: 2024-07-23 07:32:14 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10797843

ISLAMABAD, July 23 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vehemently condemned the Israeli forces’ violent attack on Khan Younis in Gaza, describing it as an inhumane act, particularly following the evacuation of refugees, Pakistan Today ....

Palestinian factions hold talks in Beijing, sign Beijing Declaration

Date: 2024-07-23 07:15:07 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10797825

BEIJING, July 23 (MENA) - In a show of solidarity, representatives of 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, on Tuesday jointly pledged to end their divisions and strengthen Palestinian unity by signing the Beijing Declaration, CGTN ....

Japan imposes sanctions on 4 Israeli settlers in WB

Date: 2024-07-23 05:06:14 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10797709

TOKYO, July 23 (MENA) - Japan imposed asset-freeze sanctions on four individual Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, NST reported Tuesday. Violent acts by some Israeli settlers in the West Bank have increased ....

Israeli army storms areas in West Bank amid confrontations with Palestinians

Date: 2024-07-22 18:13:39 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10797432

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - The Israeli army stormed several areas in the West Bank, including the city of Qalqilya, and towns of Silwad and Al-Samu. The i24 news channel reported that confrontations broke out between Palestinian young men and ....

Israel's targeting of Gaza-bound aid convoy 'violation' of int'l law: UNRWA official

Date: 2024-07-22 17:20:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10796994

CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) - Director of the Information Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza Enas Hamdan said that the heavy shooting from Israeli forces at a UN convoy heading to Gaza city ....

40 martyred in Israeli army shelling of Khan Yunis

Date: 2024-07-22 16:54:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10797196

GAZA CITY, July 22 (MENA) - The death toll from an Israeli air and artillery bombardment on the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, south the Gaza Strip, rose Monday to 40 martyrs. This coincided with the forced displacement of people in light of the ....

UNICEF: Child casualties in West Bank skyrocket in past nine months

Date: 2024-07-22 16:41:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10797275

NEW YORK, July 22 (MENA) - A total of 143 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October last year, a spike of nearly 250 per cent compared to the preceding nine months, during which 41 Palestinian ....

British PM calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, entry of aid into strip

Date: 2024-07-22 16:37:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10797372

LONDON, July 22 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the world will not turn a blind eye to the killing, disease and displacement facing innocent children and women in the Gaza Strip, stressing the necessity of an immediate ceasefire and the ....

Israeli warplanes breach sound barrier over multiple Lebanese regions

Date: 2024-07-22 15:54:35 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10797055

BEIRUT, July 22 (MENA) - Israeli fighter jets on Monday repeatedly breached the sound barrier over several Lebanese regions, causing widespread alarm. The jets first broke the sound barrier over the areas of Nabatieh and Iqlim al Tuffah after ....

Abbas urges immediate ceasefire to end Israeli aggression on Gaza, WB

Date: 2024-07-22 14:23:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10797060

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas received at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah on Monday Russian Special Envoy for the Middle East Vladimir Safronkov, in the presence of the Russian Ambassador to Palestine, ....