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Israel strikes Syrian military HQ in Damascus

Date: 2025-07-16 13:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11259886

DAMASCUS, July 16 (MENA) - Israel shelled the Syrian military headquarters in the capital Damascus on Wednesday. Videos showed thick plumes of smoke rising from the building, which was subjected to intense shelling following warning airstrikes ....

Former Lebanese PM calls for withdrawal of arms from groups

Date: 2025-07-16 12:08:54 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11259703

BEIRUT, July 16 (MENA) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora stressed the necessity of withdrawing all weapons from all groups present on Lebanese soil, emphasizing the importance of growing public and political support within the Lebanese ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns of repercussions of Israeli control over Ibrahimi Mosque in Al Khalil

Date: 2025-07-16 06:44:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11259223

RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has issued a strong warning concerning the serious repercussions stemming from Israel’s unilateral takeover of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Al Khalil in the ....

70 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since dawn

Date: 2025-07-15 21:53:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11259151

GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn Tuesday has risen to 70 Palestinians, Palestinian medical sources confirmed. Among the victims are 49 people who were killed in Gaza City in ....

Gaza death toll surpasses 58,479 amid ongoing Israeli offensive

Date: 2025-07-15 14:34:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11258649

GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 58,479, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023. State news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as saying ....

Israeli forces arrest 32 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2025-07-15 08:20:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11257646

RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale arrest and raid campaign across several West Bank governorates on Tuesday, detaining more than 32 individuals, including former prisoners and youths. The operation ....

UN chief: 'No parallel' to Gaza's 'horrific' destruction

Date: 2025-07-15 07:56:55 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11257647

NEW YORK, July 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the situation in Gaza as "horrific", saying "What we are witnessing in Gaza is a level of death and destruction that has no parallel in recent times". "We absolutely ....

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on displaced persons’ tents in Gaza

Date: 2025-07-15 05:27:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11257543

GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - Four Palestinians, including children, were killed on Monday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting the city of Gaza. According to the Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the airstrikes struck tents sheltering displaced ....

Three Israeli troops killed, officer seriously wounded in northern Gaza tank blast

Date: 2025-07-15 05:10:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11257537

GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - Three Israeli troops were killed and an officer was wounded when the tank they were in was hit by a blast in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, the Times of Israel quoted the Israeli military as saying. Investigators ....

Gaza death toll reaches 58,386 since start of Israeli aggression in 2023

Date: 2025-07-14 20:38:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:11257316

GAZA CITY, July 14 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 58,386, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, WAFA reported. At least 139,077 others have also been ....