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US adds Iranian entities to sanctions list

Date: 2025-07-03 21:16:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:11244525

WASHINGTON, July 3 (MENA) – The United States (US) added several Iranian entities to its sanctions list, targeting what it described as illegal trade to increase pressure on Tehran. In a statement, the US State Department said that Iran continues ....

UN's Guterres appalled by deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza - spokesperson

Date: 2025-07-03 20:41:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11244539

NEW YORK, July 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement published on the UN's website. "Multiple attacks in recent days ....

13 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, Deir al-Balah

Date: 2025-07-03 19:48:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11244514

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) - At least 13 Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Thursday following a series of Israeli air and artillery strikes targeting areas in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah. According to state news agency WAFA, ....

Gaza death toll surges to 57,130, with 135,173 injuries amid ongoing Israeli offensive

Date: 2025-07-03 18:23:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11244340

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 57,130, 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 on ....

OIC condemns statements by Israeli officials on imposing "sovereignty" over West Bank

Date: 2025-07-03 18:05:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11244426

RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the racist statements by officials in the Israeli occupation government calling for annexing and imposing the alleged Israeli "sovereignty" over the ....

UN Women: Ceasefire in Gaza is urgent necessity

Date: 2025-07-03 15:05:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:11244321

CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - UN Women has called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as an urgent necessity. It also urged the opening of crossings, and the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid. It warned of the worsening ....

Gaza war death toll rises to 57,130

Date: 2025-07-03 14:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11244249

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023 has risen to 57,130 martyrs and 135,173 injured. In a statement quoted by ....

EU calls for int'l accountability for violations in occupied Palestinian territories

Date: 2025-07-03 14:13:13 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11244283

GENEVA, July 3 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) on Thursday voiced deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, stressing the need for accountability for violations of international law and calling for an ....

At least 19 Palestinians killed in intense Israeli strikes in Gaza

Date: 2025-07-03 14:07:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11244320

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) - At least 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Thursday as Israeli forces carried out a series of intense airstrikes and live-fire attacks across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, according to medical ....

Hamas urges int'l community to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza

Date: 2025-07-03 12:41:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:11244235

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) - The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) warned Thursday against the continued targeting of Palestinian civilians by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip. In a press release the Movement said, “Unarmed civilians ....