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Dozens injured as Israeli airstrikes residential areas in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-12 20:07:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11024480

GAZA, Jan 12 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Sunday after Israeli warplanes targeted a home in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. According to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA, the Israeli military also demolished ....

Death toll rises to 46,565 in Gaza, 109,660 injuries

Date: 2025-01-12 11:51:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11023861

GAZA CITY, Jan 12 (MENA) - Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023 has risen to 46,565 reported fatalities, with an additional 109,660 individuals sustaining injuries, ....

Israeli occupation forces detain Palestinians, tighten restrictions in Hebron

Date: 2025-01-12 11:07:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11023772

RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained three children on Sunday during an early morning raid in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank, according to Wafa news agency. Mohammad Awad, a local ....

UN Security Council holds closed consultations on Lebanon Monday

Date: 2025-01-12 11:02:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11023769

NEW YORK, Jan 12 (MENA) - Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Lebanon on Monday, according to a statement issued by the website of the Security Council. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert ....

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2025-01-12 07:44:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11023473

RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Three Palestinians, including a paramedic, were killed as Israeli occupation forces continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA correspondent reported ....

UNRWA 'custodian of Palestinian refugees' identity' - official

Date: 2025-01-11 09:51:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11022646

RAMALLAH, Jan 11 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini emphasized the agency's vital role as "the custodian of Palestinian refugees' identity and history." In ....

Gaza children 'now freezing to death' - UN

Date: 2025-01-10 17:58:00 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11022140

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (MENA) - The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN warned Friday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women and children. ....

Two Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli bombing of Gaza city, Maghazi camp

Date: 2025-01-09 14:39:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11021021

RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed and two others injured as a result of the Israeli bombing Thursday of Gaza City and the Maghazi camp. Palestinian News Agency Wafa said the two Palestinians were killed and two others injured ....

Lebanese elected president affirms need of change in political system

Date: 2025-01-09 14:08:10 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11020979

BEIRUT, Jan 9 (MENA) - Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Thursday affirmed the need for change in Lebanon's political system. "We must change the political performance in Lebanon. My mandate begins today, and I pledge to serve all ....

Joseph Aoun takes presidential oath before Lebanese parl't

Date: 2025-01-09 13:41:56 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11020896

BEIRUT, Jan 9 (MENA) - Lebanese Army Chief Joseph Aoun was sworn in Thursday before members of the parliament in the capital, Beirut. Aoun was met with applause by jubilant lawmakers before ascending the podium to shake hand with the house ....