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Israel defense min. vows new won't last leader won't last 'long'

Date: 2024-10-29 16:11:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10931053

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah's new leader, Naim Qassem, on Tuesday that his appointment was "not for long". "Temporary appointment. Not for long," Gallant wrote in a post on X alongside a ....

4 Israeli soldiers killed in explosion in N. Gaza

Date: 2024-10-29 15:29:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10930955

GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - Four Israeli soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel quoted a statement issued by the Israel army. The four, including an officer, served at the Israeli army's ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2024-10-29 09:27:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10930355

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) – Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday guarded by the Israeli police. Scores of settlers stormed into the mosque in groups, conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals. Meanwhile, a ....

US expresses concern over barring UNRWA

Date: 2024-10-29 06:58:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10930058

GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - The US Department of State expressed concern regarding a law adopted by the Israeli Knesset to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa). A spokesperson told The ....

UN chief warns of "devastating consequences" of banning UNRWA

Date: 2024-10-29 06:31:40 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10929984

NEW YORK, Oct 29 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres raised alarm over the devastating consequences of implementing a law adopted by the Israeli Knesset on Monday banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The UN chief pledged ....

WUF12 offers opportunity to highlight urban planning challenges in Palestine: Palestinian local gov't min.

Date: 2024-10-28 21:39:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10929862

CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Ramallah Ihab Suleiman discussed with Palestinian Minister of Local Government Sami Hijjawi the Palestinian delegation's arrangements for participating in the 12th session of the World Urban Forum ....

Israel obstructs polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

Date: 2024-10-28 19:10:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10929846

GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army is obstructing the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, said the Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday. In a press release, the ministry said that such obstacles will lead to the failure of ....

It is high time to reduce escalation in ME -- US official

Date: 2024-10-28 15:58:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10929431

ABU DHABI, Oct 28 (MENA) - Regional Spokesman for the US State Department Samuel Werberg asserted it is high time to reduce escalation in the Middle East region. Werberg added his country is continuing its endeavors to that effect. He told Sky ....

Iranian foreign ministry welcomes every initiative for solutions to ceasefire

Date: 2024-10-28 10:55:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10929084

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (MENA) - Iran reserves the right to respond to Israeli aggression in accordance with international law, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh was quoted by Mehr News Agency as saying. All recent ....

Yellen and allies urge Netanyahu not to crater Palestinian economy

Date: 2024-10-28 10:34:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10929108

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and seven foreign counterparts sent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a letter, obtained by Axios, warning that his far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich might be about to ....