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Gaza death toll rises to 55,637 as Israel continues genocide

Date: 2025-06-18 15:40:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:11223527

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - Medical sources said on Wednesday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 55,637, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation's aggression on October 7, 2023. The ....

Israeli army targets military sites in Tehran

Date: 2025-06-18 15:31:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11223739

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - The Israeli army said Wednesday it targeted military sites in Tehran. An airport used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Karaj region of northern Iran was bombed, Israeli Ynet reported. (MENA) A I E/S R E ....

Khamenei rejects Trump's call for surrender, warns against intervention

Date: 2025-06-18 15:09:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11223677

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected US President Donald Trump's call for an unconditional surrender in response to Israeli strikes. In a televised address on Wednesday, Khamenei warned against US intervention into ....

Iran’s top military chief warns of punitive strike

Date: 2025-06-18 11:53:49 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11223166

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - The Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi announced Wednesday that the operations carried out since last Friday have served as a deterrent warning, and that actual punitive ....

AEOI chief: Iran's nuclear facilities in good condition

Date: 2025-06-18 10:00:36 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11223060

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said the country’s nuclear facilities are in a good state, Tasnim news agency reported Wednesday. Asked about the state of Iran’s nuclear activities ....

Iran downs Israeli F-35 aircraft

Date: 2025-06-18 08:45:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11222895

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - Iran said it shot down an Israeli F-35 stealth fighter near the Capital Tehran. According to IRNA news agency on Wednesday, this marks the fourth F-35 fighter jet to be intercepted and destroyed by Iran’s air ....

5 Mossad spies arrested in Iran's Lorestan

Date: 2025-06-18 08:07:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11222770

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Iran's Lorestan managed to arrest five spies linked to Mossad, said Mehr news agency Earlier on Monday, Iran executed a man convicted of collaborating with the Israeli Mossad spy agency ....

Pakistan: Situation in Gaza stain on collective conscience of humanity

Date: 2025-06-18 08:06:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11222790

New York, June 18 (MENA) - Pakistan has described the situation in Gaza as a stain on collective conscience of humanity, said Radio Pakistan. Delivering statement during the resumed Tenth Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on ....

34 killed, dozens injured by Israeli shelling in several areas in Gaza

Date: 2025-06-18 06:32:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11222738

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - At least 34 citizens were killed and dozens wounded on Wednesday morning by Israeli occupation forces' fire and shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip. WAFA news agency reported that 11 citizens were killed and ....

Iran's supreme leader sends threat to Israel, saying the battle begins"

Date: 2025-06-18 05:21:29 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11222678

TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posted an apparent threat to Israel on social media, saying, “The battle begins.” “Ali returns to Khaybar,” the post says, according to a translation by the Iran International news ....