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Pentagon announces deployment of 2nd US aircraft carrier to Middle East

Date: 2025-04-02 06:38:47 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11122970

WASHINGTON, April 2 (MENA) - The United States is increasing the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East to two, keeping one that is already there and sending another from the Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon said in a statement on ....

Israel expands military operation in Gaza, Israeli defense min. says

Date: 2025-04-02 06:24:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11122959

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of the military operation in Gaza on Wednesday and said large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to the security zones of Israel. The ....

3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah

Date: 2025-04-01 22:38:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:11122895

RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike targeting Gaza's southern city of Rafah, WAFA reported. According to local sources, the occupation forces bombed the Miraj area north Rafah, leaving ....

1,042 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Israel broke ceasefire

Date: 2025-04-01 20:52:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11122862

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Palestinian health authorities said the death toll from the Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 has risen to 50,399 registered fatalities, with an additional 114,583 individuals sustaining injuries, ....

WHO condemns Israeli killing of 8 Red Crescent workers in Gaza’s Rafah city

Date: 2025-04-01 20:50:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11122863

RAMALLAH/GENEVA, April 1 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the deadly attack against eight Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance workers in Gaza while on duty is ....

Israeli occupation army expands its ground operations in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-01 18:39:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11122762

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has expanded its ground military operations in many areas of the Gaza Strip. The occupation army expanded its operations in many neighborhoods, cities and camps, in Rafah, the eastern areas of ....

Jordan's king calls for stepping up int'l efforts to stop Israel’s attacks on Gaza

Date: 2025-04-01 16:45:10 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11122750

AMMAN, April 1 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan discussed regional developments during a phone call with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday, Petra reported. The Jordanian monarch called for stepping up international efforts to ....

Israeli army issues new forcible eviction orders for more areas in Rafah

Date: 2025-04-01 15:57:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11122649

GAZA, April 1 (MENA) – The Israeli military issued forcible eviction orders on Tuesday for residents in new areas of Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, shortly after issuing similar threats for areas in the northern part of the region, WAFA ....

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on central Gaza

Date: 2025-04-01 11:32:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11122372

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Four civilians were killed and others were injured on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes in the central Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli forces targeted a house near the Deir al-Balah water treatment station, ....

Israel warns residents of northern Gaza to leave after rocket fire to Sderot

Date: 2025-04-01 11:04:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:11122382

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - The Israeli Arabic language spokesperson warned residents of northern Gaza to leave for safety on Tuesday, ahead of strikes following the launch of a rocket to Sderot and surrounding areas earlier in the day, Ynet ....