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15-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jericho

Date: 2024-06-01 21:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10729949

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) – A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead and another was injured by Israeli occupation forces this evening during an Israeli military raid into the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, located south of Jericho in the occupied West ....

WHO: health conditions in Gaza Strip catastrophic

Date: 2024-06-01 17:47:54 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10729854

GENEVA, June 1 (MENA) - Health conditions in the Gaza Strip are catastrophic and growing worse as each day passes amid an acute shortage of health services due to the unrelenting Israeli military operations, Al Qahera News quoted World Health ....

Palestinian president’s advisor urges immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-01 16:31:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10729783

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) – Mahmoud Habbash, an advisor to the Palestinian president, asserted on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority’s stance has been clear and unchanged since the first moment of the Israeli military offensive against the Gaza ....

Seven injured in Israeli raid on Lebanon's Siddiqin

Date: 2024-06-01 16:18:46 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10729823

BEIRUT, June 1 (MENA) - Lebanese civil defense teams transported seven casualties as a result of an Israeli raid on the town of Siddiqin. The Lebanese National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli raid on the town of Qantara ....

Belgium condemns Israel's attempt to label UNWRA as terrorist organization

Date: 2024-06-01 16:12:45 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10729821

BRUSSELS, June 1 (MENA) - Belgium condemned the Israeli Knesset’s attempt to label UNRWA as a terrorist organization and to remove the immunity of its staff. Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib said on X Saturday that UNWRA's ....

UNRWA urges launching transparent probe into Israeli violations

Date: 2024-06-01 16:01:11 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10729734

CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Inas Hamdan, acting public information officer for the UNRWA in Gaza, called for launching a transparent probe into the Israeli violations against health and relief facilities in the Gaza Strip. In statements to Al Arabiya Al ....

Israel continues raids on Southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-06-01 15:56:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10729758

BEIRUT, June 1 (MENA) - Israeli forces continued to mount raids on towns and villages in Southern Lebanon on Saturday. The raids targeted an area near the town of Ain Qana and Qantara village in Nabatieh. An Israeli drone carried out an air ....

Indonesian president-elect says Indonesia willing to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-01 14:42:58 GMT - Singapore - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10729733

SINGAPORE, June 1 (MENA) - Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday (Jun 1) that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required, Channel News Asia reported. Speaking at the ....

Canada's arms exports to Israel hit all-time high in 2023, exceeding $30 mln.

Date: 2024-06-01 14:40:41 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10729541

OTTAWA, June 1 (MENA) - Canadian exports of military goods and technology to Israel surpassed $30 million in 2023, hitting an all-time high at about 40 per cent single-year increase, says a report by the Canadian foreign ministry. According the ....

OIC radio&TV union chief mourns killing of journalist Ola el Dahdouh in Israeli bombardment

Date: 2024-06-01 14:24:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10729553

CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Radio and Television Union President Dr. Amr el Laithi mourned journalist and broadcaster Ola el Dahdouh who was killed on Saturday in an Israeli bombardment targeting her house in ....