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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 33,843

Date: 2024-04-16 17:26:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10664567

RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 33,843, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying on Tuesday. At least 76,575 people have been ....

3 killed, injured in Israel air raid on southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-04-16 16:39:49 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10664455

BEIRUT, April 16 (MENA) - One was killed and two others injured in an Israeli air raid on the southern town of Ain Baal, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israel continues escalations on the villages and towns of southern Lebanon, ....

Hezbollah drones attack north Israel

Date: 2024-04-16 16:23:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10664380

RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - Two Hezbollah drones carrying explosives that infiltrated from Lebanon detonated at noon on Tuesday in the Beit Hillel area of the Galilee, slightly injuring three Israelis. The drones penetrated without triggering ....

Putin expresses hope for constraint in ME

Date: 2024-04-16 15:08:46 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10664295

MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi discussed the latest escalation in the Middle East in a conversation on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. The Russian presidential press service said ....

UN Women: Over 10,000 women have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-16 14:19:12 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10664092

NEW YORK/CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - UN Women launches its latest Gender Alert on Gaza saying that after six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children ....

Canada condemns settlers attacks in West Bank

Date: 2024-04-16 10:16:14 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10663557

OTTOWA, April 16 (MENA) - The Canadian government has condemned the extremist settler violence against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank, including the death of two Palestinians. "We also condemn the death of an Israeli youth. We ....

Scores of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-04-16 08:57:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10663565

GAZA CITY, April 16 (MENA) - A score of Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted different areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported Tuesday. Medical sources said that the Israeli warplanes targeted ....

Wave of pro-Palestinian protests closes bridges, major roads across US

Date: 2024-04-16 07:53:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10663364

WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roads, highways and bridges across the US on Monday, snarling traffic and sparking arrests from coast to coast in what some activists declared to be a coordinated day of economic ....

Iran reaffirms commitment to int’l law, opposition to regional tensions

Date: 2024-04-15 21:11:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10663186

TEHRAN, April 15 (MENA) – Iran does not seek tensions in the region and is committed to international law and regulations, IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying. Kanaani made the comments on Monday during his weekly press ....

US does not want any escalation in Mideast: Blinken

Date: 2024-04-15 19:30:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10663148

WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US does not want any escalation in the Middle East. "We have been coordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation," he added during a press ....