Category: Mid East
US vetoes UN resolution calling for ‘permanent’ ceasefire in Gaza
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Fourteen member states voted in favor of the draft resolution on Wednesday, but it was blocked by the US, the Israeli regime’s main ally. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737609/US-vetoes-UN-resolution-calling-for–permanent–ceasefire-in-Gaza-
Read MoreIsraeli airstrike kills 36 people in Syria’s historic town of Palmyra
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. An Israeli airstrike on Syria’s historic city of Palmyra has killed at least 36 people and wounded more than 50 others, officials say. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737610/Israel-Syria-Palmyra
Read MoreHezbollah: Any truce must quickly halt hostilities, preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Hezbollah says any ceasefire with Israel must quickly bring an end to the ongoing Israeli hostilities and preserve the sovereignty of Lebanon. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737606/Lebanon-ceasefire-Hezbollah-Israel-US-Hochstein-Berri
Read MoreU.S. Vetoes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
New York Times The U.S., which has previously blocked four other resolutions, said it vetoed the most recent version because it did not make the release of hostages a precondition for a truce. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/world/middleeast/us-veto-gaza-ceasefire.html
Read MoreWorld Children’s Day: How Israel turned Gaza into ‘graveyard’ for children
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. World Childrens Day, marked on Nov. 20, this year comes as over 17,500 children have been murdered in 410 days in Gaza by Israel using US-supplied bombs. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737599/Children-of-Gaza-and-Beirut-A-grim-toll-amid-ongoing-Israeli-ethnic-cleansing
Read MoreIsrael kills 19 more Palestinians, including rescue worker, in Gaza
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Health officials say at least 19 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737601/Israeli-forces-kill-dozens-Palestinians-rescue-worker-Gaza
Read MoreHezbollah fires rockets six miles from Israel, targeting UNIFIL posts
Jerusalem Post Hezbollah has been launching rockets just miles from Israel’s northern border and has shown a willingness to target UNIFIL bases. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-829997
Read MoreA soul in France or UK doesn’t matter more than a soul in Gaza or Lebanon: Ex-footballer
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A former Lebanese footballer has condemned the glaring double standards and selective outrage by the international sports community over attacks on athletes in Lebanon and Gaza. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737575/A-Soul-in-France-or-the-UK-doesn%E2%80%99t-matter-more-than-a-soul-in-Palestine-or-Lebanon-says-former-Lebanese-footballer
Read MoreOccupied US bases in eastern Syria hit by rocket fire
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Two military facilities housing US occupation troops in Syria’s eastern provinces of Hasakah and Dayr al-Zawr have come under separate rocket attacks. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/20/737582/Bases-housing-US-occupation-troops-in-eastern-Syria-targeted-by-rockets
Read MoreUS envoy to travel to Israel in bid to seal Hezbollah ceasefire
Jerusalem Post The diplomacy aims to end a conflict that has inflicted massive devastation in Lebanon since Israel went on the offensive against Hezbollah in September. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-829963
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