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UNRWA commissioner: Israeli forces shelled more than 190 facilities since start of Gaza war

Date: 2024-07-08 07:35:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10775817

GAZA, July 8 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini confirmed that Israeli forces have bombed 190 facilities or more than half of the agency's facilities, some of which have been hit multiple times and some directly, since the ....

Israeli cabinet approves budget cut by 1 percent

Date: 2024-07-08 06:37:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10775756

RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Israel's cabinet has approved a 1% across-the board budget cut for all government ministries, except the Ministry of Defense, Israel's Globes newspaper reported. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a 1% across-the board ....

UNRWA calls for independent probe into Israel's attacks on UN school in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 21:50:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10775686

GAZA, July 7 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, on Sunday called for independent investigations into the Israeli occupation's recent attacks on an UNRWA-affiliated school in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. “The school, in the ....

Yemen decries Israeli attack on UNRWA school in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 21:39:05 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10775681

ADEN, July 7 (MENA) - Yemen has vehemently denounced Israel’s recent attack on a school affiliated with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza. The attack left dozens of civilians killed and injured. In a statement ....

Several civilians martyred, wounded in ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 20:23:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10775653

GAZA, July 7 (MENA) - Several civilians were killed and wounded this evening in an Israeli shelling of scattered areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, WAFA reported on Sunday. According to local sources, Israeli occupation warplanes targeted a house ....

55 Palestinians killed, 123 injured in 3 Israeli massacres in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 12:30:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10774963

GAZA CITY, July 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 55 Palestinians and the injury of 123 others, WAFA reported ....

Jordan condemns Israel's targeting shelters for displaced persons in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 12:24:09 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10774901

AMMAN, July 7 (MENA) - Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly denounced Israel's ongoing attacks on shelter centers for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip that have been experiencing an unparalleled humanitarian crisis ....

Thousands of Israelis rally outside ministers’ homes to demand elections

Date: 2024-07-07 11:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10774810

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Thousands of Israelis took to the streets nationwide on Sunday to demand new elections as the war in Gaza enters the ninth month. Sunday’s “day of disruption” saw protesters block several highways, including Routes 2, 4 ....

UK FM to Guardian: "We would use all diplomatic efforts to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-07-07 11:12:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10774593

LONDON, July 7 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the Labor Party is facing pressures for action on the Israeli war in Gaza, noting that he "wanted to go back to a balanced position. In his first interview with the Guardian before his ....

3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City

Date: 2024-07-07 07:07:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10774467

GAZA CITY, July 7 (MENA) - Three civilians were killed in an airstrike by Israeli forces west of Gaza City, WAFA news agency reported quoting local sources. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli fighter jets targeted with missiles a house in the ....