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Rafah crossing still open from Egyptian side for 18th day in row

Date: 2025-04-04 11:52:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11125181

RAFAH, Egypt, April 4 (MENA) – Rafah crossing is still open from the Egyptian side for the 18th day in a row waiting for the arrival of the injured Palestinians and patients and their companions to receive treatment while the Israeli authorities ....

Prisoners' Club: Israeli occupation arrested more than 100 Palestinians in one week

Date: 2025-04-04 10:10:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11125079

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 100 Palestinians, including children and women, in the West Bank in just one week, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a statement. The arrests took place in ....

UNRWA Commissioner: Israel uses food & humanitarian aid as a weapon in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-04 08:57:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11125044

NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has criticized Israel for using food and humanitarian aid as a weapon in Gaza. In a ....

Israeli army kills Hamas commander Hassan Farhat in Lebanon strike

Date: 2025-04-04 08:21:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11125013

GAZA CITY, April 4 (MENA) - The Israeli army killed Hamas commander Hassan Farhat during a strike in Lebanon's Sidon, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli military as announcing on Friday morning. Farhat was the commander of the western sector ....

At least 19 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis

Date: 2025-04-04 07:16:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11124975

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - At least 19 Palestinians were killed and others injured in an airstrike launched by Israeli occupation forces on Khan Younis in the Southern Gaza Strip on Friday. WAFA correspondents reported that Israeli warplanes ....

SANA: Israel launches airstrikes on vicinity of Al-Kiswah city in Damascus countryside

Date: 2025-04-03 23:11:37 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11124913

DAMASCUS, April 3 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has launched several airstrikes on the vicinity of Al-Kiswah city in the Damascus countryside, state news agency SANA reported on Thursday. SANA gave no further details. (MENA) I S N/R E E ....

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-03 22:58:59 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:11124885

NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security ....

UNRWA chief: Hunger, desperation spread in Gaza as food, relief assistance are being weaponized

Date: 2025-04-03 21:56:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11124761

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said hunger and desperation spread in Gaza as food and relief assistance are being weaponized. "It’s been over a month of total siege. The Israeli authorities continue to ....

Israeli army tells some residents of Gaza City neighborhoods to evacuate immediately

Date: 2025-04-03 20:21:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11124817

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has told inhabitants of a number of neighborhoods in Gaza City to evacuate immediately, AlQahera News TV channel reported on Thursday. The occupation army asked some residents of Gaza City ....

Report: Over 39,000 orphans in Gaza, largest orphan crisis in modern history

Date: 2025-04-03 17:42:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11124680

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported on Thursday that children make up 43 percent of the population in Palestine, with more than 39,000 orphans in the Gaza Strip, marking the largest orphan crisis ....