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18 citizens killed in Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2024-05-05 20:59:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10692550

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - A number of citizens were killed and injured Sunday in a bombing by Israeli warplanes on Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted a ....

UNRWA chief says occupation authorities barred him from entering Gaza for 2nd time in week

Date: 2024-05-05 20:52:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10692548

GAZA, May 5 (MENA) - Head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, revealed that Israeli occupation authorities had barred him from entering Gaza for a second time since the Israel-Hamas war started on 7 October. "Just this week, they ....

Abbas briefs Slovenian FM on Gaza situation, escalation in West Bank

Date: 2024-05-05 19:59:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10692495

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Tanja Fajon reviewed Sunday the latest developments on the Palestinian scene in light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on ....

UNRWA chief says Israel blocks him from Gaza for 2nd time

Date: 2024-05-05 19:35:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10692494

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities denied Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini's entry to the Gaza Strip for the second time since October 7, ....

Pro-Palestine protests spread across British university campuses

Date: 2024-05-05 18:58:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10692466

LONDON, May 5 (MENA) - Protests have spread across British university campuses in Sheffield, Bristol and Leeds, after a crackdown in the US on protests, which led to mass arrests of students and staff, The Guardian reported on Sunday. Students ....

Macron urges Netanyahu to reach truce deal with Hamas

Date: 2024-05-05 16:30:27 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10692342

PARIS, May 5 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in telephone talks to reach a deal in negotiations with Palestinian group Hamas on a ceasefire in the Gaza war, France 24 ....

Israeli PM rejects Hamas demand to end Gaza war in exchange for hostages

Date: 2024-05-05 14:40:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10692181

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a message released on Sunday sharpened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying that would keep the Palestinian ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 25 Palestinians across West Bank

Date: 2024-05-05 13:51:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10692043

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - At least 25 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces across the occupied West Bank over the last few hours, including a girl from Jerusalem, as well as children and former prisoners, according to a joint ....

29 Palestinians killed in 3 Israeli massacres in Gaza in last 24 hours

Date: 2024-05-05 12:32:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10691950

GAZA, May 5 (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 29 Palestinians and the injury of 110 others, WAFA reported Sunday. ....

The Hill: Aid to Israel is a moral and legal calamity

Date: 2024-05-05 11:52:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10691898

WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The $95 billion military and foreign aid package Congress passed was a calamity for decency and humanity, according to The Hill. That’s primarily because of the $15 billion in military aid to Israel. Unless President ....