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UNICEF in race against time to prevent spread of polio in Gaza: Spokesman

Date: 2024-09-01 07:41:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10851650

RAMLLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kazem Abu Khalaf has revealed that that there is a race against time to prevent the spread of polio in the Gaza Strip. The vaccination campaign aims to target ....

Biden: US keeps working for release of hostages held by Hamas

Date: 2024-09-01 07:35:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10851635

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said the US will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Earlier Sunday, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered ....

Jordan condemns ongoing systematic aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2024-09-01 07:19:53 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10851630

AMMAN, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has issued a strong condemnation of the continued systematic attacks on Palestinians and their cities within the occupied Palestinian territories. The ministry also ....

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 07:07:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10851607

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - The bodies of six hostages abducted alive by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah a few days ago, shortly after they were murdered, the Israel occupation army announced on Sunday. ....

Three Israelis killed in drive-by shooting attack near Hebron

Date: 2024-09-01 06:52:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10851564

GAZA CITY, Sept 1 (MENA) - Three Israelis were killed in a shooting attack on Sunday morning targeting a transport vehicle on Route 35, near the Tarqumiya checkpoint, north of Hebron, according to Yediot Ahronoth newspaper. The gunfire is ....

March in Ramallah to denounce Israeli aggression in Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2024-09-01 06:03:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10851545

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians marched through the streets of Ramallah to denounce the continued Israeli aggression in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the occupied East Jerusalem (Al Quds). They chanted slogans ....

Biden upbeat over ceasefire agreement in Gaza

Date: 2024-09-01 05:31:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10851540

WASHINGTON, Sept1 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said he is optimistic over reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, citing an initial agreement by bodies involved in the talks over the formula of the ceasefire deal. "It’s time this war ended” and ....

Three Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia

Date: 2024-09-01 05:26:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10851536

GAZA, Sept 1 (MENA) - Three Palestinian civilians were killed last night in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the Tawba area of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to WAFA news agency. According to local ....

AL spokesman: Arab moves to contain situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-31 19:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10851373

CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Official Spokesman for the Arab League Gamal Roshdi said there are Arab moves on more than one level to contain what is happening in the Gaza Strip and prevent the expansion of the raging conflict in the region. During a ....

Russia tells Israel that Palestinian issue can’t be resolved by force - Lavrov

Date: 2024-08-31 18:29:07 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10851322

MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - Russia in its communication with Israel said the Palestinian issue can’t be resolved by force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "When we communicate with our Israeli counterparts, we try to get across the idea ....