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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief

Date: 2024-07-10 18:00:21 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10780445

NEW YORK, July 10 (MENA) - Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Wednesday that schools-turned-shelters have been “bombed-out” as a ....

More casualties in Gaza over continued Israeli agression

Date: 2024-07-10 13:12:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10779760

RAMALLAH, July 10 (MENA) - Eight civilians, including six children, were killed, and ten others, including women, were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted homes in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian ....

UNRWA: Israeli evacuation orders push Gaza residents to flee to unsafe areas

Date: 2024-07-09 20:11:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10778719

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - The UNRWA said that families living in areas that Israel ordered to evacuate in Gaza City are forced to flee to unsafe and destroyed areas. On its "X'' account, the UNRWA said that after Israel's new warnings for ....

Israeli occupation committed three massacres against families in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Date: 2024-07-09 11:30:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10777996

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 50 civilians and the wounding of 130 others, WAFA reported. The number of people ....

Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinians from the West Bank

Date: 2024-07-09 10:28:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10777877

RAMALLAH, July 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained at least 16 Palestinians, including children and former detainees, from several West Bank areas. The Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner's ....

Gaza: Palestinians killed as Israel's aggression enters its 277th day

Date: 2024-07-09 08:21:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10777635

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were Tuesday morning killed and others were injured in a series of raids launched by warplanes and Israeli artillery shelling, targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. ....

UN: Israeli evacuation order contributes to rise in Gaza displacements

Date: 2024-07-09 07:33:04 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10777474

NEW YORK, July 9 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the evacuation order by the Israeli occupation contributed to increase in the number of displaced persons in Gaza. The Israeli ....

US State Department: Washington takes further diplomatic steps to reduce tension between Lebanon, Israel

Date: 2024-07-09 06:59:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10777532

WASHINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said that Washington is taking further diplomatic steps to reduce tension between Lebanon and Israel, Alhurra news channel reported Tuesday. "We have been taking further ....

US official embarks on ME tour to discuss efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-07-09 06:10:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10777463

WASHINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara A. Leaf is on travel July 8-14 to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. The Assistant Secretary will meet with ....

UNRWA reopens medical center that was destroyed by Israeli shelling in January

Date: 2024-07-08 21:50:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10777367

GAZA, July 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said its staff in Khan Yunis managed to reopen an UNRWA health center after it was severely damaged in January by Israeli shelling, WAFA ....