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Global airlines postpone return to Israel

Date: 2024-08-21 22:31:19 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10839048

RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - Airlines in the US and Europe postponed the date of the return of their operations to Israel, Ynet reported Wednesday. American Airlines postponed the date of its return to Israel to March 29; Delta postponed its return ....

UN: Latest Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza leave civilians dangerously close to frontline

Date: 2024-08-21 21:06:56 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10839033

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (MENA) - “Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with further forced displacement, raising concerns that vital services could soon be cut off, UN ....

White House: Biden spoke to Netanyahu on Gaza truce

Date: 2024-08-21 21:06:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10839032

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, the White House said. The pair, joined by Vice President and White House ....

Abbas reviews security plan for Gaza visit

Date: 2024-08-21 20:57:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10838992

RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas reviewed Wednesday with the heads of security services the plan set by the PLO Executive Committee for going to the Gaza Strip. The visit comes upon Abbas' initiative ....

Palestine's Abbas briefs Dutch PM on dire situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-21 20:04:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10838986

RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday received a phone call from newly appointed Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof. During the phone conversation, Abbas briefed the Dutch prime minister on the dire situation ....

Blinken stresses need to finalize Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2024-08-21 19:30:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10838982

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi Wednesday. The Secretary stressed the urgent need to finalize the ceasefire ....

25 civilians killed in Israeli bombardment of several areas in central, southern Gaza

Date: 2024-08-21 15:23:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10838725

GAZA, Aug 21 (MENA) - At least 25 civilians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on homes, schools and tents sheltering displaced people in the central and southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Medical ....

Arab ministers call on Israel to stop illegal activities in Al Quds

Date: 2024-08-21 14:59:11 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10838545

CAIRO, Aug 21 (MENA) - Arab ministers in charge of curbing disaster risks have called on Israel, as an occupying power, to halt its illegal activities in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) especially illegal excavation of antiquities to preserve heritage in ....

FM briefs UN chief on Egypt efforts to end Gaza war, prevent escalation in Mideast

Date: 2024-08-21 13:38:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10838365

CAIRO, Aug 21 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke over the phone with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Wednesday and posted him on Egyptian efforts to defuse the hazardous escalation in the Middle East and prevent an expansion of the ....

Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without cease-fire, warning ‘time is of the essence’

Date: 2024-08-21 10:09:38 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10838067

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began without securing any major breakthrough for a cease-fire deal, warning on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” ....