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UNRWA: 84% of Gaza Strip area subject to evacuation orders

Date: 2024-08-17 18:00:38 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10832853

CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Acting Director of the Media Office at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Inas Hamdan said Israeli evacuation orders are now being issued on a daily basis, which means reducing the safe ....

4 Palestinians martyred, several injured in Israeli shelling of house in central Gaza

Date: 2024-08-17 17:56:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10832991

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were martyred and several others wounded on Saturday evening in an Israeli shelling of Deir al-Balah city, central the Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said. Israeli occupation forces ....

Britain, France, Germany, Italy laud mediation efforts to end Gaza war

Date: 2024-08-17 17:03:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10832899

LONDON, Aug 17 (MENA) – Britain, France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement lauding the mediation efforts exerted by Egypt, the US and Qatar to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. They asserted their support to the constructive approach adopted ....

Clashes break out between Palestinians, Israelis in village in Ramallah

Date: 2024-08-17 14:02:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10832578

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) – Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Saturday in Qarawat Bani Zeid village in the northwest of Ramallah. The clashes were centralized in the center of the village where Israeli forces shot at young ....

UNICEF: Situation in Gaza chaotic, dangerous, desperate

Date: 2024-08-17 14:00:30 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10832530

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (MENA) - UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Creaks stated that the discovery of polio in a 10-month-old baby in Gaza, the first in 25 years, highlights the chaotic, dangerous, and desperate situation in Gaza. Creaks said in a statement ....

Six civilians, including two children, killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-08-17 13:39:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10832573

RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Six civilians, including two children, were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that the occupation army ....

Israeli forces issue new evacuation orders for central Gaza

Date: 2024-08-17 13:37:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10832526

GAZA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Israeli Forces issued new evacuation orders for Palestinians in the Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza, directing them to a designated humanitarian zone, Time of Israel reported. Israeli military Spokesperson Avichay Adraee ....

Gaza death toll surges to 40,074

Date: 2024-08-17 12:59:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10832681

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 69 Palestinians and the injury of 136 others, WAFA quoted medical sources ....

"Disappointing" ridership numbers for Tel Aviv light rail reveal transportation crisis in Israel

Date: 2024-08-17 11:57:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10832407

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Tel Aviv light rail's Red Line, costing $3 billion, has shown disappointing ridership numbers and transportation issues a year after its launch, the Israeli newspaper Globes reported. The Tel Aviv light rail Red ....

Iraqi transport minister unveils 12 new projects at Baghdad International Airport

Date: 2024-08-17 08:41:59 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10832257

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Iraqi Transport Minister Razzaq Mohibis Al-Saadawi announced on Saturday, the commencement of 12 significant projects at Baghdad International Airport, marking a major step forward in the airport’s development. In a ....