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14,000 Gazan babies will die without aid in the next 48 hours - UN humanitarian chief

Date: 2025-05-20 16:43:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11186620

LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - A UN humanitarian chief has said 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in the next 48 hours if lorries of aid do not reach communities in the war-ravaged Strip. Speaking to the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, Tom Fletcher said ....

UK suspends Israel trade talks, summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive

Date: 2025-05-20 16:00:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11186924

LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - The UK has suspended trade deal talks with Israel, sanctioned West Bank settlers and summoned the country's ambassador as the relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is reportedly ....

European FMs discuss plans to review relations with Israel

Date: 2025-05-20 14:30:32 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11186729

BRUSSELS, May 20 (MENA) - The European Union‘s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has said the small amount of humanitarian aid Israel has allowed into Gaza is a “drop in the ocean”, as the union renews debate about reviewing its relationship with ....

Gaza war death toll surges to 53,573

Date: 2025-05-20 13:09:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11186723

GAZA CITY, May 20 (MENA) - At least 87 Palestinians were killed and 290 others injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, said WAFA news agency quoting medical sources. They ....

UNRWA calls on Israel to lift blockade on Gaza

Date: 2025-05-20 06:16:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11185969

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, May 20 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) called on the Israeli occupation authorities to lift their blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has escalated since March 2, ....

90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2025-05-20 06:09:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11185958

GAZA CITY, May 20 (MENA) - At least 90 Palestinians have been killed and others injured, most of them children and women, since dawn Tuesday in renewed Israeli bombardment of several areas in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian news agency ....

5 aid trucks allowed into Gaza after over two-month blockade

Date: 2025-05-20 03:47:39 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11185891

RAFAH, Egypt, May 20 (MENA) - Five aid trucks, out of nine, were allowed to cross Karm Abu Salem crossing into the Gaza Strip, after over two months of a total aid blockade imposed by Israeli occupation authorities, an official security source ....

18 EU states warn that Gaza population is facing starvation

Date: 2025-05-19 22:18:38 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:11185772

CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - As many as 22 countries, including 18 European states, and representatives of the European Union (EU) warned that Gaza population is facing starvation amid indications of a limited restart of aid and Israeli blockage of ....

Gaza death toll rises to 53,486 since start of Israeli aggression in Oct. 2023

Date: 2025-05-19 20:21:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11185620

GAZA, May 19 (MENA) - The death toll in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has reached 53,486, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian enclave in October 2023, WAFA reported ....

UK, France and Canada threaten 'concrete actions' if Israel does not stop Gaza offensive

Date: 2025-05-19 18:51:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11185758

LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - The leaders of Britain, France and Canada issued a joint statement on Monday warning that they will take “further concrete actions” if Israel does not stop a renewed military offensive in Gaza and lift aid restrictions, the ....