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UNFPA warns of threats to women in Gaza after Israel’s latest forced displacement orders

Date: 2025-05-19 18:49:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:11185724

CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) expressed deep concern over the potential threats to women and girls in Gaza after Israel’s latest forced displacement orders in Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis. "The threats to ....

US presses Israel, Hamas to accept updated offer for Gaza ceasefire: Axios

Date: 2025-05-19 14:07:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:11185053

WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - White House envoy Steve Witkoff has given Israel and Hamas an updated proposal for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal and is pressing the parties to accept it, an Israeli official and a source with direct knowledge were ....

AP: Aid workers feel helpless as Israeli blockade pushes Gaza toward famine

Date: 2025-05-19 13:04:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11184839

WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - The tragic situation in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli siege is pushing the enclave towards famine as feeling of helplessness dominates relief workers, according to a report by the Associated Press (AP) Tuesday. Two ....

Israel declares all of Khan Younis a combat zone, orders Gazans to leave

Date: 2025-05-19 12:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:11185224

GAZA CITY, May 19 (MENA) - The Israeli army on Monday said Palestinians living in and around the large southern Gaza Strip’s city of Khan Younis must leave their homes as it prepares to launch an “unprecedented attack” on the area, the Times of ....

Israeli shelling kills 17 Palestinians in Gaza's Khan Yunis

Date: 2025-05-19 06:32:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11184491

GAZA CITY, May 19 (MENA) - Seventeen Palestinians, six of them from the southern city of Khan Yunis, were killed early Monday morning in Israeli shelling of various areas of the Gaza Strip, said WAFA news agency. Local sources reported that ....

Israel proposes releasing ten hostages in exchange for 60-day truce

Date: 2025-05-19 03:21:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11184395

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - Israeli Channel 13 revealed last night that indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Doha are ongoing, amid the escalating intensity of fighting in the Gaza Strip. The channel reported that, at this stage, an Israeli ....

Israeli cabinet approves immediate return of humanitarian aid in Gaza without release of hostages

Date: 2025-05-18 22:00:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:11184375

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - The Israeli security cabinet decided to allow the resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza on Sunday night, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. The decision was made without holding a vote, with Finance Minister ....

Negotiations on Gaza marked by instability, US spokesman

Date: 2025-05-18 22:00:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11184344

WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - Adam Boehler, US Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, said on Sunday that negotiations related to the Gaza Strip remain volatile and unstable. In press statements, Boehler noted that US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff is ....

Iran FM: Enrichment will continue in Iran with or without a deal

Date: 2025-05-18 21:15:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11184331

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stressed that Iran will not abandon its right to uranium enrichment, adding that Tehran is ready to provide guarantees that it will never develop nuclear arms, Mehr News Agency ....

WFP calls on int’l community to ensure aid flows to Gaza before time runs out

Date: 2025-05-18 19:00:54 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11184020

ROME, May 18 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Sunday of the risk of famine in Gaza as a result of the comprehensive blockade imposed by Israel on the Strip, calling on the international community to act quickly to ....