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Pope Francis appeals for urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza

Date: 2024-06-09 14:25:55 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10741159

VATICAN CITY, June 9 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis called Sunday for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza and for Israel and Hamas to immediately accept proposals for a cease-fire and release of hostages, AP reported. During ....

283 Palestinians killed in 8 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-09 13:22:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10740981

GAZA, June 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 283 Palestinians and the injury of 814 others, WAFA quoted medical ....

Israeli forces arrest 22 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-06-09 09:37:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10740583

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - At least 22 Palestinians, including a child and a woman, were arrested by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, Wafa news agency quoted Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the ....

Gaza conference tests int'l community's responsibility towards Palestinians - diplomat

Date: 2024-06-09 08:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10740462

CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - Former Egyptian Ambassador in Tel Aviv Atef Salem said the Gaza emergency conference, to kick off on Tuesday, is a new test to the international community to shoulder its responsibilities towards the situation in Gaza in light ....

CENTCOM denies use of pier in hostage release operation

Date: 2024-06-09 06:04:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10740307

WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday the humanitarian pier facility -- "including its equipment, personnel, and assets" -- had no role in Israel's operation on Saturday to rescue four hostages held in Gaza, ....

Death toll rises to 210 following horrific Israeli massacre in Nuseirat refugee camp

Date: 2024-06-08 16:33:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10740040

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - The number of fatalities in the horrific massacre committed this morning by Israeli occupation forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in central Gaza, has risen to approximately 210, with nearly 400 people sustaining ....

President Abbas seeks emergency UNSC session following Nuseirat massacre

Date: 2024-06-08 16:30:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10740036

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - In response to the gruesome massacre perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces this morning in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Palestine's envoy to the United Nations to request ....

80 Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling in central Gaza

Date: 2024-06-08 15:19:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10739928

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) – As many as 80 Palestinians, mostly children and women, were killed and other injured on Saturday in an Israeli shelling on the central Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that the occupation forces shelled Nuseirat camp, ....

Dozens killed, injured in ongoing intensified Israeli shelling on Gaza's central governorate

Date: 2024-06-08 13:02:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10739632

GAZA, June 8 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians were killed and others injured in the intense Israeli bombardment on the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. According to medical sources, 15 civilians, including children ....

Medical Source: At least 47 Palestinian killed in massacres in Central Gaza

Date: 2024-06-08 12:33:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10739608

GAZA, June 8 ( MENA) - A medical source in Gaza said in a briefed statement on Saturday that the death toll has risen to at least 47 people in the central Gaza governorate until now. The Health Ministry in Gaza Strip stated that the huge number ....