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Iraq renews its support for Gaza initiatives

Date: 2024-06-02 12:40:33 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10730434

BAGHDAD, June 2 (MENA) - Iraq affirmed its support for the initiatives proposed regarding Gaza, and called for an end to the ongoing aggression against it, NINA news agency reported on Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement ....

60 Palestinians killed in 4 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-02 12:26:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10730735

GAZA, June 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 60 Palestinians and the injury of 220 others,WAFA News agency ....

Jordan dispatches 40 aid trucks to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-02 11:28:19 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10730603

AMMAN, June 2 (MENA) - The number of Jordanian trucks delivering aid to families in the Gaza Strip increased to 120 within a week, following the crossing of 40 new trucks on Sunday, according to Petra news agency. This latest convoy, organized by ....

Iran's foreign ministry summons Swedish charge d'affaires

Date: 2024-06-02 10:57:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10730369

TEHRAN, June 2 (MENA) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Sweden’s charge d'affaires to protest the latest accusations leveled by the European country against the Islamic Republic, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The ....

Abdullah bin Zayed commends US President's proposals to end war in Gaza during a phone call with Blinken

Date: 2024-06-01 22:00:24 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10729970

ABU DHABI, June 1 (MENA) – Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has stressed the importance of the proposals presented by US President Joe Biden regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip, commending the efforts aimed ....

15-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jericho

Date: 2024-06-01 21:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10729949

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) – A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead and another was injured by Israeli occupation forces this evening during an Israeli military raid into the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, located south of Jericho in the occupied West ....

WHO: health conditions in Gaza Strip catastrophic

Date: 2024-06-01 17:47:54 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10729854

GENEVA, June 1 (MENA) - Health conditions in the Gaza Strip are catastrophic and growing worse as each day passes amid an acute shortage of health services due to the unrelenting Israeli military operations, Al Qahera News quoted World Health ....

Palestinian president’s advisor urges immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-01 16:31:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10729783

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) – Mahmoud Habbash, an advisor to the Palestinian president, asserted on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority’s stance has been clear and unchanged since the first moment of the Israeli military offensive against the Gaza ....

Seven injured in Israeli raid on Lebanon's Siddiqin

Date: 2024-06-01 16:18:46 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10729823

BEIRUT, June 1 (MENA) - Lebanese civil defense teams transported seven casualties as a result of an Israeli raid on the town of Siddiqin. The Lebanese National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli raid on the town of Qantara ....

Belgium condemns Israel's attempt to label UNWRA as terrorist organization

Date: 2024-06-01 16:12:45 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10729821

BRUSSELS, June 1 (MENA) - Belgium condemned the Israeli Knesset’s attempt to label UNRWA as a terrorist organization and to remove the immunity of its staff. Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib said on X Saturday that UNWRA's ....