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Biden announces Israel has offered a three-part proposal to end the war in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-31 20:12:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10728924

WASHINGTON, May 31 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which ....

Algerian, Iranian FMs discuss developments in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-31 18:29:23 GMT - Algeria - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10728901

ALGIERS, May 31 (MENA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf had talks over the phone with Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani to discuss the dangerous developments in the Gaza Strip following Israel's blatant aggression against the ....

Occupation commits five massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hrs

Date: 2024-05-31 16:19:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10728812

GAZA CITY, May 31 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 60 civilians and the injury of 280 others, according to medical sources. The ....

France bans Israeli firms from exhibiting at upcoming defense fair

Date: 2024-05-31 15:10:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10728599

PARIS, May 31 (MENA) - France has banned Israeli companies from participating in this year's annual Eurosatory arms and defense industry exhibition in Villepinte near Paris next month, the event's organizers and the French Defense Ministry said on ....

Chinese FM confirms China's position on Palestinian issue consistent with Arab countries

Date: 2024-05-31 13:28:12 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10728583

BEIJING, May 31 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed Friday that his country's stand regarding the Palestinian issue is consistent with the Arab countries' stand in this respect. During a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince ....

Spain rejects Israeli 'restrictions' on its Jerusalem consulate

Date: 2024-05-31 10:03:21 GMT - Spain - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10728247

MADRID, May 31 (MENA) - Spain rejects "restrictions" that Israel plans to impose on the activities of its consulate in Jerusalem in response to Madrid's recognition of a Palestinian state, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said ....

Hiroshima urges Israel to cease Gaza attack in peace ceremony invite

Date: 2024-05-31 07:41:19 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10728206

TOKYO, May 31 (MENA) - The western Japanese city of Hiroshima has urged Israel to cease its offensive in Gaza in its invitations to the country's representatives to the August 6 annual peace ceremony marking the atomic bombing of the city, Kyodo ....

Moscow working to release Russian nationals held by Hamas — MFA

Date: 2024-05-31 05:29:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10728087

MOSCOW, May 31 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with relatives of the Russians that are held by Hamas and briefed them about efforts to free them, TASS news agency reported. Bogdanov is also a special presidential ....

UNRWA slams Israeli proposal designating agency as terrorist organization

Date: 2024-05-31 02:29:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10728068

CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Israel is seeking to enact legislation to designate the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as a terrorist organization, which, according to UNRWA spokesman Adanan Abu Hasanah, will lead ....

PRCS announces the killing of two of its crews in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah

Date: 2024-05-30 20:24:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10727823

RAMALLAH, May 30 (MENA) – The Palestine Red Crescent Society Thursday announced the killing of two of its crew members in an Israeli airstrike targeting the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of PRCS`S crews killed in the ....