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US State Secretary, Moroccan FM discuss over phone implementing Gaza ceasefire agreement

Date: 2025-01-28 07:36:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11044578

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita over the phone to discuss implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the release of the hostages, and Morocco’s leadership in ....

Israeli forces target electricity transformer in Tulkarm, cause widespread power outage

Date: 2025-01-28 06:54:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11044524

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces targeted an electricity transformer in the western neighborhood of Tulkarm city on Monday evening, causing a widespread power outage in various parts of the city and its refugee camp, WAFA news agency ....

ALU chief condemns proposals of forcibly relocating Palestinians from their homeland

Date: 2025-01-27 17:44:41 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11044103

CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) Mekkawi Benaissa has rejected proposals of forcibly relocating Palestinians from their homeland. He, meanwhile, affirmed that ending the Israeli occupation and establishing ....

Thousands of displaced Palestinians begin returning to northern Gaza on foot

Date: 2025-01-27 07:00:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11043090

GAZA CITY, Jan 27 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of displaced persons began returning to Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip on Monday via Rashid Coastal Street in the central Gaza Strip. At 9:00 a.m., the displaced persons will be allowed to ....

Irish president attacks Israel during Holocaust ceremony

Date: 2025-01-26 22:03:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:11042894

DUBLIN/RAMALLAH, Jan 26 (MENA) - Irish President Michael Higgins attacked Israel during a ceremony to memorize the Holocaust. The Irish president, known for his anti-Israel stance, used his speech on Sunday during an International Holocaust ....

Palestinian presidency thanks Egypt, Jordan for rejecting displacement of Palestinians

Date: 2025-01-26 20:36:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11042773

RAMALLAH, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Presidency thanked Sunday Egypt and Jordan for their decisive stands in rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people out of their homeland. The presidency said in a statement that it strongly ....

Trump's Middle East envoy to visit Israel Wednesday

Date: 2025-01-26 19:43:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11042789

GAZA CITY, Jan 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Israel on Wednesday to discuss the continuation of the hostage deal, the cease-fire with Lebanon and normalization with Saudi Arabia, ynetnews ....

310 trucks carrying various humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-01-26 19:02:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:11042772

EL-ARISH, Egypt, Jan 26 (MENA) – As many as 310 aid trucks went into Gaza Strip Sunday, including 20 fuel and gas trucks. A responsible source at Rafah land port in North Sinai said that the trucks entered the Strip via the Auja and Karm Abu ....

Gaza death toll reaches 47,306 since onset of Israeli aggression - Medical sources

Date: 2025-01-26 16:56:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:11042599

GAZA CITY, Jan 26 (MENA) - The death toll in Gaza has reached 47,306, with the overwhelming majority being women and children, since the onset of the Israeli military aggression on October 7, 2023, Wafa news agency quoted medical sources as saying. ....

Thousands of displaced Palestinians await return to northern Gaza amidst ongoing Israeli blockade

Date: 2025-01-26 14:30:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11042384

GAZA CITY, Jan 26 (MENA) - Thousands of displaced Palestinians are enduring severe hardships as they wait for the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the so-called Netzarim Corridor, which splits the Gaza Strip into two halves, to return to ....