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Over 200 humanitarian staff killed in Gaza since October 7: UNRWA

Date: 2024-06-25 18:24:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10759407

GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said 193 agency personnel have been killed in Gaza since October 7. "More than 200 ....

UN official: Hostile actions against Gazans source of concern

Date: 2024-06-25 18:21:56 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10759402

NEW YORK, June 25 (MENA) - UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said Tuesday the ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip are of serious concern, and the life-threatening conditions facing some 1.7 million internally ....

Russia urges Israel to abandon military operation in Rafah

Date: 2024-06-25 17:38:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10759399

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Russia called on Israeli occupation forces to abandon their military operation in Rafah, southern the Gaza Strip, urging the parties to the conflict to agree on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and release the ....

Washington: We work with Egypt, Qatar to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-25 17:24:39 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10759395

NEW YORK, June 25 (MENA) - US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield affirmed that Washington is working with Egypt and Qatar in order to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Delivering a speech during a UNSC session on the situation ....

Half a million Gazans face 'catastrophic food insecurity': WFP

Date: 2024-06-25 15:35:31 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10759253

ROME, June 25 (MENA) - About half a million people in Gaza face "catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity" as aid deliveries dwindle, a UN-backed report said. The latest findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ....

Death toll in Gaza rises to 37,658 as Israel continues its aggression

Date: 2024-06-25 13:54:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10758997

GAZA, June 25, 2024 (MENA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now surged to 37,658, medical sources confirmed on Tuesday. Sources added that at least 86,237 others have ....

Pentagon: US defense secretary confers with Gallant on latest developments in ME

Date: 2024-06-25 12:40:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10758810

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - The press secretary for the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Major General Pat Ryder stated that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is discussing developments in the Middle East with his Israeli counterpart Yoav ....

Netanyahu dismisses cease-fire proposal, angering hostage families: Washington Post

Date: 2024-06-25 09:39:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10758346

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to dismiss the cease-fire proposal backed by President Biden, angering the families of Israeli hostages who accused him of not honoring a key element of the plan: a full ....

Kuwait condemns Israeli occupation's attacks on hospitals, UN agencies in Palestine

Date: 2024-06-25 09:32:44 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10758553

KUWAIT, June 25 (MENA) - Kuwait strongly condemned the ongoing attacks targeting facilities, places of worship, hospitals and buildings affiliated with the United Nations (UN), including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ....

WHO: 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside Gaza

Date: 2024-06-25 07:41:12 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10758257

GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside Gaza, according to the website of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The ....