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US Central Command moves Gaza pier ahead of high seas

Date: 2024-06-15 01:45:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10748899

RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - The US Central Command (USCENTCOM) said that due to expected high seas, the temporary pier it erected to carry desperately-needed aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip will be removed from its anchored position off the coast ....

Three Palestinians critically injured in Israeli army raid in al-Bireh city

Date: 2024-06-14 20:39:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10748859

RAMALLAH, June 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded seven Palestinians during a raid in the central West Bank city of al-Bireh, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry said that the seven Palestinians ....

US sanctions Israeli group responsible for blocking aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-06-14 18:32:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10748770

WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) – The US State Department imposed sanctions Friday against an Israeli group that has repeatedly blocked lifesaving humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. Members of the Tzav 9 group have tried to thwart the delivery of ....

G7 urges Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2024-06-14 18:26:49 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10748776

ROME, June 14 (MENA) - G7 leaders have called on Hamas group to accept a roadmap towards a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip announced by US President Joe Biden in May, Al Arabiya reported. The UN Security Council had supported the plan and “now it is ....

Famine is getting worse in Gaza Strip, says PNGO head

Date: 2024-06-14 17:34:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10748719

GAZA, June 14 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) Amjad Shawa said things are getting more severe as regards the famine imposed by the Israeli occupation authority on Palestinians in the war-devastated Gaza Strip. In a phone ....

US is Israel’s key intelligence partner in search for hostages - report

Date: 2024-06-14 16:50:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10748620

WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) – The daring and deadly hostage rescue that Israeli military forces mounted in Gaza last Saturday relied on a massive intelligence-gathering operation in which the United States has been Israel’s most important partner, ....

Gazans describe life in tents as 'hell' as summer's heat arrives

Date: 2024-06-14 15:25:57 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10748569

WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - The onset of punishing summer temperatures in the densely populated Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are living in tents, has made life even more arduous for residents struggling to survive with ....

Israeli occupation commits 4 massacres in Gaza over past 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-14 14:36:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10748566

GAZA CITY, June 14 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 34 civilians and the injury of 71 others, WAFA reported Friday. The number of ....

20 persons killed in Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-14 12:51:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10748446

GAZA CITY, June 14 (MENA) - Israeli airstrikes on residential areas of the Gaza Strip resulted in the killing of 20 persons, according to civil defense sources. Clashes took place between Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli ....

EU spokesperson: Coordination with Egypt, Jordan to calm situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-14 11:30:21 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10748258

BRUSSELS, June 14 (MENA) - EU Arabic Spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa Luis Miguel Bueno said the EU continues coordination with Egypt, Jordan and partners in the region to calm the situation in the Gaza Strip. In statements to ....