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Top EU official: time ripe for Israel to accept criticism

Date: 2024-05-24 12:14:44 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10719041

BRUSSELS, May 24 (MENA) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called on Israel to accept some criticism. “Recognizing the Palestinian state is not a gift to Hamas, quite the contrary. Reinforcing the Palestinian Authority is not reinforcing ....

PMRS: No functioning hospitals in Gaza now

Date: 2024-05-24 12:12:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10718996

GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - The health situation in the Gaza Strip is on the brink collapse as there are no functioning hospitals in the enclave now, said Dr. Aed Yaghi, director of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society in Gaza. In statements to ....

World Bank warns Palestinian Authority on brink of financial collapse

Date: 2024-05-24 09:55:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10718855

WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority is facing the risk of financial collapse, the World Bank said in a new report, as revenue streams run dry and economic activity drops significantly against the backdrop of the Israeli aggression ....

Newsweek: Israel is losing the diplomatic war

Date: 2024-05-24 06:17:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10718622

WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - Israeli leaders have been left rattled by a difficult week of diplomatic developments related to their ongoing war against Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, the Newsweek magazine ....

Israeli bombardment on Gaza kills 12 Palestinians, wounds scores others

Date: 2024-05-24 05:40:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10718614

GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - Israeli aerial and artillery bombardment killed at least 12 Palestinians and wounded scores others in Deir al-Balah in the central blockaded Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli warplanes and tanks targeted a ....

91 Palestinians killed in 9 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-05-23 15:54:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10718276

GAZA CITY, May 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed nine massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 91 Palestinians and the injury of 210 others, according to ....

Israeli forces assassinate Hezbollah leader in Southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-05-23 13:38:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10718011

RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops assassinated Thursday Mohamed Ali Nasser Fran, a leader in Hezbollah in an Israeli air force raid on southern Lebanon. The Israeli army said in a statement quoted by Maariv Newspaper that Fran ....

Irish PM: Europe is on wrong side of history for failing to stop bloodshed in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-23 12:21:26 GMT - Ireland - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10717883

DUBLIN, May 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Simon Harris stated that Europe is in the wrong side of history for failing to do enough to stop the bloodshed in Gaza. Harris said that in an inclusive interview with Euronews network on Thursday adding ....

Israeli forces detain 18 Palestinians across the West Bank

Date: 2024-05-23 11:41:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10717821

RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces detained at least 18 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Commission of the Detainees and the Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society ....

President Raisi’s funeral held in Birjand before burial in Mashhad

Date: 2024-05-23 10:39:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10717648

TEHRAN, May 23 (MENA) - A massive funeral service for late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was held in the eastern city of Birjand on Thursday before his burial in the holy city of Mashhad, Tasnim News Agency reported. A huge crowd of mourners ....