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ICC has taken normal procedures against Israel’s leaders - AL

Date: 2024-05-21 22:07:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:10715671

NEW YORK, May 21 (MENA) – Maged Abdel-Fattah, the Arab League's permanent representative to the United Nations, said the International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken normal measures against Israeli leaders. Speaking to Al Qahera News TV ....

Palestine's Health Ministry says Israeli deliberate shelling forces medics, patients to evacuate Kamal Adwan hospital

Date: 2024-05-21 19:50:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10715485

GAZA CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Deliberate Israeli artillery shelling on Tuesday evening forced medics and patients to evacuate the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Ministry said in a ....

Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks

Date: 2024-05-21 18:32:42 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10715484

LONDON, May 21 (MENA) – Individual members of Israel’s security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalize the convoys, The ....

White House: Israel’s seizure of AP camera ‘concerning’

Date: 2024-05-21 17:59:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10715377

WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - The White House said it was “looking into” reports that Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment from The Associated Press in southern Israel. “Obviously this is concerning. And so we want to look ....

Current Israeli gov't 'most extremist', does not comply with any decision: UN rapporteur

Date: 2024-05-21 17:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10715416

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - The current Israeli government is the most extremist government in Israel and does not comply with any decision, said United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories ....

Blinken says Egypt, Qatar assisting with 'extensive effort' to secure temporary ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-21 17:30:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10715391

WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Egypt and Qatar are assisting with the "extensive effort" to secure a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, in return for the release of hostages. In a hearing before the Senate Foreign ....

Jordanian king warns of extremist settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-05-21 16:30:47 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10715373

AMMAN, May 21 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II warned of extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. This came during a meeting held on Tuesday between the Jordanian king and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. ....

AL chief condemns Israeli military operation against Jenin

Date: 2024-05-21 16:28:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10715308

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has condemned the military operation launched by Israeli occupation forces against Jenin in the north part of the occupied West Bank, killing and injuring a number of ....

Israeli forces target gate of emergency department of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-21 14:16:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10715060

GAZA CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday targeted, with several missiles, the gate of the emergency department at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director ....

Italian foreign minister reiterates rejection of attack on Rafah

Date: 2024-05-21 12:02:23 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10714738

ROME, May 21 (MENA) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani renewed his country's rejection of the Israeli occupation forces' attack on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. In statements broadcast by Italian AKI ....