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At least 15 civilians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp

Date: 2024-05-18 11:05:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10710293

GAZA, May 18 (MENA) - At least 15 civilians today were killed and 30 others were injured as a result of shelling by the Israeli occupation army in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The ....

Israeli airstrike kills one, injures several others in Jenin refugee camp

Date: 2024-05-18 06:33:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10709996

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - At least one Palestinian was killed and several others injured tonight in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said one ....

CENTCOM: US begins delivery of aid from Gaza temporary pier

Date: 2024-05-17 18:52:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10709784

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - Trucks carrying aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built temporary US floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday. "Today we began delivery of aid from the temporary pier on to the beach ....

UK aid successfully delivered to Gaza shore, says UK gov't

Date: 2024-05-17 16:36:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10709666

LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - UK aid has been successfully delivered to the Gaza shore on Friday, in the first delivery across the US-built temporary pier, the UK government said on its website. This is the first consignment of UK aid to be delivered ....

ActionAid: Gaza floating pier is not sufficient for aid entry, it is not a substitute for land crossings

Date: 2024-05-17 16:19:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10709622

GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) - Communication, Advocacy and Campings Coordinator at "ActionAid Palestine" Riham Jafari said that the Gaza aid pier is not sufficient for aid entry and it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian assistance by land ....

War for sake of war meets Netanyahu's goal in Gaza, but not US: paper

Date: 2024-05-17 15:03:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10709520

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden rejects Israeli tactics in Gaza as long as it lacks a strategic plan to achieve victory, a US newspaper said on Friday, noting Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu takes war for sake of war as his ....

EU mobilizes assistance for Gaza via Cyprus Maritime Corridor

Date: 2024-05-17 14:36:45 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10709442

BRUSSELS, May 17 (MENA) - A new aid shipment from Cyprus to Gaza via the Maritime Corridor and the newly constructed US pier is taking place today, carrying EU supplies, the European Commission said in a statement on its website. "Through the EU ....

S. Africa to ICJ: Israel commits genocide, war crimes in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-17 14:33:08 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10709390

THE HAGUE, May 17 (MENA) - South Africa delegation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel commits genocide and war crimes in Gaza. The delegation said in press statements before the ICJ Israel did not abide by the Convention on the ....

White House: US concerned about Rafah operation’s impacts on aid delivery into Gaza

Date: 2024-05-17 08:59:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10709073

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) – The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Washington is still worried about the consequences of the Israeli operation in Rafah on aid delivery into Gaza, according to a press release issued by the White ....

1st aid flows into Gaza over massive US pier

Date: 2024-05-17 08:57:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10709105

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, France 24 reported. ....