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Guterres: War in Gaza causing horrific human suffering

Date: 2024-05-13 09:15:07 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10702827

NEW YORK/KUWAIT CITY, May 13 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that the war in Gaza is causing horrific human suffering -- devastating lives, tearing families apart, and rendering huge numbers of people homeless, hungry, and ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-05-13 06:45:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10702664

RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the holy mosque of Al Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem early Monday under police protection. The settlers entered the mosque compound in groups from the Magharibah Gate, and conducted ....

Blinken discusses situation in Gaza with Israeli defense minister

Date: 2024-05-13 05:15:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10702574

WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Department of State said in a readout. The Secretary affirmed the ironclad US commitment to Israel’s security and the shared ....

300,000 Palestinians moved from east of Rafah to Al Mawasi area - UNRWA

Date: 2024-05-12 21:46:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10702512

CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) – Gaza Acting Public Information Officer of UNRWA Inas Hamdan said that 300,000 Palestinian people had moved from east of Rafah city towards Al Mawasi area in central Gaza. In exclusive statements to Al Qahera News on Sunday, ....

Rafah assault part of Israel's plan to entirely destroy Gaza: Fatah

Date: 2024-05-12 15:37:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10702150

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah Movement Abdel Fattah Dawla Sunday said that Rafah operation is a part of an all-out assault scheme outlined by the Israeli government to entirely destroy the Gaza strip. "The genocide ....

Fatah spox. lauds Egypt's honorable stance towards Palestinians

Date: 2024-05-12 15:15:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10702114

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah Movement Abdel Fattah Dawla Sunday praised Egypt' honorable stance towards Palestinian people at all political, security and media levels. The Israeli occupation has been targeting all ....

UN rights chief: major assault on Rafah can't be reconciled with international law

Date: 2024-05-12 14:31:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10702095

LONDON, May 12 (MENA) - A full-scale Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah “cannot take place”, the UN human rights chief has warned, saying it could not be reconciled with international law, the Guardian reported Sunday. “The latest ....

Arish Airport receives two UAE aid planes for Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-05-12 10:15:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10701392

ARISH, Egypt, May 12 (MENA) - El-Arish International Airport received two humanitarian aid planes Sunday from the UAE for in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. An official source at El-Arish International Airport said the two planes were ....

Dozens of civilian casualties as Israel attacks multiple locations across Gaza

Date: 2024-05-12 10:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10701354

GAZA CITY, May 12 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians were killed or others over the last few hours as Israeli warplanes and artillery continued their relentless bombardment targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported on ....

Youth killed in Nablus.. settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque guarded by Israeli police

Date: 2024-05-12 07:59:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10701109

RAMALLA, May 12 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed on Sunday and another one injured by Israeli forces’ gunfire during their raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of ....