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Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
Date: 2024-05-09 10:36:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10697533
GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s southernmost city overnight and into Thursday, UN humanitarians reported. Most of those uprooted by Israeli ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa
Date: 2024-05-09 07:44:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10697131
AL QUDS, May 9 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday guarded by the Israeli police. A group of settlers conducted provocative tours in the mosque and performed Talmudic rituals, Palestinian sources and ....
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Dozens of Palestinians killed as Israel continues to bomb civilian areas
Date: 2024-05-09 07:43:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10697125
GAZA, May 9 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinian citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, were killed, and others were injured, while others were reported missing, in a series of attacks launched by warplanes, artillery, and military navy ....
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Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if it launches major invasion of Rafah
Date: 2024-05-09 06:57:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10697057
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ....
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4 countries from S.America recognized Palestine in past week: AL representative to UN
Date: 2024-05-09 05:56:21 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10696985
NEW YORK, May 8 (MENA) - Representative of the Arab League to the United Nations (UN) Maged Abdel Fattah said that four countries from South America recognized Palestine in the past week. In statements to DMC satellite channel via Zoom, he ....
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Jordan's FM: Egypt attempting to prevent massacre due to Israeli military operation in Rafah
Date: 2024-05-08 19:50:44 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10696827
AMMAN, May 8 (MENA) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Egypt is attempting to prevent a massacre resulting from the ground Israeli military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah. Egypt is also trying to prevent escalation, and the ....
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Israeli air raids ongoing over Southern Lebanon
Date: 2024-05-08 19:13:08 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10696828
BEIRUT, May 8 (MENA) - Israel continued Wednesday launching air strikes and artillery shelling on towns in southern Lebanon. The National News Agency (NNA) in Lebanon said Israel bombed the towns of Aitaroun and Blida with artillery and ....
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Arish Airport receives Kuwaiti relief shipment for Gaza
Date: 2024-05-08 18:43:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10696798
EL ARISH, May 8 (MENA) – El Arish International Airport received Wednesday a Kuwaiti plane carrying relief supplies for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. An official source at the airport said the plane was carrying 22 tons of food ....
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AP welcomes Bahamas recognition of Palestinian statehood
Date: 2024-05-08 16:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10696584
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) welcomed on Wednesday Bahamas' official recognition of the State of Palestine, saying it is a new victory for the Palestinian cause as it comes at a time Israel is committing a genocide against the ....
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Israel’s defense minister says ‘mission not completed in north,’ may be hot summer
Date: 2024-05-08 16:27:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10696621
RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday “the mission has not been completed” in Israel’s north in the conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and that he remained determined to allow the safe return of evacuated residents ....