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Gaza aid flotilla plans to challenge Israeli blockade, organizers say

Date: 2024-04-21 11:12:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10670938

WASHINGTON, April 21 (MENA) - A flotilla of ships bound for the Gaza Strip is preparing to sail from Turkey in the coming days, organizers say, on a mission aimed at breaching Israel's naval blockade and highlighting the lack of aid reaching ....

Pakistan dispatches 8th tranche of aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-04-21 10:56:38 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10670934

ISLAMABAD, April 21 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that Pakistan has dispatched the 8th tranche of humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Dawn. In a post on X, he said that the aid consisted of 400 tonnes of tents, food, medicine ....

50 bodies found in Khan Yunis' mass grave, OCHA accuses Israel of hindering fuel delivery to Gaza hospitals

Date: 2024-04-21 10:56:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10670928

GAZA CITY, April 21 (MENA) - Palestinian rescue and medical crews retrieved on Sunday morning bodies of over 50 victims buried by the Israeli occupation army in a mass grave in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, during ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-04-21 10:53:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10670869

RAMALLAH, April 21 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday amidst calls by the so-called "Temple Mount" organizations to step up storming operation on the occasion of the ....

PMRS calls for opening all crossings to Gaza for humanitarian aid

Date: 2024-04-21 10:14:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10670824

GAZA CITY, April 21 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) in Gaza Ayed Yaghi underlined the need of opening all the crossings to allow the unhindered aid delivery to the Gaza Strip. In statements to AlQahera News, ....

16 Palestinians brutally massacred in series of Israeli strikes in Rafah

Date: 2024-04-21 10:12:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10670711

GAZA CITY, April 21 (MENA) - At least 16 Palestinian citizens, including nine children, were killed at dawn Sunday in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting several homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s ....

Israel's continued hostilities in Gaza impede flow of relief aid: UN

Date: 2024-04-21 09:25:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10670701

NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - Israel's continued hostilities in Gaza impede the flow of relief aid to the residents of enclave, said Spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric. "We were able to transfer into Gaza 15 of 30 trucks ....

UN official describes impact of Israeli aggression on healthcare in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-21 09:08:21 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10670698

GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for the State of Palestine Dominic Allen described the situation in the Gaza Strip as a humanitarian hellscape after he had returned from his latest 10-day mission in ....

Guterres warns Mideast on brink of 'full-scale regional conflict'

Date: 2024-04-21 09:06:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10670700

NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres painted a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict," according ....

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces north of Hebron

Date: 2024-04-21 07:34:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10670611

RAMALLAH, April 21 (MENA) - Two Palestinian young men were shot dead by Israeli occupation forces Sunday morning at the entrance of the village of Beit Einoun, located northeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news ....