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Netanyahu says to okay expanded Gaza op, with forces readying for major reservist call-up

Date: 2025-05-03 08:04:56 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11162643

GAZA CITY, May 3 (MENA) - Israel is slated to call up thousands of reservists as it readies for a significant expansion of its ongoing military operation in Gaza amid the failure to reach a new ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to multiple media ....

A total of 19 Palestinians killed, others injured in series of Israeli airstrikes on Khan Yunis

Date: 2025-05-03 07:16:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11162604

GAZA CITY, May 3 (MENA) - Nineteen Palestinians were killed and others injured this morning, Saturday, in the Israeli occupation's bombing of civilian homes and tents for displaced people in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. WAFA ....

Arab League defends UNRWA at ICJ hearings on Israel's humanitarian aid obligations

Date: 2025-05-02 22:11:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11162438

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Arab League (AL) presented Friday its oral statement to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and ....

Gaza children at increasing risk of hunger, disease, death under blockade: UNICEF

Date: 2025-05-02 19:56:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11162367

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, May 2 (MENA) - Children in Gaza face an increasing risk of hunger, disease, and death due to the ongoing stifling Israeli blockade of the Strip, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned Friday, stressing that there is no ....

Syria condemns Israeli airstrike on presidential palace

Date: 2025-05-02 15:41:45 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11162258

DAMASCUS, May 2 (MENA) - The Syrian presidency condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli airstrike on the country's presidential palace, describing it as ” a dangerous escalation” against the state institutions and sovereignty, stressing that ....

ICRC spokesman: Only field hospital in Gaza suffering from severe shortage of food, medicines

Date: 2025-05-02 15:03:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11162164

GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - Hisham Muhanna, Spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Gaza Strip, warned on Friday that the only field hospital in Gaza is suffering from a severe shortage of food and medicines. "Some ....

Israeli airstrikes kill 9, including children, in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-02 15:01:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11162203

GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians, including two children and two siblings, were killed and dozens others were injured, most critically, in two Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Friday. Six civilians were killed and dozens more ....

9 killed in Israeli strikes on displacement camp and charity kitchen in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-02 13:59:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11162067

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - At least nine Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Friday in two Israeli drone strikes targeting a displacement camp in southern Gaza and a food kitchen in the north. The Palestinian WAFA news agency cited ....

UNRWA: Israeli siege on Gaza silently killing more children, women daily

Date: 2025-05-02 12:23:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11161895

NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Friday that the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza is silently killing increasing numbers of children, women, and the elderly each ....

Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in Beit Lahiya

Date: 2025-05-02 09:22:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11161826

GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Friday when an Israeli drone targeted a mourning tent in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported ....