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Over 600 legal experts urge UK govt to halt arms sales to Israel

Date: 2024-04-04 15:36:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10650618

LONDON, April 4 (MENA) - Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the government to halt arms sales to Israel, saying it could make Britain complicit in genocide in Gaza, ....

Biden rebukes Israel over aid workers, but his Gaza policy is unchanged

Date: 2024-04-04 12:28:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10650344

WASHINGTON, April 4 (MENA) - As outrage built Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed seven workers from the José Andrés-run World Central Kitchen, US President Joe Biden issued a rare direct rebuke of Israel for creating the conditions that have ....

Polish PM: Israel should apologize for killing Polish national in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-04 12:09:04 GMT - Poland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10650294

WARSAW, April 4 (MENA) - Israel should apologize and pay compensation to the family of a Polish national who was among seven aid workers killed in an airstrike in Gaza, reported Sky News Thursday quoting Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as ....

Israel's reputation 'damaged' in Poland - foreign minister

Date: 2024-04-04 10:50:30 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10650153

WARSAW, April 4 (MENA) – The killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Monday “has damaged Israel’s reputation in Poland”, BBC quoted the country’s foreign minister, Radek Sikorski as saying. One of the aid workers killed ....

Joint WB, UN report assesses damage to Gaza’s infrastructure

Date: 2024-04-04 10:39:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10650148

NEW YORK, April 4 (MENA) - The cost of damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza is estimated at around $18.5 billion according to a new report released today by the World Bank and the United Nations, with financial support of the European Union. ....

Israeli explanation for aid workers deaths not good enough: Australia

Date: 2024-04-04 10:22:49 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10650144

SYDNEY, April 4 (MENA) - Israel’s explanation for the deaths from an air strike in Gaza of seven aid workers, including Australian woman Zomi Frankcom, was “not good enough”, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. “We need ....

Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

Date: 2024-04-04 09:25:57 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10650050

NEW YORK, April 4 (MENA) - United Nations humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen on Tuesay, according to the UN News Center. ....

Pentagon calls for “swift” investigation on World Central Kitchen attack

Date: 2024-04-04 08:33:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10649951

WASHINGTON, April 4 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his outrage at the Israeli strike on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy that killed seven aid workers, including an American citizen, the Pentagon said in a ....

Gaza is most lethal place in world to be aid worker, says IRC

Date: 2024-04-04 07:14:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10649872

GAZA CITY, April 4 (MENA) - The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the killing of international charity workers this week by an Israeli air strike highlights that Gaza is the "most lethal place in the world to be an aid worker," Euronews ....

Attack on aid workers not to affect US efforts to set up floating pier off Gaza - spokesman

Date: 2024-04-03 22:04:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10649767

WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the Israeli attack on aid workers would not affect U.S. efforts to prepare a floating pier to facilitate aid to Gaza by sea. Miller told reporters at a regular news ....