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EU awaits Israeli 'clarification' on killing of 7 aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 18:58:32 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10648207

BRUSSELS, April 2 (MENA) - The European Commission is still awaiting clarification from the Israeli authorities on yesterday's air strike which killed seven aid workers from the US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), EUobserver reported ....

China condemns attack on Iranian embassy in Syria

Date: 2024-04-02 18:49:27 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10648209

BEIJING, April 2 (MENA) - China condemned an Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, Chinese foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. "The security of diplomatic institutions is inviolable, ....

Guterres condemns Israel's attack on Iran consulate in Damascus

Date: 2024-04-02 18:17:11 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10648189

NEW YORK, April 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Monday's attack on Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus. In a statement reported by Alhurra US-based TV channel, Guterres reminded all parties of the need to ....

Australia summons Israeli envoy over aid worker killed in Gaza airstrike

Date: 2024-04-02 18:15:37 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10648224

CANBERRA, April 2 (MENA) – Relations between Australia and Israel have hit a new low after an Australian aid worker was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, prompting the federal government to summon Israel’s top diplomat in Australia to explain ....

Qatar condemns strike on aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 16:50:54 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10648135

DOHA, April 2 (MENA) - Qatar has strongly condemned an airstrike launched by the Israeli military that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry affirmed its total rejection of using food as a weapon ....

Destruction of Gaza's Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

Date: 2024-04-02 14:33:30 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10647950

GENEVA, April 2 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the raid launched by the Israeli army on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex during the past two weeks destroyed the largest medical facility in Gaza, and tore apart the heart of the ....

Sunak calls on Israel to probe targeting aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 13:24:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10647742

LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “shocked and saddened” and called on Israel to urgently investigate the killing of 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza as a result of the targeting of two cars belonging to the ....

Israeli strike on Iranian consulate in Syria clear breach of international law — Kremlin

Date: 2024-04-02 13:19:37 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10647715

MOSCOW, April 2 (MENA) - Israel’s strike on the diplomatic quarter in Damascus, home to the Iranian embassy and consulate, is an act of aggression that clearly violates international law, the Russian news agency Tass reported, quoting Kremlin ....

UK urges 'full, transparent explanation' into deadly Gaza strike on aid workers

Date: 2024-04-02 12:21:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10647589

LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Tuesday that the UK had urged Israel to "provide a full, transparent explanation" about an air strike that killed seven aid workers, including at least one Briton, in Gaza, ....

Poland asks Israel for "urgent explanations" after Polish volunteer killed in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 12:19:42 GMT - Poland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10647596

WARSAW, April 2 (MENA - Poland has asked Israel for "urgent explanations" after a Polish volunteer was killed while providing aid in Gaza. "I personally asked the Israeli ambassador @YacovLivne for urgent explanations," Foreign Minister Radoslaw ....