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US implicitly gives Israel 'carte blanche' in Gaza operations — Russia's UN envoy
Date: 2024-03-26 22:06:47 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10640030
UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (MENA) – The authorities of Israel have been given free rein to do what they want in the Gaza Strip following tacit approval from the United States, flying in the face of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) recent ....
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35,000 Palestinian worshipers perform Tarawih prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2024-03-26 21:25:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10639953
RAMALLAH, March 26 (MENA) – Thousands of Palestinian worshipers on Tuesday performed Tarawih prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, despite the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities and army, WAFA reported. The Islamic ....
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Several civilians killed, others injured in Israeli raids on different areas in southern Gaza
Date: 2024-03-26 21:23:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10639955
GAZA, March 26 (MENA) – A child was killed and others were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli strike that targeted a house east of Rafah, south the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that Eileen al-Athamna was killed in an Israeli ....
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Pentagon denies US forces bombed eastern Syria
Date: 2024-03-26 21:19:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10640019
WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) – The US military is denying it bombed eastern Syria late Monday night or early Tuesday morning after Syrian and Iranian state media accused Washington of an attack, The Hill reported. “We did not carry out airstrikes ....
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UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’
Date: 2024-03-26 20:50:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10639976
NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland issued Tuesday a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the ....
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UN rapporteur accuses Israel of several acts of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Date: 2024-03-26 19:43:17 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10639786
GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) – Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said there are “reasonable grounds” to determine that Israel has committed several acts of “genocide” in its war in ....
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UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire
Date: 2024-03-26 19:39:53 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10639802
NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland emphasized the importance of attaining immediate ceasefire in Gaza and releasing all hostages. In a briefing to the UNSC members on the situation in ....
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Israel's relentless airstrikes continue despite UN ceasefire resolution: UNRWA
Date: 2024-03-26 19:38:20 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10639804
NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said Israel's relentless airstrikes continue in the Gaza Strip, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ....
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Gaza ceasefire ‘must be substantive, not symbolic’ – UNICEF says
Date: 2024-03-26 18:41:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10639790
GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) – UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder has stressed that the UN resolution on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip needs to be “substantive, not symbolic,” according to a press release issued by the organization. “The ceasefire must be ....
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Israeli strikes kill 81 Palestinians in 24 hours
Date: 2024-03-26 18:05:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10639830
GAZA CITY, March 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, a matter which killed 81 Palestinians and led to the injury of 93 others. In a press release, the health ....