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93 Palestinians killed, 142 injured in Israeli attacks in last 24 hours

Date: 2024-03-19 18:01:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10630715

GAZA, March 19 (MENA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel's ongoing deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now risen to 31,819, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying on Tuesday. They also said that at least ....

White House says gravely concerned over imminent famine in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-19 17:59:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10630689

WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - The White House voiced grave concerns over a recent alarming UN report about possible impending famine in the battered Gaza Strip. Israel has an obligation to step up and ensure that more is done to deliver food to ....

Israel uses negotiations as ploy to buy time for more military operations: Palestinian official

Date: 2024-03-19 15:54:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10630559

RAMALLAH, March 19 (MENA) - Member of the Palestinian authority for national and civil work Ratiba al Natsheh said Israel is still using negotiations as a ploy to buy time for launching further military operations in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to ....

IPC's imminent famine announcement a 'stain on humanity's conscience': ActionAid

Date: 2024-03-19 15:51:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10630539

GAZA/ LONDON, March 19 (MENA) – In response to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report forecasting imminent famine in northern Gaza, ActionAid has denounced the announcement as a "stain on humanity’s conscience," the ....

Russia shares views with Iran on Gaza war: Putin

Date: 2024-03-19 14:54:15 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10630172

MOSCOW, March 19 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s stance on the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip is identical with that of Iran, expressing Moscow’s readiness for cooperation with Tehran to settle that crisis, Tasnim ....

Israel agrees to discuss impending Rafah invasion: White House

Date: 2024-03-19 10:06:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10629912

WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a team of officials to Washington to discuss U.S. concerns over Israel's planned military operation in southern Gaza that would potentially put over a million ....

PRCS warns of deteriorating condition in Gaza's Al-Shisfa hospital

Date: 2024-03-19 09:00:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10629631

CAIRO, March 19 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Raed al Nims said the condition is terrible in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, in the wake of a raid by the Israeli occupation forces that left several ....

WSJ: Over one million Gazans are estimated to be starving

Date: 2024-03-19 08:40:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10629762

WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - More than a million people in the Gaza Strip, around half of the enclave’s population, are experiencing famine-like conditions, according to new estimates by food-insecurity experts who found evidence of widespread ....

Dozens of Gazans killed, injured in Israeli bombing of house in Nusseirat camp

Date: 2024-03-19 05:49:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10629536

GAZA CITY, March 19 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes overnight bombed a house west of the Nusseirat refugee camp, the central Gaza Strip, belonging to the Hajj family resulting in the murder of several civilians and injury of others, WAFA reported ....

UN rapporteur says Israel wants no witnesses to genocide in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-19 05:42:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10629533

GAZA/NEW YORK, March 19 (MENA) - UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese has criticized Israel for barring Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), from entering Gaza, saying it is attempting to ....