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  • UNRWA urges countries to resume funding to help Gazans

    Date: 2024-03-13 20:07:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10623041

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Inas Hamdan, the Acting Director of the UNRWA Media Office in the Middle East, said Wednesday that the humanitarian and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are catastrophic in light of the severe shortage in humanitarian ....

  • UAE sends 21,000 tonnes of aid to Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-13 20:06:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10622981

    ABU DHABI, March 13 (MENA) - The International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council has resolved to intensify humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan. This will be achieved through initiatives ....

  • UNRWA says one staffer killed in Israeli strike on aid center in Gaza’s Rafah

    Date: 2024-03-13 19:07:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10622989

    GAZA, March 13 (MENA) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its staff members was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on a food distribution center in war-hit Gaza, Al Arabiya reported. “At least one UNRWA staff ....

  • UK sends 150 tonnes of aid to Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-13 17:34:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10622892

    LONDON, March 13 (MENA) – Around 150 tonnes of UK aid, including more than 13,000 blankets and 840 family-sized tents, has entered Gaza on Wednesday, where the United Nations [UNICEF] will distribute them to those in need. In a oppress release, ....

  • UNRWA: More children died in Gaza conflict than in worldwide wars in 4 years

    Date: 2024-03-13 17:03:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10622893

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said the number of child deaths reported in the Gaza Strip in four months is higher than that for all wars around the world in the four previous ....

  • Rafah crossing receives 38 injured Palestinians from Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-13 13:15:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10622502

    RAFAH, Egypt, March 13 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing on Thursday received 38 injured Palestinians with 73 companions coming from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. An official source at the crossing said 117 holders of Egyptian passports and 40 foreign ....

  • 31,272 killed in Israeli aggression on Gaza: statement

    Date: 2024-03-13 13:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10622506

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Ministry of Health in Gaza said Wednesday 31,272 Gazans were killed while 73,024 others injured since the outbreak of the militry operation in Gaza Strip since October 7. In a statement, the ministry said Israel ....

  • Yemen's Houthis fired ballistic missile toward USS Laboon in Red Sea

    Date: 2024-03-13 08:13:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10621981

    WASHINGTON, March 13 (MENA) - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Houthis fired one close-range ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon in the Red Sea. In a statement on Wednesday, CENTCOM added that the ....

  • 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on central Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-12 21:52:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10621811

    GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were killed and others injured Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, medical and civil defense sources in Gaza reported. Meanwhile, caretaker prime minister ....

  • 45,000 Palestinians performed Tarawih prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2024-03-12 21:48:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10621819

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Tarawih prayers Monday at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, despite Israeli restrictions on access to Islam’s third ....

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