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UN welcomes Cyprus-Gaza maritime corridor for aid, stresses importance of land routes

Date: 2024-03-12 21:22:32 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10621774

GENEVA, March 12 (MENA) – Senior United Nations officials on Tuesday welcomed the opening of a maritime corridor from Cyprus to deliver additional aid to the Gaza Strip, but said it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian assistance by land, ....

UK pressing for ‘full explanation’ of reported abuses after Gaza hospital raid

Date: 2024-03-12 21:08:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10621777

LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - A UK Foreign Office minister has called for an investigation into a report that medical staff in Gaza faced violent and humiliating treatment in detention after an Israeli raid, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Nasser ....

Germany to airdrop aid into Gaza

Date: 2024-03-12 20:39:06 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10621776

BERLIN, March 12 (MENA) – The German Air Force will take part in humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, at the request of the foreign ministry in Berlin, government sources said on Tuesday. With aid agencies ....

Palestinian aid agency funding will stay frozen until reports received, says UK

Date: 2024-03-12 20:08:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10621745

LONDON, March 12 (MENA) – The US, UK and Australia and others will decide on UNRWA support only after seeing reports on Israeli claims, The Guardian quoted the UK Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell as saying. Countries including the US, ....

US state department spokesman underlines need for reaching ceasefire in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-03-12 18:41:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10621689

WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller underlined the need of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Miller said that the US is not satisfied with the amount ....

WFP delivers food for 25,000 people in northern Gaza

Date: 2024-03-12 18:28:53 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10621653

ROME, March 12 (MENA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food for 25,000 people in Gaza City – about 88 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour, it announced on Tuesday. This was the agency's first successful convoy to the north since ....

Blinken: Health situation in Gaza Strip 'catastrophic'

Date: 2024-03-12 17:53:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10621632

WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the health situation in the Gaza Strip is ''catastrophic''. He, meanwhile, underlined the importance of attaining peace as soon as possible. Blinken further said ....

Moroccan king orders deployment of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-12 17:10:47 GMT - Morocco - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10621616

RABAT, March 12 (MENA) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI has ordered the deployment of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a statement from Morocco's Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The ministry said that the aid, which will be delivered by ....

Jordan condemns Israeli forces for killing Jordanians in occupied West Bank

Date: 2024-03-12 15:56:29 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10621565

AMMAN, March 12 (MENA) - Jordan condemned Tuesday the Israeli forces for killing two Jordanian citizens yesterday in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, according to Petra News Agency. The Foreign Affairs Ministry's official spokesperson, Sufyan ....

Qatar emphasizes need to distinguish between terrorism, legitimate resistance to foreign occupation

Date: 2024-03-12 15:53:28 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10621559

DOHA/GENEVA, March 12 (MENA) - Qatar affirmed its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of its motives, wherever and by whomever it is committed, and the necessity of distinguishing between terrorism and ....