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  • UN calls on Israel to halt imminent home demolitions, forced displacement of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem

    Date: 2024-03-12 15:49:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10621108

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) – Israel must immediately stop home demolitions and forcible displacement impending for 1,550 Palestinians in al Bustan neighbourhood, Silwan, the UN Human Rights office said in a statement. "Israeli authorities have ....

  • Qatar: "Nowhere near a deal" for Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-12 15:41:36 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10621548

    DOHA, March 12 (MENA) - Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said negotiators are "working around the clock" for a Gaza truce. In an interview with CNN, the spokesman said that while a hostage and ceasefire deal is not close to ....

  • Israel strikes Lebanon in response to rocket barrage

    Date: 2024-03-12 14:01:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10621194

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - The Israeli military said Tuesday it carried out airstrikes to destroy three launchers that were used to send part of a barrage of 100 rockets fired from Lebanon toward the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, The Voice of ....

  • Biden refutes plans to address Israeli Parliament

    Date: 2024-03-12 09:45:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10620796

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said that he does not have any plans to address the Knesset after saying over the weekend that he is likely to step in to appeal to the Israeli public directly over his concerns on Israeli ....

  • Israeli forces storm Jenin camp, surround house

    Date: 2024-03-12 09:14:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10620797

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Tuesday morning stormed Jenin’s refugee camp and surrounded a house. WAFA correspondent said that undercover special forces from the occupation army stormed the camp, with military ....

  • China calls for int'l efforts toward ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-12 08:02:46 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10620685

    BEIJING, March 12 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy on Monday called for international efforts toward an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, Xinhua reported. The current conflict in Gaza has been going on for five months, which has led to unspeakable harm to ....

  • Palestinian youth shot dead by undercover Israeli units north of Tulkarm

    Date: 2024-03-12 05:36:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10620539

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - A young Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Jaafar Mustafa Jabr, was shot dead by undercover Israeli military units on Monday night near the town of Attil, located north of the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West ....

  • Biden-Netanyahu relationship remains “clear and consistent” - WH

    Date: 2024-03-11 21:13:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10620501

    WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) – The White House deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton said the relationship between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still "clear and consistent," the Independent reported. She ....

  • Deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing targeted in airstrike: Occupation army spox

    Date: 2024-03-11 21:07:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10620498

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Israeli occupation army Daniel Hagari said the military targeted the deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing, in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza early Sunday morning. As per Israeli media, ....

  • Israeli human rights groups accuse country of failing to abide by ICJ’s Gaza aid ruling

    Date: 2024-03-11 20:17:20 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10620486

    GAZA, March 11 (MENA) –Twelve of Israel’s most prominent human rights organizations have signed an open letter accusing the country of failing to comply with the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) provisional ruling that it should facilitate ....

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