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35,000 Palestinian worshipers perform Tarawih prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-03-11 19:37:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10620465

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) – Thousands of Palestinian worshipers today evening performed Tarawih prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, despite the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation, WAFA reported. The Islamic Endowments Department ....

UN chief repeats calls for a Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-11 19:22:01 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10620448

NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) – A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holy month. “Even though Ramadan has begun, the killing, bombing and ....

US Central Command says it conducted a new humanitarian airdrop into Northern Gaza

Date: 2024-03-11 17:04:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10620330

WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - U.S. Central Command conducted a humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on Monday at 2:17 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation ....

Palestine: Israel turns West Bank into military camp

Date: 2024-03-11 13:59:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10620033

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Monday said the Israeli occupation is turning the West Bank, including Al Quds city, into a military camp to oppress the Palestinian people and mislead the whole ....

Palestinian Presidency warns against Rafah ground invasion

Date: 2024-03-11 13:27:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10620027

GAZA CITY, March 11 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh, denounced the remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding plans for Israel's ground invasion into Rafah city in southern of Gaza Strip, ....

Israeli pressure on Palestinian economy pushes WB to the brink: Washington Post

Date: 2024-03-11 12:45:53 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10619898

WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - The signs of economic distress are everywhere in Nablus, a once-bustling hub of Palestinian commerce now paralyzed by Israel’s tightening grip on life and work in the West Bank, The Washington Post newspaper reported on ....

AP News: An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead

Date: 2024-03-11 12:40:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10619732

WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - A US Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza was heading to the Mediterranean on Sunday, after US President Joe Biden announced plans to increase aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave ....

WHO warns of famine outbreak in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-03-11 12:30:09 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10619740

NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday warned of the risks of the outbreak of famine across the Gaza Strip. He asserted the need of ensuring the sustainable delivery of ....

AP News: Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening

Date: 2024-03-11 12:26:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10619830

WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the five-month-old war between ....

Israeli warplanes carry out intense airstrikes on residential neighborhoods in Khan Yuins

Date: 2024-03-11 12:09:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10619828

GAZA CITY, March 11 (MENA) - Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted several residential neighborhoods in the cities of Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis in the central and southern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli fighter ....