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US blocks UN resolution on Gaza convoy tragedy

Date: 2024-03-01 09:40:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10604929

NEW YORK, March 1 (MENA) – In a move that has sparked controversy and drawn widespread attention, the United States has exercised its veto power to block a UN Security Council resolution that sought to hold Israeli security forces accountable for ....

Canada to start airdropping aid into Gaza within days: source

Date: 2024-03-01 08:06:25 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10604804

OTTAWA, March 1 (MENA) - The Canadian government will begin airdropping aid into Gaza within the next week, a government source tells CBC News. Humanitarian groups are calling for more aid to be allowed into Gaza to help with an intense and ....

Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli occupation forces west of Hebron

Date: 2024-02-29 21:12:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10604616

RAMALLAH, Feb 29 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was shot dead and his two brothers injured this evening, one of them seriously, by Israeli occupation soldiers at the entrance of the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, ....

4 infants die from malnutrition at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-29 21:08:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10604582

GAZA CITY, Feb 29 (MENA) – Four infants died Thursday evening at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza due to severe malnutrition and drought, resulting from the strict Israeli military blockade and war of starvation imposed on the region, WAFA ....

Jordan condemns Israel’s seizure of lands in Abu Dees, Al-Eizariya, Arab Al-Sawahra

Date: 2024-02-29 20:56:25 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10604548

AMMAN, Feb 29 (MENA) – Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the Israeli occupation authorities' seizure of about 2,640 dunums of land from the towns of Abu Dis, Al-Eizariya, and Arab Al-Sawahra, Petra reported. It ....

Pentagon chief Austin says Israel killed over 25,000 Palestinian women, children since Oct. 7

Date: 2024-02-29 20:53:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10604446

WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (MENA) - Over 25,000 Palestinian women and children have been killed by Israel since October 7, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin revealed on Thursday. Israel can and should do more to protect civilians, Al Arabiya quoted Austin as ....

Lavrov wishes Palestinian president success in forming new government

Date: 2024-02-29 18:43:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10604447

MOSCOW, Feb 29 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has wished Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas success in forming a unified Palestinian government of technocrats, Tass reported. "We wish the Palestinians and Palestinian President ....

UN humanitarian chief: 'Life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed'

Date: 2024-02-29 16:48:37 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10604237

GENEVA, Feb 29 (MENA) - The UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs has said that “life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed” in reaction to events today which appear to have left over 100 Palestinians dead near an aid convoy, the Guardian ....

Israel's operation in West Bank becomes no less serious than in Gaza — Lavrov

Date: 2024-02-29 14:20:58 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10604042

MOSCOW, Feb 29 (MENA) - Israel's military operation in the West Bank is becoming no less serious and violent than that in the Gaza Strip, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with representatives of Palestinian political ....

Jordan condemns Israeli attack on Gaza civilians awaiting aid

Date: 2024-02-29 14:07:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10604014

AMMAN, Feb 29 (MENA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned on Thursday the ruthless attack by Israeli occupation forces on Gaza civilians awaiting humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout near Rashid Street in Gaza, resulting ....