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Food, medicine shortage threatens lives of 700,000 Palestinians

Date: 2024-02-24 15:53:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10596055

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian civil defense directorate warned of continued Israeli measures to prevent access of food and medicine into Gaza which are threatening the lives of more than 700,000 citizens. Israeli occupation committed ....

Seven people killed in a new massacre that targeted a house in Rafah

Date: 2024-02-24 14:48:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10596019

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least seven civilians were killed and others wounded in a series of airstrikes targeting a house in the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to WAFA news agency. Medical sources ....

Sudan stresses Palestinians' right to build independent state

Date: 2024-02-24 14:46:05 GMT - Sudan - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10595966

THE HAGUE, KHARTOUM, Feb 24 (MENA) - Sudan asserted its steadfast stand and support for the Palestinian cause and the Palestinians' rights for self-determination and building an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. This came in ....

40 injured Palestinians, 60 aid trucks cross Rafah terminal to Egypt

Date: 2024-02-24 14:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10595868

EL ARISH, Egypt, Feb 24 (MENA) - Forty injured Palestinians crossed Rafah border terminal on Saturday with 33 companions coming from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, an official source at the crossing said 95 holders of Egyptian passports ....

Gaza war death toll climbs to 29,514 persons

Date: 2024-02-23 22:10:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10595141

GAZA CIT, Feb 23 (MENA) - More than 36,514 people have been killed or gone missing in 140 days of the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip, the enclave's Government Media Office said Friday. A total of 29,514 ....

Palestine denounces Israeli plan to build 3,000 settlement units in WB

Date: 2024-02-23 20:57:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10595050

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Friday condemned Israeli plans to build 3,000 new settlement units across the occupied West Bank. Shtayyeh described the Israeli plans as a "blatant challenge to the ....

US 'disappointed' about Israel's new WB settlements plan - Blinken

Date: 2024-02-23 20:46:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10595049

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) - The US is disappointed with Israel's announcement of plans to build thousands of new settlements in the West Bank, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. "It's been long-standing US policy that new ....

Palestine rejects Netanyahu’s “day-after” plan for Gaza

Date: 2024-02-23 11:41:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10594252

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejected what the Israeli media called "Netanyahu's principles for the day after the war", considering it an official acknowledgment of the re-occupation of the Gaza ....

Health Ministry: Israel commits 10 massacres in past 24 hours, leaving 104 persons dead, 160 others injured

Date: 2024-02-23 10:22:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10594218

GAZA, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Gaza Health Ministry said on Friday that Israel committed 10 massacres against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, leaving 104 persons dead and 160 others injured. In a press release on Friday, the ....

US, Japan, South Korea discuss ongoing conflict in Gaza, increase humanitarian assistance to Palestinians

Date: 2024-02-23 08:43:02 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10594069

RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza ....