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G20 voices broad support for two-state solution to end Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Date: 2024-02-23 08:03:44 GMT - Brazil - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10594002

BRASILIA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil were nearly unanimous in their support for a two-state solution as the only path to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Alhurra news channel reported. ....

23 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on central Gaza

Date: 2024-02-23 07:24:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10593954

GAZA, Feb 23 (MENA) - More than 23 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Palestinians; houses in central Gaza. The occupation aircraft targeted several homes, including the home of ....

Lazzarini: UNRWA reached 'breaking point'

Date: 2024-02-23 06:11:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10593866

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - The UN agency serving Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the associated funding freeze, just when it is needed most, said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. In a ....

One in six children in Gaza acutely malnourished - UN chief

Date: 2024-02-22 15:04:59 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10593365

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) – UN Secretary General António Guterres said that in north Gaza, one in six children under 2-years-old is acutely malnourished as he called for “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire”. It is, he added, “the only way to ....

Israeli artillery targets vicinity of Gaza hospital

Date: 2024-02-22 13:11:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10593196

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation artillery Thursday fired several shells in the vicinity of Al Amal Hospital, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that this caused a ....

Israeli forces assault Muslim worshippers, arrest two in Jerusalem

Date: 2024-02-22 12:58:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10593156

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Thursday attacked Palestinian Muslim worshipers at the Lions Gate, before they detained a woman and a young man. Local sources said that the occupation forces tightened their procedures near ....

Palestinian economy hit by unprecedented shocks - WB

Date: 2024-02-22 12:54:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10593146

WASHINGTON/RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - The World Bank, in its latest report, stressed that the Palestinian economy is being hit by unprecedented shocks on the backdrop of the Israeli war on Gaza and its repercussions on the West bank. Since the ....

Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing in Rafah

Date: 2024-02-22 11:57:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10593022

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were killed, and others were injured on Thursday, in an Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that the occupation aircraft targeted several homes and a ....

Two aid planes land at Arish airport for Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-02-22 11:48:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10592997

ARISH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Two aid planes landed at Arish International Airport on Thursday for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a source at the airport said. The first plane is sent by the UAE carrying 9.71 tons of medical supplies and the second ....

Saudi FM urges int'l community to fulfil their obligations towards tragic situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-21 22:39:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10592339

RIYADAH/RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan stressed on Wednesday the importance of international institutions’ commitment to fulfill their obligations at the global level, and to be clearer in their ....