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Gaza's Health ministry says Israeli occupation committed 9 massacres in 24 hours

Date: 2024-02-19 13:58:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10587658

GAZA CITY, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip on Monday announced that the Israeli occupation forces committed nine massacres in the enclave in the past 24 hours, killing 107 Palestinians and injuring 145 others. Spokesman for ....

Financial Times: The extremists driving Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas

Date: 2024-02-19 13:30:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10587799

LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Financial Times said on Monday that the key far-right figures in Israel once seen as fringe extremists — Bezalel Smotrich, finance minister, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, national security minister — appear to wield more ....

UK PM welcomes launch of EU operations in Red Sea

Date: 2024-02-19 12:51:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10587675

LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen discussed ways of supporting the Ukrainian people, the Gaza crisis and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. The leaders agreed during a ....

EU foreign ministers ok launch of Aspides operation - Tajani

Date: 2024-02-19 12:33:50 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10587679

ROME, Feb 19 (MENA) - The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels has approved the launch of the new EU Aspides operation to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen, Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani ....

Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defense’ in Gaza, says UK Labor’s Streeting

Date: 2024-02-19 11:47:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10587633

LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - Wes Streeting, the Labor MP for Ilford North and Shadow Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, said on Monday that Israel has gone “beyond reasonable self-defense” in its attack on Gaza, according to the Guardian of ....

Palestinian FM calls for ending double standards in dealing with the Palestinian issue

Date: 2024-02-19 11:42:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10587618

RAMALLAH/THE HAGUE, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki Monday called to end the double standards in dealing with the Palestinian issue, calling on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to support the ....

UN’s top humanitarian official: Assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter

Date: 2024-02-19 09:50:44 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10587304

GENEVA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths renewed deep concern that an assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter”, according to a statement by the UN Media ....

Day 136 of Genocide: Dozens of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-02-19 08:32:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10587087

GAZA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured on Monday during the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for the 136th day in a row, WAFA News Agency reported. The occupation warplanes bombed at least three ....

Dozens of civilians killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-02-18 22:03:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10586909

GAZA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured on Sunday after the Israeli occupation warplanes targeted citizens’ homes in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, and Khan Yunis in the south, WAFA ....

Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian youth at checkpoint in Nablus

Date: 2024-02-18 21:39:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10586900

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) – A young Palestinian man was fatally shot on Sunday by Israeli forces’ fire near the Beit Furik checkpoint, east of Nablus, WAFA quoted security sources as saying. Sources reported that Israeli forces opened fire at a ....