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ICRC warns against 'further regionalization' of Gaza conflict

Date: 2024-02-06 20:38:47 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10568736

GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Regional Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Near and Middle East Fabrizio Carboni said the ICRC is deeply concerned about the waves of escalating violence in the Middle East. In a ....

OCHA says situation in Rafah ‘beyond catastrophic’

Date: 2024-02-06 19:07:50 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10568808

GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Tuesday of an imminent crisis in the city of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, as the humanitarian situation there is “beyond ....

18 Palestinians killed by Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-06 19:04:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10568628

GAZA CITY, Feb 6 (MENA) - At least 18 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday as a result of the ongoing Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis city in southern the Gaza Strip, said medical sources. In a related context, the Palestinian Red Crescent stated ....

Gaza health sector on verge of total collapse: ICRC

Date: 2024-02-06 18:28:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10568631

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - The hospitals of Gaza are suffering severe shortages of fuel and medicines, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza Hisham Mehanna told local media. Speaking to AlQahera News TV channel ....

Arab committee issues report comprising 19 measures to stop Israel's genocide against Palestinians

Date: 2024-02-06 18:12:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10568622

CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - The committee of permanent delegates emanating from the Arab League Council has issued a report comprising 19 practical measures - within the economic, legal, political and diplomatic frameworks - that Arab states can take ....

Israeli colonists storm Jerusalem's Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-02-06 10:59:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10567571

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Israeli colonists Tuesday stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of colonists stormed Al-Aqsa, from Maghariba Gate, ....

US military targets 2 Houthi drones in Yemen

Date: 2024-02-06 06:59:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10567269

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - The US military said it conducted a strike in self-defense against two Houthi drones in Yemen after a drone attack hit a base housing US troops in Syria, the Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday. “US forces ....

Palestinian FM meets French counterpart

Date: 2024-02-05 23:02:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:10567170

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki briefed his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné on the dangers besetting the Palestinian people, as the result of the genocide committed against the Palestinian people. During ....

135 cases of Israeli crimes against journalists in Palestine recorded in January - Syndicate

Date: 2024-02-05 23:01:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10567165

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - At least 135 crimes, assaults and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against journalism in Palestine were recorded in January, the foremost of which was the killing of 14 journalists, including eight who were ....

France FM presses for "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-05 18:51:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:10566961

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - France's recently appointed foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné used his first visit to Israel on Monday to call for an "immediate ceasefire" and a "massive influx" of humanitarian aid into besieged Gaza, as he met Israeli ....