Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

UAE FM, UN official discuss enhancing relief, medical aid delivery to Palestinians

Date: 2024-02-02 19:28:40 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10562582

ABU DHABI, Feb 2 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag discussed in a meeting here on Friday ways of enhancing relief and medical ....

Prince Faisal, Blinken discuss latest developments in Gaza over phone

Date: 2024-02-02 18:20:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10562581

RIYADH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah on Friday discussed in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, regional and international issues of common concern, notably the developments in the ....

UNOSAT: 30% of Gaza Strip structures damaged

Date: 2024-02-02 15:26:37 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10562421

GENEVA, Feb 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Satellite Center - UNOSAT released a comprehensive assessment of the damage and destruction inflicted on structures in the Gaza Strip. The analysis, based on very high-resolution satellite imagery ....

Rafah is 'pressure cooker' as Gazans flee south - UN aid agency

Date: 2024-02-02 15:22:00 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10562190

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (MENA) - The United Nations humanitarian office on Friday voiced concern about the hostilities in Khan Younis that have forced more people to flee to Rafah in the south of Gaza, describing the border town as a "pressure cooker of ....

Belgium summons Israeli envoy over ‘completely unacceptable’ destruction of Gaza development agency

Date: 2024-02-02 15:13:03 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10562404

BRUSSELS, Feb 2 (MENA) - Belgium has declared it will summon the Israeli ambassador after the office building housing the Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation (Enabel) in Gaza was bombed and destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, France 24 quoted ....

Death toll in Gaza reaches 27,131 as thousands still missing

Date: 2024-02-02 14:20:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10562240

GAZA, Feb 2 (MENA) - Health authorities in Gaza reported on Friday that the death toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the enclave has climbed to 27,131 the majority of whom are women and children. The number of injured individuals ....

UNICEF: 17,000 children in Gaza unaccompanied or separated from their families

Date: 2024-02-02 12:57:20 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10562102

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (MENA) - The United Nations humanitarian office said it estimated that 17,000 children in Gaza were unaccompanied or have been separated from their families during the conflict in Gaza, which began on October 7. UNICEF said that ....

Jordan: 4 Israelis arrested after accidentally crossing borders

Date: 2024-02-02 12:31:23 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10562065

AMMAN, Feb 2 (MENA) - Four Israelis were detained by Jordanian border guard units yesterday, when they stepped over the border fence, according to a military source at the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces. According to the source, ....

US, Australia underline need of aid delivery to Gaza

Date: 2024-02-02 07:13:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10561663

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasized the importance of humanitarian aid reaching those in need in Gaza, the US Department of State said. The two leaders also ....

Day 118 of Genocide: Dozens of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-02-01 23:01:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:10561600

GAZA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, which enters its 118th day. A number of people were killed and dozens were injured in Israeli ....