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UN HRC: Ceasefire in OPT must hold

Date: 2025-02-27 07:23:48 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11084351

GENEVA, Feb 27 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN HRC) Volker Türk stressed that the ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) must hold - each phase implemented fully and in good faith. Addressing the Human Rights ....

Israel releases 7th batch of Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2025-02-27 06:09:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11084314

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israel released the seventh batch of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages, according to The Guardian. A Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left ....

Conf. on Gaza, future of security, stability in ME kicks off in Cairo

Date: 2025-02-26 09:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11082871

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - A conference under the rubric "Gaza and the future of security and stability in the Middle East" started in Cairo on Wednesday. It is organized by the Egyptian Center For Strategic Studies (ECSS) in cooperation with the ....

Mediators agree on simultaneous release of 602 Palestinians, handover of 4 bodies of Israeli captives

Date: 2025-02-25 23:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11082641

CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Mediators in Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap negotiations reached an agreement to release all 602 Palestinian prisoners who were scheduled to be released last Saturday, a well-informed Egyptian official said. The ....

UK calls for enabling Palestinians to return home

Date: 2025-02-25 21:40:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11082608

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (MENA) - The UK called for enabling Palestinian civilians to return home and rebuild their lives. The people of Gaza have suffered unimaginable horrors, with over 46,000 people killed, and homes and lives destroyed, the UK ....

Trump's envoy in Mideast won’t visit region tomorrow as planned: Israeli paper

Date: 2025-02-25 21:09:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11082522

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff won’t visit the region on Wednesday, Israel’s Ynet newspaper reported Tuesday night. Witkoff will postpone his tour of the region, despite the statements he ....

Over 35,000 families in Gaza suffer from severe shortage of basic supplies

Date: 2025-02-25 13:41:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11081722

GAZA CITY, Feb 25 (WAFA) - Director of Medical Relief in Gaza Mohammed Abu Afash said that the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worsening due to severity of cold waves, heavy rains and shortage in basic supplies, including blankets, ....

Palestine's presidency warns of Israeli escalation in West Bank

Date: 2025-02-24 15:43:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11080462

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh warned of the escalation of the occupation forces' destructive aggression on the northern West Bank, by forcing 40,000 Palestinian civilians to flee their homes, ....

Israeli occupation continues aggression on Tulkarm, Tulkarm Camp for 29th consecutive day

Date: 2025-02-24 10:01:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11080045

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continue aggression on the city of Tulkarm and Tulkarm Camp for the 29th consecutive day and on the Nour Shams camp for the 16th day amid military reinforcements and the continued raids on houses ....

Netanyahu congratulates conservatives on victory in German elections

Date: 2025-02-24 07:29:20 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11079942

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Friedrich Merz and the center-right CDU/CSU political alliance on their “clear election victory” in German elections yesterday, said the Times of Israel. “Looking ....