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El Arish Airport receives two relief planes from Turkey, UAE for Gaza

Date: 2024-02-01 16:49:25 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10561075

EL ARISH, Egypt, Feb 1 (MENA) - El Arish International Airport received two planes carrying 13 tons of humanitarian relief aid for the war-stricken Gaza Strip from the UAE and Turkey. In statements Thursday, a reliable source in North Sinai said ....

UNRWA: Aid cuts to UN agency could be felt in weeks

Date: 2024-02-01 16:41:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10561177

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Thursday that it would not be able to continue operations in Gaza and across the region beyond the end of February if funding were not resumed. "If the funding ....

US president: We work for peace between Palestinians, Israelis

Date: 2024-02-01 16:36:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10561169

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said the US is working for achieving peace between the Palestinians and Israelis; everlasting peace to two states and peoples living side by side. Biden said Thursday that he will spare no effort ....

139 aid trucks enter Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing

Date: 2024-02-01 16:35:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10561051

RAFAH, Egypt, Feb 1 (MENA) - As many as 139 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing on Thursday, an official at the terminal said. They include four fuel trucks and 20 trucks carrying a field ....

Rafah border terminal receives 37 wounded Palestinians

Date: 2024-02-01 13:54:28 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10560991

RAFAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing received 37 injured Palestinians for treatment at Egyptian hospitals and their companions. In statements on Thursday, a well-placed official medical source in North Sinai said the injured Palestinians ....

Blinken meets with UN official over Gaza

Date: 2024-02-01 13:40:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10560959

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with Sigrid Kaag, who is leading UN efforts on humanitarian assistance in Gaza, the latest developments in the region and the pressing needs of Palestinians in Gaza. "We are ....

PRCS: Dozens of staff killed, injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Date: 2024-02-01 13:08:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10560714

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) Spokesperson Nebal Farsakh Thursday said forces of the Israeli occupation continuously target hospitals in the Gaza Strip and are still imposing a siege on Nasser and Al Amal hospitals that are ....

UNRWA official raises alarm over halting funding

Date: 2024-02-01 12:32:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10560695

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Field Public Information Officer Kazem Abu Khalaf Thursday described a decision to suspend funding of the UN agency as a "major ....

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza to deepen as aid is frozen--Paper

Date: 2024-02-01 12:24:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10560690

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Funding cuts from the U.S. and other international donors will likely hit the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency operations over the coming month, adding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and raising difficult ....

Palestine Health Ministry: 118 killed in Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2024-02-01 11:42:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10560606

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Ministry Thursday said that the Israeli occupation forces committed 15 massacres against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip, killing 118 civilians and 190 wounded over the past 24 hours. It ....