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Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-02-01 11:22:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10560572

GAZA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound Thursday under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers broke into the Mosque's compound from Bab al-Maghariba 's Gate, carried out provocative tours in the Mosque's ....

PLO slams approving bill banning its members from entering US

Date: 2024-02-01 10:52:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10560475

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein al-Sheikh said Thursday that the US approval of a bill to ban the entry of members of the PLO into the United States of ....

US judge tosses suit against Florida over ban on pro-Palestinian Group

Date: 2024-02-01 07:59:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10560219

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Florida's proposed ban on a pro-Palestinian university group violated students' free speech rights, ruling that the case was not valid because the ban had not been ....

Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile, Iranian UAVs shot down in Gulf of Aden

Date: 2024-02-01 07:18:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10560135

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden, according to US Centcom. The missile was successfully shot down by the USS Carney ....

Lapid ready to enter government instead of Ben Gvir, Smotrich, to ensure hostage deal

Date: 2024-02-01 06:58:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10560111

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said that his Yesh Atid party is prepared to enter the government to replace the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties if that is what is needed to secure the release of ....

Guterres calls for aid to UNRWA to save lives in Gaza

Date: 2024-01-31 20:40:28 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10559971

NEW YORK, Jan 31 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on all UN member states to provide assistance to UNRWA to save lives in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the humanitarian support system in the Gaza Strip is ....

Gaza population 'starving to death': WHO

Date: 2024-01-31 20:33:54 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10559986

GENEVA, Jan 31 (MENA) - The population of Gaza is starving to death due to constraints imposed on humanitarian aid, the World Health Organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan said on Wednesday. The WHO said the risk of famine in the ....

UK decision to suspend UNRWA aid opposes attempts to prevent humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: Palestinian PM

Date: 2024-01-31 18:09:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10559798

GAZA CITY, Jan 31 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said the British decision to suspend UNRWA aid supplies is sudden and opposes any attempt to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Shtayyeh urged UK to go back on its ....

Abbas discusses latest Gaza developments with emir of Qatar

Date: 2024-01-31 12:04:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10558950

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has briefed the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the latest developments regarding the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in the Gaza Strip, ....

Israel kills 150 Palestinians over past 24 hours

Date: 2024-01-31 12:03:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10559138

GAZA CITY, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces committed 16 massacres against innocent families in the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 150 people and wounding over 313 during the last 24 hours, according to the Palestinian news agency ....