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EU suspends UNRWA funding till end of February

Date: 2024-01-30 08:43:11 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10556942

BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (MENA) - The European Commission Monday said additional funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be foreseen until the end of February. The European Union (EU) is ....

Blinken: US to closely watch steps UNRWA takes after Oct. 7 allegations

Date: 2024-01-30 07:45:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10556777

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The United States will look hard at what steps the United Nations' aid agency for Palestinians takes in response to what he called "deeply troubling" allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the October 7 attack on ....

1.8 million Palestinians are now homeless, 40% of Gaza Strip districts wiped out – Min.

Date: 2024-01-29 22:58:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10556672

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) – Palestine's Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohamed Ziara said the initial assessment of destruction in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip shows that some 1.8 million Palestinians have become homeless so far. Speaking to ....

Israel submitted no dossier on UNRWA workers’ alleged involvement in October 7 attack

Date: 2024-01-29 22:56:28 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10556664

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (MENA) - UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Israel had not yet submitted any official dossier about UNRWA staffers' alleged involvement in October 7 attack. In statements reported by the US-based Alhurra TV channel on Monday, ....

Israeli strike on house in Gaza kills 20

Date: 2024-01-29 21:49:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10556659

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) – Over a dozen civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others were injured Monday night in an Israeli strike that targeted a family home in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Local sources ....

British PM urges Iran to de-escalate tensions after Jordan drone strike

Date: 2024-01-29 20:37:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10556630

LONDON, Jan 29 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his concern on Monday regarding tensions in the Middle East and called on Iran to de-escalate, after an attack that killed three US service members in northeastern Jordan near ....

France condemns promoting installation of Israeli settlements in Gaza

Date: 2024-01-29 19:27:17 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10556576

PARIS, Jan 29 (MENA) - France condemned the holding of a conference on Sunday in al Quds promoting the installation of Israeli settlements in Gaza, the French foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. "We expect from the Israeli authorities a ....

Palestinian resistance fires missile barrage at Tel Aviv

Date: 2024-01-29 19:11:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:10556549

GAZA CITY, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian resistance has launched a large missile salvo toward Tel Aviv in response to the massacres committed by Israeli forces against civilians in the Gaza Strip for the 115th consecutive day. Sirens sounded in ....

IFJ will take Israel to court if journalists are targeted

Date: 2024-01-29 18:57:11 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10556512

BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (MENA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will take legal action against Israeli politicians and military leaders, if they won't commit to respecting the orders of the International Court of Justice, in respect of ....

7-year-old girl trapped in car in central Gaza, Palestine Red Crescent Society says

Date: 2024-01-29 17:55:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10556450

GAZA CITY, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that a 7-year-old girl has been trapped by Israeli tanks in central Gaza inside her family's vehicle for several hours after it was fired upon, killing all her family, the CNN ....