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  • EU seeks ‘consequences’ for Israel over opposition to Palestinian statehood: Financial Times

    Date: 2024-01-22 11:45:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10544953

    LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The EU has urged member states to impose “consequences” on Israel if its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to oppose Palestinian statehood, as Brussels looks to step up pressure on the premier to advance efforts ....

  • Israeli military forces desecrate several cemeteries in Khan Youins

    Date: 2024-01-22 11:00:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10544788

    GAZA CITY, Jan 22 (MENA) - The Israeli military, in its ground offensive in Gaza, desecrated Monday several cemeteries in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA quoted local sources as saying. Israeli tanks and military vehicles ....

  • Dozens of civilians killed, others wounded in an Israeli shelling on school housing displaced people in Khan Yunis

    Date: 2024-01-22 10:04:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10544640

    GAZA CITY, Jan 22 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike Monday targeting a school housing displaced people in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. According to local ....

  • Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2024-01-22 09:31:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10544695

    RAMALLAH, Jan 22 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday. The settlers carried out provocative tours in the mosque's yards and performed Talmudic rituals. The Israeli settlers raided the ....

  • El Arish airport receives 2 aid-laden planes for Gaza

    Date: 2024-01-21 20:25:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10544236

    ARISH, Egypt, Jan 21 (MENA) – Two planes arrived Sunday at El Arish International Airport, carrying a total of 82 tons of aid from Kuwait and Pakistan to the people of Gaza. The Kuwaiti aircraft was loaded with nine tons of blankets and medical ....

  • Palestinian FM welcomes int’l consensus on Palestinian state

    Date: 2024-01-21 18:24:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10544028

    RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed Sunday the support of countries and UN officials to the Palestinian state, considering it key to security and stability in the region. The Ministry ....

  • UN chief decries ‘unacceptable’ scale of Gaza deaths as 25,000 reported killed

    Date: 2024-01-21 16:03:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10543957

    LONDON, Jan 21 (MENA) - Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has killed 25,000 Palestinians, the health ministry in the territory has announced, as the UN chief described the scale of civilian killings as “heartbreaking and utterly ....

  • AP says Israel far from achieving goals of war in Gaza

    Date: 2024-01-21 14:26:38 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10543726

    WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Israeli government appears far from achieving its goals of crushing Hamas group and freeing more than 100 hostages, AP said Sunday. The Palestinian death toll from the war in Gaza has soared past 25,000, according ....

  • ICHR chief: Israel kills 150 to 180 Palestinians daily

    Date: 2024-01-21 11:43:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10543397

    RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) Ammar Dwaik said that the situation in Gaza Strip is catastrophic due to the ongoing airstrikes and killings, with a daily toll of 150 to 180 ....

  • UN: Women, children account for 70% of deaths in Gaza

    Date: 2024-01-21 11:41:44 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10543400

    GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - Around 70 per cent of people killed in Gaza are today estimated to be women and children, including two mothers per hour killed since the beginning of the crisis, the UN Woman said. The Gaza crisis is impacting women and ....

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