Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

UNRWA official slams current Gaza aid delivery system as ineffective, warns of worsening famine

Date: 2025-06-07 13:53:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11210341

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it will not take part in Gaza’s current aid distribution mechanism, calling it inhumane and ineffective. UNRWA spokesperson in Gaza Inas Hamdan told Al-Qahera ....

Gaza death toll hits 54,772 amid ongoing Israeli offensive

Date: 2025-06-07 13:19:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11210315

GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 54,772, mostly women and children, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, WAFA news agency reported on Saturday. The number of injuries has also ....

15 Palestinians killed, 50 injured in Gaza

Date: 2025-06-07 13:18:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11210311

GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) - At least 15 civilians were killed and 50 others injured Saturday in a new massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces in Sabra neighborhood, in Gaza City, according to WAFA news agency. Israeli warplanes targeted a ....

UNRWA says Israel's denial of international journalists into Gaza 'a ban on reporting the truth'

Date: 2025-06-07 10:44:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11210169

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) -The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini stated that the Israeli occupation authorities' denial of entry to the Gaza Strip for ....

Over 35 Palestinians killed in Israeli massacres

Date: 2025-06-06 18:52:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11209786

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - An Israeli fighter jet struck a five-story residential building in Jabalia, northern Gaza, resulting in the deaths of three Palestinians and injuries to dozens more, taking the toll from Israeli strikes on the war-battered ....

Israeli strike kills six Palestinians, injures others in Jabalia

Date: 2025-06-06 14:32:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11209607

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - An Israeli strike on Friday killed six Palestinians and injured others in Jabalia in the northern war-battered Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency. An Israeli army jet targeted a house belonging to ....

Gaza crisis deepens amid Eid bombardment, aid blockade – NGO chief

Date: 2025-06-06 14:30:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11209625

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) – Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza has taken a “dangerously escalatory turn,” with fresh strikes on the first day of Eid al-Adha causing more deaths and destruction, the head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, ....

Palestine elected 'observer' in ILO

Date: 2025-06-06 12:40:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11209547

RAMALLAH/GENEVA, June 6 (MENA) - Palestine on Friday officially became a "non-member observer State" in the International Labour Organization (ILO) instead of the previous designation as a "liberation movement" a status that had been in place since ....

Vatican Pope, Italian president discuss conditions in ME

Date: 2025-06-06 12:24:23 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11209583

ROME, June 6 (MENA) - Pope Leo XIV of the Vatican discussed with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Apostolic Palace conditions in the Middle East , the Holy See Press Office announced on Friday. After meeting with the Pope for a little ....

Pakistan condemns airstrikes by Israeli forces on Lebanon

Date: 2025-06-06 10:53:50 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11209502

ISLAMABAD, June 6 (MENA) - Pakistan has unequivocally condemned the airstrikes of Israeli forces on Beirut, Lebanon, Pakistan Radio reported. The Foreign Office Spokesperson in a statement said that these attacks, launched on the eve of Eid ....