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Palestine urges Tony Blair not to get involved in 'voluntary evacuation' of Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-01 14:49:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10515395

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday called on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to get involved in Israel's scheme of "voluntary evacuation" of two million Palestinians in the ....

Palestine rejects suspicious attempts to displace Palestinians from Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-01-01 13:42:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10515394

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency Monday expressed its strong rejection of any suspicious attempts to name Tony Blair or anyone else in charge of displacing the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, considering it a condemnable and ....

Settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2024-01-01 11:44:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10515126

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) – Israeli settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque on Monday guarded by Israeli police. Scores of settlers entered the mosque, conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals. Palestinian security sources said that 11 ....

As 2024 begins, Israeli army releases 5 brigades from Gaza, but says fighting likely all year

Date: 2024-01-01 06:31:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10514747

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Israeli army has said that it was beginning to release five brigades from combat in the Gaza Strip to help bounce back the economy, the Times of Israel reported. The Israeli military said it believed the war in Gaza ....

US senator criticizes Biden over Gaza

Date: 2023-12-31 22:07:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10514690

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - US Senator Cori Bush criticized the Biden administration, wondering How many innocent people must die before it demands a ceasefire? The White House cannot have it both ways: calling on the Israeli government to uphold ....

2 Israeli policemen injured in Jerusalem stabbing attack; attacker 'apprehended'

Date: 2023-12-31 21:44:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10514684

RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - Two Israeli policemen were wounded in a stabbing attack in Ma'ale Admumim near Jerusalem on Sunday evening, Israeli media reported. The suspected attacker was "apprehended", according to the reports. (MENA) M S H/S R E ....

Mufti of Egypt mourns former Al Aqsa imam killed in Israeli attack

Date: 2023-12-31 21:22:23 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10514682

CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam mourned on Sunday Sheikh Yousef Salama, former Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the al-Maghazi refugee ....

UNRWA says 1.4 million Palestinians displaced by Israeli strikes in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-31 19:26:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10514625

GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Approximately 1.4 million Palestinians who have been displaced by Israeli strikes are living in UNRWA facilities across the Gaza Strip, UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma said. "The facilities in the north are becoming ....

President Abbas on Fatah's 59 anniversary: Israel's war of annihilation won't "break our will"

Date: 2023-12-31 15:27:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10514307

RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian people will remain steadfast and adhere to their legitimate rights, and will not accept displacement from their land, whatever the cost, under the leadership of ....

68 killed as Israeli warplanes strike Gaza City

Date: 2023-12-31 13:09:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10514119

GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes struck Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 68 Palestinians. The Israeli warplanes launched several rockets at Al Zaytoun neighbourhood in central Gaza City, killing 48 people and wounding dozens, ....