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Several killed, others wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza's Nuseirat camp and Rafah

Date: 2024-04-08 05:26:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10654116

GAZA CITY, April 8 (MENA) - Several civilians were killed and others were injured in Israeli shelling that targeted different areas in the Nuseirat refugee camp and Rafah city, WAFA reported Monday. Medical sources reported that six civilians ....

Palestinian freedom fighter Walid Daqqa dies in Israeli custody after medical negligence

Date: 2024-04-07 20:46:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10654033

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) – Sixty-two ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa, who completed 39 years behind bars for his resistance to the Israeli occupation, died on Sunday in the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital after years of deliberate medical negligence ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2024-04-07 20:01:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10653975

GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured on Sunday after Israeli forces bombed various areas in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that six individuals were killed and several others injured after Israeli ....

Kirby says US looking to hold in-person meeting with Israel in ‘next week or so’

Date: 2024-04-07 18:46:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10653943

WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said on Sunday that the United States is looking to set an in-person meeting with Israel in the “next week or so” after a virtual meeting this past ....

WFP has enough food for 1.1 million people in Gaza - Chief

Date: 2024-04-07 18:39:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10653913

WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Cindy McCain said Saturday the UN agency has amassed food for 1.1 million people for three months outside Gaza. "We just need to get it in," McCain told CNN. ....

US says Israeli army's withdrawal from southern Gaza likely 'for rest and refit'

Date: 2024-04-07 17:47:03 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10653894

WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - The United States has suggested that Israel's recent partial withdrawal from the southern Gaza Strip is likely aimed at allowing troops to "rest and refit". White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said ....

US destroys Houthi missiles in Yemen, CENTCOM says

Date: 2024-04-07 17:45:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10653884

WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - US forces destroyed a mobile surface-to air missile system in a Houthi-controlled territory of Yemen on April 6, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday. US forces also shot down one unmanned aerial vehicle ....

Israel has made 'big mistakes' in Gaza conflict, says British deputy PM

Date: 2024-04-07 14:59:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10653688

LONDON, April 7 (MENA) - British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has accused Israel of making "big mistakes" during the conflict in Gaza and insisted the UK government is "holding them to a very high standard". Speaking on the six month ....

UNRWA: 1.7 million people forced to flee since Gaza war started

Date: 2024-04-07 14:51:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10653666

GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Sunday about 1.7 million people were forced to flee since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. UNRWA tweeted “6 months of endless displacement; ....

Israel uses 13 types of internationally banned weapons in Gaza: PLO

Date: 2024-04-07 14:07:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10653657

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - It has been documented that Israel used 13 types of internationally banned weapons in its war on Gaza, said Director General of the Human Rights and Civil Society Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ....