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2 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on southern Gaza

Date: 2025-03-02 19:45:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11088394

CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) – Two Palestinians were killed Sunday evening in an Israeli drone strike east of Gaza’s destroyed airport near Rafah. Earlier, four others, including a woman, were killed, and six injured in separate Israeli attacks across ....

Palestinian foreign ministry rejects use aid as bargaining chip

Date: 2025-03-02 12:58:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:11087851

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has rejected the politicization of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and using it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Hamas. In a statement, the ministry warned that such ....

Four Palestinians killed in continued Israeli attacks across Gaza despite ceasefire

Date: 2025-03-02 12:56:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11088003

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) - Four Palestinians, including a woman, were killed, and six others were injured on Sunday in ongoing Israeli attacks across Gaza, despite the supposed ceasefire agreement, WAFA reported. According to the Palestinian Red ....

Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2025-03-02 11:40:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:11087838

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) – As many as 548 Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by the Israeli police. The settlers conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals in the mosque. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....

Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike east of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-03-02 10:58:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11087728

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) – A Palestinian man was killed and several others were injured Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians to the east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli drone attacked the group ....

Israeli troops storm two towns in Al Quds

Date: 2025-03-02 09:51:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11087631

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) - Israeli troops stormed on Sunday Al Ram and Silwan towns in occupied Al Quds (East Jerusalem). WAFA news agency said Israeli occupation forces continued their wide-scale assault on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee ....

UN chief to call for Gaza reconstruction at Cairo summit

Date: 2025-03-02 09:27:10 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11087584

NEW YORK, March 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres said Tuesday’s Extraordinary Summit of the League of Arab States provides an opportunity for leaders from across the Arab world “to come together and discuss the elements required to ....

Israel halts humanitarian aid to Gaza, closes crossings until further notice

Date: 2025-03-02 08:32:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11087562

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) - The Israeli government decided to suspend the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and close the crossings with the region until further notice, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The decision was ....

Israeli forces continue assaults on Tulkarm city, camp for 35th consecutive day

Date: 2025-03-02 08:28:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11087548

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continue their wide-scale assault on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camps for the 35th consecutive day, as well as on the nearby Nour Shams refugee camp for the 22nd day. The forces have ....

Israel to adopt temporary Gaza ceasefire proposal for Ramadan and Passover

Date: 2025-03-02 06:26:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11087483

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) - Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said early on Sunday, hours after the ....