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UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’

Date: 2024-03-26 20:50:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10639976

NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland issued Tuesday a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the ....

UN rapporteur accuses Israel of several acts of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-26 19:43:17 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10639786

GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) – Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said there are “reasonable grounds” to determine that Israel has committed several acts of “genocide” in its war in ....

UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-03-26 19:39:53 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10639802

NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland emphasized the importance of attaining immediate ceasefire in Gaza and releasing all hostages. In a briefing to the UNSC members on the situation in ....

Israel's relentless airstrikes continue despite UN ceasefire resolution: UNRWA

Date: 2024-03-26 19:38:20 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10639804

NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said Israel's relentless airstrikes continue in the Gaza Strip, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ....

Gaza ceasefire ‘must be substantive, not symbolic’ – UNICEF says

Date: 2024-03-26 18:41:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10639790

GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) – UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder has stressed that the UN resolution on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip needs to be “substantive, not symbolic,” according to a press release issued by the organization. “The ceasefire must be ....

Israeli strikes kill 81 Palestinians in 24 hours

Date: 2024-03-26 18:05:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10639830

GAZA CITY, March 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, a matter which killed 81 Palestinians and led to the injury of 93 others. In a press release, the health ....

100% of Gaza population experiencing severe levels of food insecurity: US diplomat

Date: 2024-03-26 17:33:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10639657

NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - Deputy US Ambassador at the UN Robert Wood said 100 per cent of the population in Gaza is experiencing severe levels of food insecurity. Addressing a UNSC session on the latest developments in Palestine, the US envoy ....

Safety of more than 1 million Palestinians 'top priority' for US: Secretary of Defense

Date: 2024-03-26 15:51:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10639698

WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin said that the safety of the more than 1 million Palestinian people sheltering in Rafah constitutes a matter of top priority for the US. During his meeting with his Israeli ....

OIC welcomes UNSC ceasefire resolution in Gaza during Ramadan

Date: 2024-03-26 12:49:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10639166

JEDDAH, March 26 (MNEA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution demanding immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, according to a statement published by the website of the OIC. ....

US paper: Biden-Netanyahu rift grows, as Israel cancels delegation visit

Date: 2024-03-26 11:31:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10639058

WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - Senior Biden administration officials believed they made clear to their Israeli counterparts in nonstop talks over the weekend the possibility that the United States would abstain from — rather than veto — a U.N. ....