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Sharijah governor's spouse launches “For Gaza” humanitarian campaign

Date: 2025-02-28 13:06:41 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11086052

SHRJAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah's spouse and Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), in collaboration with UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, has launched "For Gaza" humanitarian ....

Despite challenges in Gaza, UNRWA says 'unparalleled progress' made during ceasefire

Date: 2025-02-28 10:24:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11085909

NEW YORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, "unparalleled progress" has been made in providing desperately needed aid to families across the devastated enclave, said UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on ....

46 released Palestinian prisoners arrive in Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-02-27 17:47:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11085347

KHAN YUNIS, Feb 27 (MENA) – Forty-six Palestinian prisoners; 44 children and two women, arrived at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis after their release from Israeli prisons as part of the seventh batch of the prisoner exchange in the Gaza Strip, ....

Gaza death toll from Israel's aggression surpasses 48,300

Date: 2025-02-27 15:39:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11085177

GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - The death toll in Gaza has risen to 48,365, mostly women and children, since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, Wafa news agency quoted medical sources as saying. According to the same sources, the ....

Some 97 released Palestinian prisoners arrive at Rafah Checkpoint

Date: 2025-02-27 11:49:48 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11084766

RAFAH, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA)- Some 97 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli occupation prisons arrived at Rafah Checkpoint Thursday, according to an official source at the port. The source said the 97 Palestinians will move to Cairo before ....

UN HRC: Ceasefire in OPT must hold

Date: 2025-02-27 07:23:48 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11084351

GENEVA, Feb 27 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN HRC) Volker Türk stressed that the ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) must hold - each phase implemented fully and in good faith. Addressing the Human Rights ....

Israel releases 7th batch of Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2025-02-27 06:09:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11084314

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israel released the seventh batch of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages, according to The Guardian. A Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left ....

Conf. on Gaza, future of security, stability in ME kicks off in Cairo

Date: 2025-02-26 09:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11082871

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - A conference under the rubric "Gaza and the future of security and stability in the Middle East" started in Cairo on Wednesday. It is organized by the Egyptian Center For Strategic Studies (ECSS) in cooperation with the ....

Mediators agree on simultaneous release of 602 Palestinians, handover of 4 bodies of Israeli captives

Date: 2025-02-25 23:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11082641

CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Mediators in Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap negotiations reached an agreement to release all 602 Palestinian prisoners who were scheduled to be released last Saturday, a well-informed Egyptian official said. The ....

UK calls for enabling Palestinians to return home

Date: 2025-02-25 21:40:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11082608

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (MENA) - The UK called for enabling Palestinian civilians to return home and rebuild their lives. The people of Gaza have suffered unimaginable horrors, with over 46,000 people killed, and homes and lives destroyed, the UK ....