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UNSC deeply concerned over Gaza aid distribution disaster

Date: 2024-03-03 07:53:02 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10607478

NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council expressed its “deep concern” Saturday over last week's aid distribution disaster in Gaza in which over 100 people were killed, according to the UN information center. “They [the UNSC] ....

14 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrike in Rafah

Date: 2024-03-03 07:20:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10607429

GAZA CITY, March 3 (MENA) - A devastating Israeli airstrike targeted last night a three-story house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of dozens of civilians, including six children. Many are still trapped under the ....

Egypt stood as bulwark against Israel's forced displacement scheme: PA official

Date: 2024-03-02 19:06:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10606864

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Authority (PA) presidential adviser Mahmoud Habbash hailed Saturday Egypt's relentless efforts to foil Israeli occupation's displacement scheme in the embattled Gaza Strip. "Egypt has stood as a bulwark ....

Death toll exceeds 30,000 people in Israel's heavy strikes in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-02 17:36:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10606735

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces committed a total of 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the tragic killing of 92 Palestinians and leaving 156 others wounded, WAFA quoted medical ....

WHO: Destruction in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital beyond words

Date: 2024-03-02 15:07:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10606701

NEW YORK/GAZA, March 2 (MENA) - World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom said the level of destruction around Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza is beyond words. On his X account, he said "After more than a month, WHO and partners ....

Gaza Health Ministry: 11 people killed in Israeli airstrike targeting tent for displaced persons in Rafah

Date: 2024-03-02 15:03:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10606990

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) – At least 11 civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent for displaced people near the Emirati Hospital, west of the city of Rafah, south the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news ....

Biden announces US airdrops of humanitarian assistance into Gaza

Date: 2024-03-01 20:40:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10606010

WASHINGTON, March 1 (MENA) – The United States will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, US President Joe Biden announced Friday. Speaking in the Oval Office, Biden said the US would be “pulling out every stop” to get additional aid ....

Gaza famine 'almost inevitable': UN

Date: 2024-03-01 20:12:33 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10605817

NEW YORK, March 1 (MENA) - A famine in the Gaza Strip "is almost inevitable" unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations warned Friday. "The production of foodstuff within Gaza itself is almost impossible," said Jens Laerke, ....

China condemns killing of Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-01 19:30:05 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10605754

BEJING, March 1 (MENA) - China is deeply shocked and strongly condemns the killing of more than 100 Palestinians in an Israeli attack when they were waiting for aid in Gaza, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, according to Xinhua news ....

EU to proceed paying EUR 50m to UNRWA, increase support to Palestinians in 2024

Date: 2024-03-01 18:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10605849

CAIRO, March 1 (MENA) – The European Commission has decided to allocate an additional EUR 68 million to support the Palestinian population across the region to be implemented through international partners like the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. ....