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Pentagon chief Austin says Israel killed over 25,000 Palestinian women, children since Oct. 7

Date: 2024-02-29 20:53:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10604446

WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (MENA) - Over 25,000 Palestinian women and children have been killed by Israel since October 7, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin revealed on Thursday. Israel can and should do more to protect civilians, Al Arabiya quoted Austin as ....

Lavrov wishes Palestinian president success in forming new government

Date: 2024-02-29 18:43:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10604447

MOSCOW, Feb 29 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has wished Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas success in forming a unified Palestinian government of technocrats, Tass reported. "We wish the Palestinians and Palestinian President ....

UN humanitarian chief: 'Life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed'

Date: 2024-02-29 16:48:37 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10604237

GENEVA, Feb 29 (MENA) - The UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs has said that “life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed” in reaction to events today which appear to have left over 100 Palestinians dead near an aid convoy, the Guardian ....

Israel's operation in West Bank becomes no less serious than in Gaza — Lavrov

Date: 2024-02-29 14:20:58 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10604042

MOSCOW, Feb 29 (MENA) - Israel's military operation in the West Bank is becoming no less serious and violent than that in the Gaza Strip, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with representatives of Palestinian political ....

Jordan condemns Israeli attack on Gaza civilians awaiting aid

Date: 2024-02-29 14:07:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10604014

AMMAN, Feb 29 (MENA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned on Thursday the ruthless attack by Israeli occupation forces on Gaza civilians awaiting humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout near Rashid Street in Gaza, resulting ....

Health ministry in Gaza says more than 30,000 killed in Gaza since Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-02-29 12:10:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10603692

GAZA CITY, Feb 29 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip announced Thursday that as many as 30,035 Palestinians were killed, including children and women since the onset of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7. The ministry ....

Austria's top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for Ramadan month

Date: 2024-02-29 11:50:16 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10603679

BEIRUT, Feb 29 (MENA) - Austria’s foreign minister has urged Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border and said he hopes for a pause in the fighting in Gaza in time for the start of ....

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns recent Israeli massacre in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-29 11:39:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10603604

RAMALLAH, Feb 29 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly denounced the Israeli massacre in the Nablsi Square in Gaza, which left at least 70 civilians killed. In a statement, the ministry called for an ....

Some 10 rockets fired from south Lebanon at Israel - Radio Israel

Date: 2024-02-29 11:24:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10603432

RAMALLAH, Feb 29 (MENA) - Around 10 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon toward an Israeli army site in Ras el Naqoura area near borders with Lebanon Thursday morning, Channel 12 news reports. No reports on casualties were ....

UN higher commissioner for human rights calls for end to "carnage" in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-29 10:57:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10603478

GENEVA, Feb 29 (MENA) - There appears to be no bounds to – no words to capture – the horrors that are unfolding before our eyes in Gaza, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in his word as part of the 55th interactive dialogue on ....