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WFP pauses deliveries to northern Gaza
Date: 2024-02-20 19:11:06 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10590156
ROME, Feb 20 (MENA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is pausing deliveries of life-saving food aid to northern Gaza until conditions are in place that allow for safe distributions. The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza ....
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US blocks Algerian-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN, 2 last New York
Date: 2024-02-20 16:57:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10590094
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said her delegation is working on a hostage deal. Although gaps remain, the key elements are on the table, so if an arrangement were reached it would involve a sustainable peace, she added. "Sometimes hard ....
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US blocks Algerian-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN
Date: 2024-02-20 16:31:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10590046
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (MENA) - The US has used its UNSC veto to block an Algerian-drafted resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Strip, according to media reports. 13 countries backed the truce proposal, the UK abstained and the US voted against ....
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EU deeply concerned over deteriorating situation in Gaza: EU spokesman
Date: 2024-02-20 14:51:48 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10589721
BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (MENA) – Spokesman for the European Union for Foreign Affairs Peter Stano asserted that there is deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, adding that 26 of the EU member states urged Israel not to resume ....
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Israeli forces detain at least 20 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2024-02-20 14:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10589002
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs and Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the Israeli forces detained at least 20 Palestinians from the West Bank, among of them two released from the ....
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Abu Rudeineh slams Netanyahu's statement, call them 'challenge to international legitimacy'
Date: 2024-02-20 11:34:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10589203
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Tuesday that the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about 'full Israeli security control over the West Bank and Gaza Strip' ....
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Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2024-02-20 10:11:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10588998
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday, under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers broke into the Mosque's compound from Bab al-Maghariba 's Gate, carried out provocative tours of the ....
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Former Israeli army chief warns lack of strategic decision-making 'stalling' war aims
Date: 2024-02-20 09:15:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10588974
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - War cabinet observer Gadi Eisenkot reportedly sent a letter to other members of the high-level forum warning that they were failing to make operational decisions and therefore the strategic goals of the war against Hamas ....
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UNFPA affirms commitment to securing needs of Gaza's women
Date: 2024-02-20 08:48:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10588784
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (MENA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) underscored commitment to providing essential needs of women in Gaza women, amid the catastrophic humanitarian situation there. The UN fund said that 690,000 women and girls in ....
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Palestinian health min. says Israel is waging war of genocide on Gaza's hospitals
Date: 2024-02-19 19:23:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10588436
GAZA CITY, Feb 19 (MENA) - Israel has been waging a war of genocide against hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said Monday after Nasser Medical Complex was put completely out of service due to the ....