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FMs of Germany, Palestine meet in Berlin Tuesday

Date: 2024-02-12 10:29:04 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10576548

BERLIN, Feb 12 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will meet on Tuesday her Palestinian counterpart Riad Al Malky at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Berlin. A statement issued by the German Foreign Ministry on Monday said the ....

WHO chief calls for Gaza ceasefire, says medical supplies sent ‘only drop in ocean’

Date: 2024-02-12 10:28:25 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10576545

DUBAI, Feb 12 (MENA) - The head of the World Health Organization reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza as he warned that medical supplies sent to the besieged enclave are “only a drop in the ocean of need.” Speaking at the World Government ....

UK Middle East minister hopes to see end to Gaza fighting soon

Date: 2024-02-12 09:32:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10576448

LONDON, Feb 12 (MENA) - UK Minister of State for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon hopes the fighting in Gaza would end soon. "We want to see an end to the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible, and it is clear that wider escalation ....

Abu Rudeineh says region at crossroads; Israeli war will lead to 'expansion'

Date: 2024-02-12 09:02:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10576452

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, said Monday that the US administration 'should not remain a hostage of Israeli policy, especially since the region is at a crossroads, and the ....

Israeli occupation forces free two hostages from captivity in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-12 08:44:19 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10576372

GAZA CITY, Feb 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces managed last night to free two hostages held in Gaza. The two, Louis Norberto Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7 and were held in an ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-02-12 08:43:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10576353

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers broke into the Mosque's compound from Bab al-Maghariba 's Gate, carried out provocative tours in the ....

Palestinian Health Ministry: More than 100 Palestinians killed, scores injured in Israel shelling on Rafah

Date: 2024-02-12 07:11:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10576272

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Ministry announced Monday that more than 100 Palestinians were killed and scores of others, including a significant number of children and women, wounded in the Israeli air shelling on Rafah City, ....

PRC: Rafah is witnessing fierce Israeli airstrikes concentrated in the city center

Date: 2024-02-12 06:28:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10576225

GAZA, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) stated that Rafah is witnessing fierce Israeli airstrikes concentrated in the city center, hitting residential homes near the Red Crescent headquarters. Palestinian Health Ministry ....

50 Palestinians killed, scores of others injured in Israeli air shelling on Rafah

Date: 2024-02-12 06:17:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10576219

GAZA, Feb 12 (MENA) - In the early hours of Monday, the Israeli occupation regime embarked on an intense bombardment campaign targeting the densely overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, killing and injuring hundreds of civilians, including a ....

Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth near Bethlehem

Date: 2024-02-11 21:09:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10576121

RAMALLAH, Feb 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was shot by Israeli occupation forces near the entrance to the town of Battir, west of Bethlehem, according to WAFA news agency. The Red Crescent Society (RCS) said that its crews provided treatment ....