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UNRWA says Israel's denial of international journalists into Gaza 'a ban on reporting the truth'

Date: 2025-06-07 10:44:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11210169

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) -The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini stated that the Israeli occupation authorities' denial of entry to the Gaza Strip for ....

Over 35 Palestinians killed in Israeli massacres

Date: 2025-06-06 18:52:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11209786

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - An Israeli fighter jet struck a five-story residential building in Jabalia, northern Gaza, resulting in the deaths of three Palestinians and injuries to dozens more, taking the toll from Israeli strikes on the war-battered ....

Israeli strike kills six Palestinians, injures others in Jabalia

Date: 2025-06-06 14:32:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11209607

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - An Israeli strike on Friday killed six Palestinians and injured others in Jabalia in the northern war-battered Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency. An Israeli army jet targeted a house belonging to ....

Gaza crisis deepens amid Eid bombardment, aid blockade – NGO chief

Date: 2025-06-06 14:30:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11209625

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) – Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza has taken a “dangerously escalatory turn,” with fresh strikes on the first day of Eid al-Adha causing more deaths and destruction, the head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, ....

Palestine elected 'observer' in ILO

Date: 2025-06-06 12:40:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11209547

RAMALLAH/GENEVA, June 6 (MENA) - Palestine on Friday officially became a "non-member observer State" in the International Labour Organization (ILO) instead of the previous designation as a "liberation movement" a status that had been in place since ....

Vatican Pope, Italian president discuss conditions in ME

Date: 2025-06-06 12:24:23 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11209583

ROME, June 6 (MENA) - Pope Leo XIV of the Vatican discussed with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Apostolic Palace conditions in the Middle East , the Holy See Press Office announced on Friday. After meeting with the Pope for a little ....

Pakistan condemns airstrikes by Israeli forces on Lebanon

Date: 2025-06-06 10:53:50 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11209502

ISLAMABAD, June 6 (MENA) - Pakistan has unequivocally condemned the airstrikes of Israeli forces on Beirut, Lebanon, Pakistan Radio reported. The Foreign Office Spokesperson in a statement said that these attacks, launched on the eve of Eid ....

Israeli strikes kill nine Palestinians, injure others in southern Gaza

Date: 2025-06-06 09:20:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11209436

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - Israeli strikes on Friday morning killed nine Palestinians and injured others in the cities of Khan Younes and Rafah in the southern in the war-battered Gaza Strip, said to WAFA news agency. They said that an Israeli ....

Israeli bombing kills minor in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-06-06 08:31:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11209386

GAZA CITY, July 6 (MENA) - Israeli bombing on Friday morning killed a Palestinian minor to the northwest of Khan Younes in the southern war-torn Gaza Strip, said WAFA. Omar Raed al-Qatati was killed by Israeli army gunfire to the northwest of the ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque yards

Date: 2025-06-05 16:29:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11208512

RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers, guarded by Israeli police, stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, WAFA quoted Palestinian sources from Al Quds as saying. The settlers raided the mosque, the third holiest site in ....