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UN alarmed after shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank

Date: 2025-05-21 21:47:57 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:11188828

NEW YORK, May 21 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres was alarmed by reports that the Israeli army forces “fired what they called warning shots” at diplomatic and UN personnel, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday. “It is ....

Netherlands condemns Israel's shooting at diplomatic team in Jenin

Date: 2025-05-21 18:38:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11188687

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - The Netherlands condemned on Wednesday the shooting by Israeli soldiers in the Jenin Governorate at an international diplomatic delegation, while Portugal summoned the Israeli ambassador in protest against the Israeli ....

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling of Gaza

Date: 2025-05-21 08:26:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11187640

GAZA CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed and others injured Wednesday as a result of Israeli occupation forces shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli ....

Fatah Movement: We appreciate EU's stand, support for Palestinian cause

Date: 2025-05-21 07:31:42 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11187572

THE HAGUE, May 21 (MENA) - Secretary of Fatah movement in the Netherlands Zaid Tayyem said Wednesday the world's conscience is awakening after the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation army, the war of extermination and the use of starvation ....

Syria welcomes EU decision to lift all economic sanctions imposed on the country

Date: 2025-05-20 21:25:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:11187360

DAMASCUS, May 20 (MENA) - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the historic decision taken by the European Union to lift all economic sanctions imposed during the Assad ousted regime. “The step represents a pivotal moment and a ....

Netanyahu recalls hostage negotiation delegation in Doha - Jerusalem Post

Date: 2025-05-20 19:18:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:11187170

RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Tuesday that most of the Israeli delegation involved in hostage negotiations in Doha will return to Israel, sources told The Jerusalem Post. A small team will remain ....

Hamas: Netanyahu is attempting to deceive int'l community, no aid trucks entered Gaza

Date: 2025-05-20 18:47:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11187153

GAZA CITY, May 20 (MENA) - The Hamas movement has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks about allowing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip as “an attempt to deceive the international community”, noting that no aid ....

14,000 Gazan babies will die without aid in the next 48 hours - UN humanitarian chief

Date: 2025-05-20 16:43:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11186620

LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - A UN humanitarian chief has said 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in the next 48 hours if lorries of aid do not reach communities in the war-ravaged Strip. Speaking to the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, Tom Fletcher said ....

UK suspends Israel trade talks, summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive

Date: 2025-05-20 16:00:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11186924

LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - The UK has suspended trade deal talks with Israel, sanctioned West Bank settlers and summoned the country's ambassador as the relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is reportedly ....

European FMs discuss plans to review relations with Israel

Date: 2025-05-20 14:30:32 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11186729

BRUSSELS, May 20 (MENA) - The European Union‘s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has said the small amount of humanitarian aid Israel has allowed into Gaza is a “drop in the ocean”, as the union renews debate about reviewing its relationship with ....