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Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 52,615

Date: 2025-05-06 12:29:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11167219

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - The number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 52,615, the majority of whom are children and women, WAFA reported. At least 118,752 others ....

France strongly condemns Israel's Gaza conquest plan

Date: 2025-05-06 11:53:04 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11166931

PARIS, May 6 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Tuesday Paris "very strongly" condemns Israel's Gaza plan to control the Gaza Strip. In statements to reporters Tuesday the French foreign minister said, the Israeli government ....

Foreign airlines extend Israel flight suspensions

Date: 2025-05-06 11:14:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11166992

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Many foreign airlines have suspended all Tel Aviv flights this week, as Israeli carriers have added flights to rescue Israelis stranded abroad. In the wake of Sunday's direct hit at Ben Gurion Airport by a missile fired ....

Israel’s latest plan for Gaza is an apocalyptic nightmare: The Independent

Date: 2025-05-06 11:02:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11166994

LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - Israel’s intentions can only result in yet more unimaginable suffering for civilians in the Strip, who have endured 19 months of intense bombardment and slaughter, mass displacement and starvation, according to the Independent ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-05-06 07:55:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11166680

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday barged into the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds city (occupied East Jerusalem) in the West Bank, under protection of Israeli occupation forces, WAFA news agency reported. The ....

UN chief alarmed by reports of Israel expanding operations, blocking aid in Gaza, says UN spokesman

Date: 2025-05-06 07:50:22 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11166672

NEW YORK, May 6 (MENA) - A UN spokesman said reports that Israel is expanding military operations in Gaza have alarmed the UN chief, the UN News reported. Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at a ....

Ynet: Cost of Gaza war escalation could top dlrs 4.1 billion, threatening Israeli budget stability

Date: 2025-05-06 07:07:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11166558

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Israeli Finance Ministry officials warn expansion of ground operations will trigger steep cuts to public services, and require new taxes, as Israel faces growing pressure to fund prolonged reservist mobilization and defense ....

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-06 06:52:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11166526

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Five citizens were killed and others, including children and women, were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting various locations in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, WAFA news agency reported. Palestinian Red ....

UNICEF: Situation in Gaza Strip catastrophic, tragic

Date: 2025-05-05 16:54:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11165991

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - UNICEF spokesman Kazem Abu Khalaf warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip is becoming all the more tragic and disastrous. Speaking to Extra News Channel Monday the UNICEF spokesman said, the infrastructure in Gaza is ....

32 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in 24 hours

Date: 2025-05-05 16:37:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11165476

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - At least 32 Palestinians were killed and 119 others injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Palestinian enclave. In a statement carried by WAFA News Agency on ....