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13 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in Gaza's Khan Younis

Date: 2025-05-30 16:47:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11200613

RAMALLAH, May 30 (MENA) - An Israeli drone strike on Friday killed at least 13 Palestinians, including minors and children, in the Al-Mawasi area of Al-Qarara, northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. The ....

OIC condemns Israeli decision to establish 22 new settlements

Date: 2025-05-30 15:35:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11200525

RIYADH, May 30 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Friday strongly condemned a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to approve the establishment of 22 new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The OIC ....

Israel may be breaching int’l law by restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza - Singapore's PM

Date: 2025-05-30 12:22:41 GMT - Singapore - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11200179

SINGAPORE, May 30 (MENA) – Israel may be breaching international law by restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza, CNA quoted Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as saying Friday. Speaking in a joint press conference with French President ....

UN spokesperson emphasizes urgent need for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-30 11:04:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11200148

GAZA CITY, May 30 (MENA) - The spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Palestinian territories, Olga Cherevko, emphasized the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and ....

Gaza is in dire need for urgent humanitarian aid - UNRWA

Date: 2025-05-30 09:43:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11200059

RAMALLAH, May 30 (MENA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has called for giving access to humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip urgently. “Six-hundred days on, the humanitarian situation in ....

UNRWA calls for delivering aid supplies into Gaza without obstruction

Date: 2025-05-30 08:33:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11199994

NEW YORK/GAZA, May 30 (MENA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) sounded the alarm on Friday over the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza as essential supplies remain stockpiled in nearby Jordan. “In the UNRWA ....

Israeli attacks kill 13 Palestinians overnight in Gaza; dozens injured

Date: 2025-05-30 08:11:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11199999

GAZA, May 30 (MENA) – At least 13 Palestinians were killed and many others injured in the early hours of Friday as Israeli occupation forces carried out air and ground assaults on multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, including Jabalia in the north ....

Macron says Europe must harden stance on Israel

Date: 2025-05-30 07:23:42 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11199929

PARIS, May 30 (MENA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that European countries should "harden the collective position" against Israel if it does not respond appropriately to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, France 24 ....

UN says Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank undermines 2-state solution, warns of escalating humanitarian crisis

Date: 2025-05-30 06:58:09 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11199892

NEW YORK, May 30 (MENA) – The United Nations has reiterated its firm opposition to Israel’s continued expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the latest developments a serious threat to the viability of a two-state solution and a ....

Muslim Council of Elders condemns Israeli actions in Jerusalem, urges Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2025-05-29 22:22:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11199237

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – The Muslim Council of Elders, led by Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, on Thursday condemned what it called provocative Israeli actions in Jerusalem and repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, the ....