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Trump announces agreement for hostage release, ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-15 18:39:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11028395

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) – US President-elect Donald Trump announced the successful negotiation of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, which includes the release of hostages. In a statement shared on his social media platform, "Truth ....

Lazzarini: UNRWA's collapse will only compound immense suffering in Gaza 2 last Oslo

Date: 2025-01-15 15:38:22 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:11027922

"By safeguarding UNRWA’s role as a provider of public-like services – specifically education and primary health – during a political transition, we are preparing the ground for empowered Palestinian institutions to take ownership of these services," ....

Lazzarini: UNRWA's collapse will only compound immense suffering in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-15 14:59:06 GMT - Norway - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11027921

OSLO, Jan 15 (MENA) - Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General, said the Agency’s collapse – whether immediate or gradual – will only compound the immense suffering in Gaza. He made the remarks on Wednesday in a speech which he ....

Many Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli bombing of areas in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-15 10:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11027498

GAZA CITY, Jan 15 (MENA) - Many Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli bombardment of several areas in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Wafa reported Wednesday. In the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, 11 people were ....

6 Palestinians killed, others wounded in Israeli airstrike on Jenin refugee camp

Date: 2025-01-14 22:30:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11027210

JENIN, Jan 14 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were killed and several others injured this evening following an airstrike carried out by Israeli occupation forces on a house in the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported on ....

Several killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on different parts of Gaza

Date: 2025-01-14 18:56:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:11026915

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Several Palestinians were killed and injured, in Israeli airstrikes on different areas of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening. Local medical sources said Israeli military aircraft targeted a group of Palestinians near the ....

Israeli forces kill 61, injures 281 Palestinians in Gaza in past 24 hours

Date: 2025-01-14 14:54:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:11026612

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 61 Palestinians and the injury of 281 others, during the past 24 hours, WAFA news agency reported. Local medical ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 35 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2025-01-14 10:44:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:11026266

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 35 Palestinians from the various parts of the West Bank. The Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Tuesday that among ....

21 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-14 07:31:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11025907

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - At least 21 Palestinians were killed as a result of the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of various areas in the Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday. A female citizen was killed as a result of the ....

Gaza ceasefire deal 'on the brink' - Biden

Date: 2025-01-13 22:58:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11025805

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include a hostage release deal and a "surge" of aid to Palestinians is "on the brink". "We are pressing hard" to close the deal, the outgoing US leader added ....