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  • NBC News: Biden admin discussed potentially negotiating unilateral deal with Hamas to free US hostages

    Date: 2024-06-10 15:56:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10742793

    WASHINGTON, June 10 (MENA) - Biden administration officials have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held hostage in Gaza if current cease-fire talks involving Israel fail, ....

  • Blinken arrives in Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire deal

    Date: 2024-06-10 15:32:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10742791

    RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday to push for a much awaited Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Coming from Egypt, Blinken is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister ....

  • Israeli forces committed 5 massacres in GS

    Date: 2024-06-10 15:31:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10742648

    GAZA CITY, June 10 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced in a statement on Monday that Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres in the enclave, which claimed the lives of 40 persons and left 218 others injured in the ....

  • Vatican pope thanks president Sisi for call to hold int'l conf. Tuesday on situation in Gaza

    Date: 2024-06-10 11:20:28 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10742029

    VATICAN CITY, June 10 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Jordanian King Abdullah II and United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres for their call to hold an emergency international conference ....

  • 2 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in West Bank

    Date: 2024-06-10 08:30:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10741790

    RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli forces during a raid into al-Far’a camp, south of Tubas, WAFA reported Monday. Mahmoud Ibrahim Nabrisi, 15, succumbed to serious wounds after he was shot by the occupation ....

  • UN: 80% of women in Gaza depend on food assistance to survive

    Date: 2024-06-10 08:22:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10741728

    CAIRO/NEW YORK, June 10 (MENA) - New UN Women data collected in April 2024, shows the continued deterioration of women’s basic survival conditions, with over 80 per cent of women interviewed in Gaza reporting a dependency on food assistance, and ....

  • Day 248 of Genocide: Civilians killed, injured, in Israeli bombardment of Gaza

    Date: 2024-06-10 07:02:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10741710

    GAZA CITY, June 10 (MENA) - A number of Palestinian citizens were killed, while others sustained various injuries, in the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip, which today enters its 248th day, WAFA reported ....

  • US calls on Security Council to vote on backing Gaza ceasefire plan

    Date: 2024-06-10 06:57:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10741699

    WASHINGTON, June 10 (MENA) - The United States has requested a UN Security Council vote on its draft resolution backing a plan for an "immediate ceasefire with the release of hostages" between Israel and Hamas, News 24 reported Monday. Diplomatic ....

  • USCENTCOM conducts humanitarian airdrop into Gaza

    Date: 2024-06-10 06:29:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10741672

    WASHINGTON, June 10 (MENA) - US Central Command conducted a humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on June 9, to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict, according to a press release by ....

  • WFP declares temporary suspension of Gaza operations over staff security concerns

    Date: 2024-06-09 22:05:40 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10741539

    WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain said the WFP was forced to pause deliveries of food aid in Gaza due to staff security concerns. During an interview with CBC news network on Sunday, McCain said ....

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