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Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Qatar to discuss ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 19:02:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10738986

WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Qatar from June 10-12, according to a statement released by the US Department of State on Friday. Blinken will discuss with partners the need ....

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli forces committed 8 massacres in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-07 18:28:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10738849

GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli occupation army committed eight massacres in the enclave in the last 24 hours, killing 77 Palestinians and injuring 221 others. In a statement released on Friday, ....

UfM to participate in emergency int'l conf. on urgent humanitarian response for Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 17:02:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10738802

BARCELONA/CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Nasser Kamel will participate in the "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza" conference, set for Tuesday in Jordan. The conference is ....

ILO chief: Workers in occupied Arab territories face catastrophic situation

Date: 2024-06-07 16:31:20 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10738865

GENEVA, June 7 (MENA) - Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Gilbert F. Houngbo has called the situation in Gaza “particularly catastrophic” and highlighted the need to prepare for a job-rich restoration of infrastructure ....

Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 06:57:29 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10738131

NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said "I am personally devastated that despite our best efforts, we could not protect our personnel in Gaza." This came in a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry commends Spain joining South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Date: 2024-06-07 06:49:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10738126

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has welcomed Spain's announcement to join South Africa's genocide case brought forward against Israel at the International Court of Justice. In a statement, the ....

Guterres calls strike on UNRWA school a 'horrifying example' of civilian suffering

Date: 2024-06-07 06:32:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10738100

NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the deadly Israeli strike of a UNRWA school in Gaza, calling it a horrifying new example of the price civilians are paying, his spokesperson said. "It’s just another ....

Israel commits six massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-06 16:34:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10737524

GAZA CITY, June 6 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed six massacres against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 68 civilians and the injury of 235 others, the Health Ministry in Gaza ....

Israeli forces detain 60 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-06-06 12:02:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10737050

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - At least 60 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank (WB) have been detained by Israeli occupation forces from Wednesday's evening till Thursday's morning, according to a joint statement released by the Detainees' Affairs ....

16 countries issue joint statement to support Biden's Gaza ceasefire proposal

Date: 2024-06-06 12:00:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10737359

LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The leaders of 16 countries issued on Thursday a joint statement expressing support for US President Joe Biden's Gaza ceasefire proposal. The countries are Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, ....