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  • Another senior US State Department official resigns over Gaza, taking aim at aid

    Date: 2024-05-29 09:44:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10725379

    WASHINGTON, May 29 (MENA) - A career State Department official involved in the Biden administration’s contentious debates over Israel’s conduct in Gaza resigned this week, citing disagreements with a recently published US government report that ....

  • Israel names 3 soldiers killed by explosive in Rafah

    Date: 2024-05-29 09:37:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10725649

    RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - The Israeli forces on Wednesday named three soldiers of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade who were killed by an explosive in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Yediot Ahronot reported. They are Staff Sgt. Amir ....

  • WCK pauses work at main kitchen in Rafah because of "ongoing attacks"

    Date: 2024-05-29 08:55:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10725488

    GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - World Central Kitchen (WCK) said is pausing its operations at the humanitarian organization's main kitchen in Rafah due to "ongoing attacks" in the face of Israeli operations there, CNN reported Wednesday. "In the face ....

  • Rafah border crossing should only be controlled by Egypt and Palestine - Palestinian president’s advisor

    Date: 2024-05-28 21:38:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:10725157

    RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) – Mahmoud Habbash, an advisor to the Palestinian president, has lauded the recognition of the Palestinian state by Spain, Norway and Ireland, noting that Rafah border crossing is an Egyptian-Palestinian land terminal that ....

  • US pier off Gaza to be removed, repaired after damage from rough seas

    Date: 2024-05-28 21:20:44 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:10725142

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the US-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian ....

  • There is no safe place in Gaza Strip: official

    Date: 2024-05-28 20:32:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:10725126

    GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) - There is no safe place in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, affirmed Gaza's Civil Defense services spokesperson Major Mahmoud Basal. The Israeli occupation army is bombing Palestinian civilians in areas it claims to be safe ....

  • UN chief condemns Israeli strike on Rafah camp

    Date: 2024-05-28 20:01:32 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:10725123

    NEW YORK, May 28 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah, which killed 45 Palestinians, Xinhua quoted his spokesman as saying on Tuesday. Guterres has condemned ....

  • EU's Charles Michel backs recognition of Palestinian statehood

    Date: 2024-05-28 19:57:05 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10725087

    BRUSSELS, May 28 (MENA) - While European governments remain split over when — or whether — to recognize Palestinian statehood, European Council President Charles Michel said he would support the move, Politico reported. "I am in favor of the ....

  • Macron for recognizing Palestinian state 'at useful moment'

    Date: 2024-05-28 19:55:36 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:10725088

    PARIS/BERLIN, May 28 (MENA) – France's President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that recognition of a Palestinian state was not a "taboo subject" but that it should take place at a "useful moment", according to media outlets. "There is no taboo for ....

  • US 'deeply saddened' by Israeli strike on Rafah camp that killed dozens

    Date: 2024-05-28 18:59:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10725082

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The US State Department said it was "deeply saddened" by the Israeli airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Rafah that killed dozens of Palestinians on Sunday. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on ....

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