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Fatah expects another US veto against Palestine's UN membership
Date: 2024-05-10 15:52:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10699254
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - The vote of the UN General Assembly on a resolution that would grant Palestine a full membership comes in response to the US veto in the UNSC to fully recognize a Palestinian State, said Fatah official Mounir al Jaghoub. ....
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Gaza aid could grind to a halt within days, UNICEF warns
Date: 2024-05-10 15:39:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10699233
CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza because vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close down and leading to more malnutrition, UNICEF has warned ....
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UNRWA says some 110,000 people have fled Rafah
Date: 2024-05-10 13:58:07 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10699082
GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - Some 110,000 people have left Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip since the Israeli army started advancing on the city, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Friday. "As ....
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War in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 Palestinians fleeing - UN
Date: 2024-05-10 13:47:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10699055
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - Heavy fighting on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 100,000 Palestinians to flee north, a United Nations official said Friday. Israel’s ....
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US concerned over Israel's possible military operation in Rafah city
Date: 2024-05-10 13:27:20 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10699080
DUBAI, May 10 (MENA) - The US is greatly concerned over Israel's possible large-scale military operation in Rafah city, said US Department of State regional spokesman Samuel Warburg. In statements to Al Arabiya Al Hadath on Friday, Warburg sad ....
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Blinken report expected to criticize Israel, but say it isn't breaking weapons terms - Axios
Date: 2024-05-10 12:40:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10698823
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to submit to Congress as soon as Friday a highly critical report about Israel's conduct in Gaza that stops short of concluding it has violated the terms for its use of US ....
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EU condemns attack by colonists on UNRWA HQ in Al Quds
Date: 2024-05-10 12:13:08 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10698982
BRUSSELS, May 10 (MENA) - High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has strongly condemned the attack by Israeli colonists against the UNRWA headquarters in Al Quds (occupied East ....
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Benjamin Netanyahu reacts with defiance to US warning over Rafah - paper
Date: 2024-05-10 11:29:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10698827
LONDON, May 10 (MENA) - Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel will “stand alone” in a defiant message after Joe Biden warned that the US would not supply weapons for a potential invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. As negotiations for a ....
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Germany condemns 'escalation' of violence against UNRWA in Al Quds
Date: 2024-05-10 11:29:32 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10698881
CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Germany condemned Friday the "escalation of violent protest" against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem), which temporarily closed its headquarters there following repeated ....
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Arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily close its headquarters in Al Quds
Date: 2024-05-10 11:11:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10698804
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency's headquarters in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) after an arson attack by extremist Israeli colonists ....