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Scores of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Date: 2024-05-10 09:11:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10698620
GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured on Friday in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, marking the 217th day of the ongoing aggression. According to WAFA news agency, ....
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US denounces any Israeli major military operation in Rafah
Date: 2024-05-09 21:14:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10698327
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) – The United States believes a major military operation in Rafah would weaken Israel’s position in hostage talks with Hamas, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday. Washington continues to engage ....
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David Cameron says UK will not withhold arms sales to Israel
Date: 2024-05-09 16:36:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10698182
LONDON, May 7 (MENA) – David Cameron has said the UK will not be withholding arms sales to Israel, saying its position is not comparable with that of the US, which has paused the delivery of a weapons shipment, since the UK is not a large ....
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Slovenian government approves decree recognizing Palestinian state
Date: 2024-05-09 15:52:01 GMT - Slovenia - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10698021
LJUBLJANA, May 9 (MENA) - Slovenia’s government on Thursday passed a decree on recognizing a Palestine state that will be sent to parliament for approval by mid-June, France 24 reported. “The decree for the recognition of Palestine is part of the ....
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Turning point or breaking point? Biden’s pause on weapons tests ties to Israel -- paper
Date: 2024-05-09 14:32:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10697859
NEW YORK, May 9 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden’s decision to pause the delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel was meant to convey a powerful signal that his patience has limits, reported the New York Times Thursday. While insisting that his support ....
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Death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 34,904
Date: 2024-05-09 10:52:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10697582
GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has now surged to 34,904, medical sources confirmed on Thursday as quoted by WAFA news agency. Sources added that ....
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Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
Date: 2024-05-09 10:36:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10697533
GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s southernmost city overnight and into Thursday, UN humanitarians reported. Most of those uprooted by Israeli ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa
Date: 2024-05-09 07:44:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10697131
AL QUDS, May 9 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday guarded by the Israeli police. A group of settlers conducted provocative tours in the mosque and performed Talmudic rituals, Palestinian sources and ....
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Dozens of Palestinians killed as Israel continues to bomb civilian areas
Date: 2024-05-09 07:43:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10697125
GAZA, May 9 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinian citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, were killed, and others were injured, while others were reported missing, in a series of attacks launched by warplanes, artillery, and military navy ....
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Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if it launches major invasion of Rafah
Date: 2024-05-09 06:57:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10697057
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ....