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4 countries from S.America recognized Palestine in past week: AL representative to UN

Date: 2024-05-09 05:56:21 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10696985

NEW YORK, May 8 (MENA) - Representative of the Arab League to the United Nations (UN) Maged Abdel Fattah said that four countries from South America recognized Palestine in the past week. In statements to DMC satellite channel via Zoom, he ....

Jordan's FM: Egypt attempting to prevent massacre due to Israeli military operation in Rafah

Date: 2024-05-08 19:50:44 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10696827

AMMAN, May 8 (MENA) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Egypt is attempting to prevent a massacre resulting from the ground Israeli military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah. Egypt is also trying to prevent escalation, and the ....

Israeli air raids ongoing over Southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-05-08 19:13:08 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10696828

BEIRUT, May 8 (MENA) - Israel continued Wednesday launching air strikes and artillery shelling on towns in southern Lebanon. The National News Agency (NNA) in Lebanon said Israel bombed the towns of Aitaroun and Blida with artillery and ....

Arish Airport receives Kuwaiti relief shipment for Gaza

Date: 2024-05-08 18:43:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10696798

EL ARISH, May 8 (MENA) – El Arish International Airport received Wednesday a Kuwaiti plane carrying relief supplies for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. An official source at the airport said the plane was carrying 22 tons of food ....

AP welcomes Bahamas recognition of Palestinian statehood

Date: 2024-05-08 16:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10696584

CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) welcomed on Wednesday Bahamas' official recognition of the State of Palestine, saying it is a new victory for the Palestinian cause as it comes at a time Israel is committing a genocide against the ....

Israel’s defense minister says ‘mission not completed in north,’ may be hot summer

Date: 2024-05-08 16:27:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10696621

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday “the mission has not been completed” in Israel’s north in the conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and that he remained determined to allow the safe return of evacuated residents ....

Russia demands respect for humanitarian law amid Israel's operation in Rafah

Date: 2024-05-08 16:24:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10696590

MOSCOW, May 8 (MENA) - Moscow demands strict compliance with the provisions of international humanitarian law amid the launch of Israel's operation in Rafah, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing. "The start of ....

Belgian plane lands in El Arish with aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-05-08 14:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10696441

ARISH, Egypt, May 8 (MENA) - A Gaza-bound Belgian plane laden with 47 tons of relief and medical aid arrived at El Arish airport Wednesday. As many as 757 flights have landed at El Arish airport so far, including 140 carrying fuel, to be ....

Blinken condemns violent attacks on aid convoys from Jordan to Gaza

Date: 2024-05-08 12:26:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10696017

WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has strongly condemned the recent violent attacks on humanitarian aid convoys from Jordan to Gaza by extremists seeking to prevent aid from reaching Palestinian civilians in need, the ....

OIC condemns escalating Israeli aggression against Gaza

Date: 2024-05-08 12:01:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10696004

JEDDAH, May 8 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Wednesday condemned the escalating Israeli aggression against the blockaded Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. The OIC decried expanding the ongoing genocidal Israeli offensive against ....