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Israeli forces have begun evacuating civilian population in Rafah

Date: 2024-05-06 11:06:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10693046

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces have initiated the evacuation of civilians from Rafah in the Gaza Strip in preparation for a ground operation, i24news channel reported. The spokesperson for the Israeli military has confirmed this move ....

Palestinian presidency's spokesperson warns of new Israeli crime in Rafah invasion

Date: 2024-05-06 11:05:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10693036

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) – The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh Monday warned that the occupation authorities had actually begun preparing to commit the greatest crime of genocide by invading Rafah. He said he held ....

OIC denounces Gaza genocide

Date: 2024-05-06 10:37:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10692833

RIYADH/BANJUL, May 6 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced a "genocide" in Gaza. The OIC made the call in a resolution adopted at the end of the 15th summit of the organization in the Gambian capital Banjul. ....

Israeli forces continue assault against Tulkarm city, camp

Date: 2024-05-06 10:09:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10692912

TULKARM, May 6 - (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces continued the assault against the city of Tulkarm and its camp, amid destruction of citizens’ property and infrastructure, WAFA reported on Monday. Large forces of the occupation army, ....

WP sheds light on what lies beneath Gaza’s rubble & ruin

Date: 2024-05-06 09:18:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10692824

WASHINGTON, May 6 (MENA) - For months, Palestinian civil society activists have drawn attention to Israel's steady eradication of Gaza’s cultural patrimony. Israel’s punishing campaign against Hamas has seen much of the territory reduced to ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque, 15 Palestinians arrested from West Bank

Date: 2024-05-06 08:32:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10692842

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Monday under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers entered in more than one group, while the Israeli occupation ....

UAE aid plane bound for Gaza lands at Arish airport

Date: 2024-05-06 08:21:06 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10692785

ARISH, Egypt, May 6 (MENA) - A UAE plane carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza landed at Arish International Airport Monday. A source at the airport said the plane carried 15 tons of relief assistance from the UAE to the Gaza Strip, and three Land ....

18 citizens killed in Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2024-05-05 20:59:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10692550

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - A number of citizens were killed and injured Sunday in a bombing by Israeli warplanes on Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted a ....

UNRWA chief says occupation authorities barred him from entering Gaza for 2nd time in week

Date: 2024-05-05 20:52:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10692548

GAZA, May 5 (MENA) - Head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, revealed that Israeli occupation authorities had barred him from entering Gaza for a second time since the Israel-Hamas war started on 7 October. "Just this week, they ....

Abbas briefs Slovenian FM on Gaza situation, escalation in West Bank

Date: 2024-05-05 19:59:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10692495

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Tanja Fajon reviewed Sunday the latest developments on the Palestinian scene in light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on ....