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  • Dozens of civilians killed as Israel continues to pound Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 15:07:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10688633

    GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian citizens were Thursday killed and injured in the Israeli bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent said that six citizens were killed in an Israeli bombing of the city of ....

  • Death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 34,596

    Date: 2024-05-02 15:00:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10688634

    GAZA CITY, May 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now surged to 34,596, medical sources confirmed on Thursday. They added that at least 77,816 others have also ....

  • Over 10,000 people missing, suspected buried under rubble in Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 14:42:06 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10688626

    GENEVA, May 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Civil Defense Service (PCD) has said more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli onslaught against enclave on October 7. "We estimate that ....

  • US, UK stress need for sustainable ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-02 06:17:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10687584

    WASHINGTON/LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - The US and the UK underscored the need for an immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas and a sustainable ceasefire that allows for a surge of the urgently needed humanitarian assistance to be delivered safely ....

  • 'Offensive operation in Gaza will continue with strength' - Israeli chief of staff

    Date: 2024-05-01 21:52:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10687451

    RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Israeli military reported carrying out attacks on Hezbollah sites in the southern Lebanese towns of Khiam and Kfarkela. Posting on X, it added that “terrorist infrastructure” was also struck in the Layda, Odaisseh, and ....

  • Colombia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza war

    Date: 2024-05-01 19:52:34 GMT - Colombia - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10687401

    BOGOTA, May 1 (MENA) - Colombia’s government will break ties with Israel, President Gustavo Petro said at annual Labor Day celebrations in the capital Bogota Wednesday. In a speech, Petro said that “the era of genocide, of the extermination of a ....

  • JICA offers third batch of assistance to Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-01 17:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10687187

    CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced that it has provided, as the implementing agency for Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA), 3,780 food packages as emergency humanitarian aid to improve the ....

  • Blinken says ‘time is now’ for Gaza cease-fire

    Date: 2024-05-01 15:54:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10687146

    WASHINGTON, May 1 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said late Tuesday that “the time is now” for a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza war, and that it is up to Hamas to agree to Israel’s proposal and “compromise.” Blinken’s remarks came ....

  • Jordan condemns extremist Israeli settlers' attack on aid convoys bound for Gaza

    Date: 2024-05-01 13:30:35 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10686682

    AMMAN, May 1 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly denounced an attack by extremist Israeli settlers on two Jordanian aid convoys bound for the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, Petra reported. The convoys were en ....

  • Clashes erupt between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters in US university

    Date: 2024-05-01 12:20:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10686651

    WASHINGTON, May 1 (MENA) - Police in riot gear gathered at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) after violent clashes broke out between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters, said euronews. People threw chairs, shoved ....

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