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Canada condemns Israeli strike on aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 19:07:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10648204

OTTAWA/LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - Canada condemned an Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip on Monday and is demanding a full investigation, Toronto Sun reported. In a statement posted to X Tuesday, Canada's Foreign ....

Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned by UN officials

Date: 2024-04-02 19:04:29 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10648205

NEW YORK, April 2 (MENA) - An Israeli strike killing seven aid staff working for World Central Kitchen in the Gaza Strip drew widespread condemnation from senior officials at the UN. Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian ....

US to compel Israel to exert more efforts to protect aid workers

Date: 2024-04-02 19:01:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10648258

WASHINGTON, April 2 (MENA) - The US will compel Israel to exert more efforts to protect aid workers, said The White House. In a statement, carried by the US-based AlHurra Channel, The White House said that it expects Israel to hold ....

EU awaits Israeli 'clarification' on killing of 7 aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 18:58:32 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10648207

BRUSSELS, April 2 (MENA) - The European Commission is still awaiting clarification from the Israeli authorities on yesterday's air strike which killed seven aid workers from the US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), EUobserver reported ....

China condemns attack on Iranian embassy in Syria

Date: 2024-04-02 18:49:27 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10648209

BEIJING, April 2 (MENA) - China condemned an Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, Chinese foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. "The security of diplomatic institutions is inviolable, ....

Guterres condemns Israel's attack on Iran consulate in Damascus

Date: 2024-04-02 18:17:11 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10648189

NEW YORK, April 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Monday's attack on Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus. In a statement reported by Alhurra US-based TV channel, Guterres reminded all parties of the need to ....

Australia summons Israeli envoy over aid worker killed in Gaza airstrike

Date: 2024-04-02 18:15:37 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10648224

CANBERRA, April 2 (MENA) – Relations between Australia and Israel have hit a new low after an Australian aid worker was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, prompting the federal government to summon Israel’s top diplomat in Australia to explain ....

Qatar condemns strike on aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 16:50:54 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10648135

DOHA, April 2 (MENA) - Qatar has strongly condemned an airstrike launched by the Israeli military that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry affirmed its total rejection of using food as a weapon ....

Destruction of Gaza's Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

Date: 2024-04-02 14:33:30 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10647950

GENEVA, April 2 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the raid launched by the Israeli army on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex during the past two weeks destroyed the largest medical facility in Gaza, and tore apart the heart of the ....

Sunak calls on Israel to probe targeting aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-02 13:24:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10647742

LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “shocked and saddened” and called on Israel to urgently investigate the killing of 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza as a result of the targeting of two cars belonging to the ....