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  • Biden’s plan for Gaza pier endangers U.S. troops, experts warn

    Date: 2024-03-31 16:01:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10645403

    WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - The US administration’s plan to install a floating pier off the Gaza coast as part of a broad international initiative to feed starving Palestinians will endanger the U.S. service members who must build, operate and ....

  • Pope Francis calls for humanitarian aid to 'be ensured' to Gaza in Easter address

    Date: 2024-03-31 15:36:22 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10645397

    VATICAN, March 31 (MENA) - Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian calendar by deploring the suffering caused by ....

  • UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law

    Date: 2024-03-31 14:56:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10645356

    LONDON, March 31 (MENA) - The British government has received advice from its own lawyers stating that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza but has failed to make it public, according to a leaked recording obtained by the ....

  • Pompeo accuses Biden administration of having ‘soft spot’ for Iran amid Houthi attacks

    Date: 2024-03-31 14:56:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10645305

    WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - US Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Biden administration of having a “soft spot” for Iran amid the Houthis attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea, the Hill reported. Pompeo, who has been critical ....

  • Palestinian death toll nears 32,800: Health Ministry

    Date: 2024-03-31 13:35:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10645235

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - At least 32,782 Palestinians have been killed and 75,298 injured in Israel's ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Sunday. In a press release, the ministry ....

  • 14 Palestinians killed in a series of Israeli attacks in Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-31 09:59:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10644785

    RAMALLAH, March 31 (MENA) - About 14 Palestinians were killed over the last hours in a series of Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardments in various areas of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and in Gaza City, marking the 177th day of the ....

  • Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli soldier for allegedly attempting to carry out stabbing attack

    Date: 2024-03-31 09:58:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10644752

    RAMALLAH, March 31 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth from the city of Rahat in the Negev (southern Israel) was shot dead by an Israeli soldier near the central bus station in the city of Beersheba, for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack, ....

  • WHO delays joint mission to Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital

    Date: 2024-03-31 08:23:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10644696

    NEW YORK, March 31 (MENA) - Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO and partners had to postpone a highly-complex joint mission to Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital due to delays. On his X account, ....

  • Palestinians march in West Bank to mark Land Day

    Date: 2024-03-31 08:20:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10644670

    RAMALLAH, March 31 (MENA) - Palestinians took to streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday evening to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Land Day – an annual event commemorating protests that broke out on March 30, 1976 against Israeli ....

  • Israel shells Maghazi camp

    Date: 2024-03-31 06:27:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10644597

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were killed and injured in an Israeli shelling of a house in Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip. The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said at least three Palestinians were killed and ....

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