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  • Over 20 Palestinians killed in latest round of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-08 16:30:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10616517

    GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) - More than 20 Palestinian civilians were brutally massacred this afternoon as Israeli occupation forces bombed several homes in the central and southern Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources. Israeli ....

  • Japan urges Israel to reverse settlement expansion decision in WB

    Date: 2024-03-08 14:22:36 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10616312

    TOKYO, March 8 (MENA) - The Japanese government strongly urged the government of Israel to reverse a decision to approve plans for the construction of around 3,500 housing units in settlements in the West Bank. The government of Japan remains ....

  • Pentagon stresses 'critical need' to ensure safe distribution of aid once delivered to Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-08 08:17:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10615832

    WASHINGTON, March 8 (MENA) - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III stressed the critical need to surge aid through all possible entry points and ensure the safe distribution of aid once delivered to Gaza. This remarks made by the US defense ....

  • OCHA: Humanitarian Fun Unit preparing for more significant allocation to support response under ceasefire scenario in Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-07 19:37:50 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10615256

    GENEVA, March 7 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humaniartian Affairs (OCHA) said in its update regarding the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, that 4 out of every 5 families in Gaza lack access to clean and safe ....

  • US airdrops aid to Gaza for third time in week

    Date: 2024-03-07 17:27:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10615347

    WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) – American C-130 cargo planes airdropped aid to Gaza Thursday, the US military said, adding this is its third joint operation with Jordan to deliver assistance by air in less than a week. "US C-130s dropped over 38,000 ....

  • EU condemns Israeli plans for advancing more housing units in West Bank

    Date: 2024-03-07 17:05:46 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10615300

    BRUSSELS, March 7 (MENA) – The European Union condemned Wednesday’s approval by the Israeli High Planning Committee of plans for advancing over 3.426 housing units, further expanding illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank. In a press ....

  • Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2024-03-07 12:11:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10614831

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers broke into the Mosque's compound from Bab al-Maghariba 's Gate, carried out provocative tours in the ....

  • Israel commits nine new massacres in the Gaza Strip, leaving 83 dead - ministry

    Date: 2024-03-07 11:58:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10614813

    GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7 has climbed to 30,800 after Israel committed over the past 24 hours nine new massacres, according to medical sources. “At ....

  • Rocket sirens sound in northern Israel

    Date: 2024-03-07 11:36:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10614759

    RAMALLAH/BEIRUT, March 7 (MENA) - Rocket sirens are sounding in several communities near the Lebanon border on the eastern end of the Galilee. The rocket alarms are heard on Kibbutz Dan, Sha’ar Yeshuv, and Dafna, according to Israeli ....

  • Egypt takes part in int'l alliance to airdrop humanitarian aid on the Gaza Strip

    Date: 2024-03-07 10:31:00 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10614582

    CAIRO, March 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Air Forces are taking part in an international alliance to airdrop tons of relief aid over the Gaza Strip. The alliance includes Jordan, US, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The move comes in implementation ....

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