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Israel detains 37 Palestinians om West Bank

Date: 2024-03-07 09:42:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10614446

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) – The Israeli occupation forces today detained 37 Palestinians, including four women, during large-scale campaigns across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Palestinian Prisoner ....

Israeli soldier killed in South Gaza Strip fighting; 12 wounded

Date: 2024-03-06 21:16:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10614046

RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) - The IDF announces the death of a soldier killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 247m according to The Times of Israel ....

Safadi, Blinken prioritize Gaza ceasefire and humanitarian aid

Date: 2024-03-06 17:55:21 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10613858

AMMAN, March 6 (MENA) - Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, emphasizing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and negotiate the exchange of prisoners and detainees. ....

18 martyrs in Gaza due to dehydration, malnutrition

Date: 2024-03-06 14:07:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10613238

GAZA CITY, March 6 (MENA) – As many as 18 people in Gaza succumbed to death due to dehydration and malnutrition, health ministry in the Strip said on Wednesday. Famine in the northern Strip has reached fatal levels, especially for children, ....

US defense secretary expresses strong concerns over humanitarian situation in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-06 11:00:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10612709

WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III had a meeting with Israeli War Cabinet Member Benny Gantz, during which he expressed strong concerns over the humanitarian situation in Gaza and requested Minister Gantz's ....

Caretaker PM Shtayyeh urges France, Netherlands to recognize Palestinian state

Date: 2024-03-05 21:20:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10612240

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) – Palestine's Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government, Mohammed Shtayyeh, on Tuesday called on France and the Netherlands to recognize the State of Palestine bilaterally and support its full membership in the United ....

UN experts condemn ‘flour massacre’, urge Israel to end campaign of starvation in Gaza

Date: 2024-03-05 20:04:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10612177

GAZA CITY, March 5 (MENA) - UN experts Tuesday condemned the violence unleashed by Israeli forces, which killed at least 112 people gathered to collect flour in Gaza last week, as a “massacre” amid conditions of inevitable starvation and destruction ....

Italian parl’t approves Red Sea, Gaza missions

Date: 2024-03-05 18:47:28 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10611989

ROME, March 5 (MENA) - The Italian parliament on Tuesday approved involvement in three new international missions in the Red Sea and Gaza with overwhelming support from all sides of the political spectrum, Aki news website reported. Italy's ....

UNFPA chief: Situation in Gaza catastrophic

Date: 2024-03-05 17:24:45 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10611894

TOKYO, March 5 (MENA) – Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem said Tuesday the current situation in Gaza is catastrophic, pointing out that even the minimum necessary supplies are not reaching the ....

New Jordanian aid convoy heads for Gaza

Date: 2024-03-05 17:03:54 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10611945

AMMAN, March 5 (MENA) - The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), in cooperation with the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army, Tuesday sent a 24-truck convoy to the Gaza Strip, loaded with 427 tons of food aid, according to Petra News ....