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Hamas agrees to release Israeli soldier Idan Alexander

Date: 2025-03-14 14:56:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:11102436

CAIRO, March 14 (MENA) - Hamas said on Friday that it received a proposal from mediators to resume hostage negotiations and responded to it in a responsible and positive way. According to Al-Qahera News, Hamas said it agreed to release Israeli ....

Palestinian NGOs Network stresses adhering to implementation of Egyptian plan for Gaza reconstruction

Date: 2025-03-14 14:19:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11102370

GAZA, March 14 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian NGOs Network Amjad Shawa stated on Friday that it is important to adhere to the implementation of the Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that was approved at the recent Arab ....

WFP: Food insecurity concerns grow in West Bank

Date: 2025-03-14 10:51:02 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11102166

ROME, March 14 (MENA) - The UN World Food Program (WFP) said it is increasingly concerned about growing food insecurity in the West Bank, where military activity, displacement, and movement restrictions are disrupting markets and limiting access to ....

8 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in Al Khalil

Date: 2025-03-14 09:51:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11102165

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces on Friday in Al Khalil city, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli occupation forces also detained a Palestinian from Farkha village, southwest of the occupied West Bank ....

Iran condemns US sanctions on oil minister as 'hostile'

Date: 2025-03-14 08:34:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11102089

TEHRAN, March 14 (MENA) – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqayi has strongly condemned new US sanctions against Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad and some other entities and vessels involved in the country's crude exports as a testament to ....

Death toll in Gaza surges to 48,524 amid Israeli genocide

Date: 2025-03-13 17:46:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11101764

GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,524 , the majority of whom are women and children, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying Thursday. According to ....

Tulkarm: Israeli aggression enters its 46th day as escalation continues

Date: 2025-03-13 09:57:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11100999

RAMALLAH, March 13 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 46th consecutive day, and on the Nur Shams camp for the 33rd day, amid a military escalation that includes heavy ....

Israel continues to close crossings, blocking aid from entering Gaza

Date: 2025-03-13 09:35:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11101003

GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continue to close the Karam Abu Salem and Beit Hanoun crossings for the thirteenth consecutive day, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Following the decision to close the border ....

Hamas official welcomes Trump’s apparent retreat on Gazans displacement call

Date: 2025-03-13 06:44:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11100798

GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem welcomed on Wednesday US President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposal for a permanent displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, urging him to refrain from aligning with the ....

UN: Gaza suffering from lack of water, food, medical services

Date: 2025-03-13 06:15:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11100785

NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) underlined that it was becoming more difficult for the Gaza Strip to access “decent and sufficient food, water, medical services and other ....