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UN chief warns Rafah offensive by Israel would be 'devastating'

Date: 2024-02-13 16:50:26 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10579233

NEW YORK, Feb 13 (MENA) - The U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, expressed hope on Tuesday that negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would prove fruitful in preventing an attack by Israel in Rafah, Gaza, warning that such an ....

Israel turns blind eye to international appeals: Euro-Med Monitor

Date: 2024-02-13 15:59:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10579130

CAIRO/GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation authorities are turning a blind eye to the international calls and are continuing to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the Gaza Strip, said Founder of Euro-Med Monitor Ramy Abdu. The mass ....

Indonesia denounces Israeli aggression on Gaza, urges int'l community to exert efforts to reach ceasefire

Date: 2024-02-13 15:19:14 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10578969

CAIRO/JAKARTA, Feb 13 (MENA) – Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Shura Council strongly condemned Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip, asserting efforts of his countries to end the Israeli aggression in the enclave. In an interview with Al Qahera ....

Palestinian FM holds Netanyahu responsible for civilians’ lives

Date: 2024-02-13 13:38:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10578785

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called Tuesday, for comprehensive and notable international consensus on the necessity of protecting the displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, in general, and in ....

Germany says Israel must provide ‘safe corridors’ in Gaza’s Rafah

Date: 2024-02-13 13:35:23 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10578769

BERLIN, Feb 13 (MENA) - Israel has a duty to guarantee “safe corridors” for civilians in Rafah, Germany’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Annalena Baerbock said hundreds of thousands of people had fled from the north of Gaza to Rafah on Israel’s ....

Palestine slams Argentina's intention to move embassy to Jerusalem

Date: 2024-02-13 13:15:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10578588

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - The State of Palestine condemned the announcement by the Argentinian President Javier Milei of his intention to move his country’s embassy to Israel to the occupied city of Jerusalem, WAFA news agency reported on ....

EU-Med. Obervatory: Israel systematically destroyed aerial stations on Gaza rooftops

Date: 2024-02-13 13:15:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10578595

GAZA, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights affirmed Tuesday that the Israeli occupation systematically destroyed aerial transmission stations for mobile phone networks on the rooftops of houses and buildings through ....

Italian FM criticizes Israel for 'disproportionate reaction'

Date: 2024-02-13 12:55:43 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10578751

ROME, Feb 13 (MENA) - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani criticized Israel on Tuesday, saying the war it is waging on Hamas following the October 7 attacks is causing too many civilian victims, said ANSA. "At this stage Israel's ....

Israel commits 16 massacres in Gaza over past 24 hours

Date: 2024-02-13 09:54:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10578260

GAZA CITY, Feb 13 (MENA) - Medical sources Tuesday said that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip, since October 7, has risen to 28,473, while 68,146 others were injured, WAFA reported. They ....

UN rights chief warns against potential carnage in Rafah

Date: 2024-02-13 09:35:25 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10578225

NEW YORK, Feb 13 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk appealed for restraint in the face of an Israeli military incursion in Rafah, warning of the risk of further atrocity crimes in the Gaza war, according to the UN News ....