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  • U.S. presses for long cease-fire to pave way for end of Gaza war--Paper

    Date: 2024-02-07 12:08:03 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10569482

    WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - U .S. negotiators are pushing for a cease-fire deal that could stop the war in Gaza long enough to stall Israel’s military momentum and potentially set the stage for a more lasting truce, U.S. and Arab officials ....

  • Blinken: I presented serious proposal with our partners in Egypt, Qatar

    Date: 2024-02-07 12:07:47 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10569487

    WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to probe a serious proposal on the release of hostages in return for the ceasefire in Gaza. Blinken had initiated the suggestion during his visit to Egypt and ....

  • PLO thanks Saudi Arabia for its firm stand on Palestinian cause

    Date: 2024-02-07 09:15:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10569275

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein al-Sheikh thanked Saudi Arabia for its firm stand and painstaking efforts in support of the Palestinian people and their ....

  • Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2024-02-07 08:48:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10569270

    GAZA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday 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 ....

  • UN says Israeli offensive in ‘overcrowded Rafah’ could amount to ‘war crimes’

    Date: 2024-02-06 22:30:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10569016

    GENEVA / GAZA, Feb 6 (MENA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday that any planned Israeli military offensives against the densely populated Rafah governorate in the Gaza Strip could amount ....

  • Russian foreign ministry summoned Israeli envoy over unacceptable remarks

    Date: 2024-02-06 21:27:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10568976

    MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) - Israeli Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry over a number of unacceptable pronouncements in the mass media, TASS reported Tuesday. The Russian foreign ministry told TASS earlier ....

  • Suspension of funding for UNRWA to have catastrophic impacts - Official

    Date: 2024-02-06 21:05:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10568936

    GAZA, Feb 6 (MENA) – Enas Hamdan, acting director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) information office in the Gaza Strip, has stressed that the suspension of funding for the agency by 16 donor countries is ....

  • ICRC warns against 'further regionalization' of Gaza conflict

    Date: 2024-02-06 20:38:47 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10568736

    GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Regional Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Near and Middle East Fabrizio Carboni said the ICRC is deeply concerned about the waves of escalating violence in the Middle East. In a ....

  • OCHA says situation in Rafah ‘beyond catastrophic’

    Date: 2024-02-06 19:07:50 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10568808

    GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Tuesday of an imminent crisis in the city of Rafah, the Gaza Strip, as the humanitarian situation there is “beyond ....

  • 18 Palestinians killed by Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis in Gaza

    Date: 2024-02-06 19:04:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10568628

    GAZA CITY, Feb 6 (MENA) - At least 18 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday as a result of the ongoing Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis city in southern the Gaza Strip, said medical sources. In a related context, the Palestinian Red Crescent stated ....

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