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Top UN aid official urges end to attacks on Gaza sites sheltering civilians

Date: 2024-01-25 22:21:29 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10550932

NEW YORK, Jan 25 (MENA) – Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, a top UN humanitarian official said on Thursday following a direct hit on a United Nations training centre, UN ....

Health Ministry: Israel committed 21 massacres against families in Gaza Strip during the past 24

Date: 2024-01-25 22:19:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10550956

GAZA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, stated that the Israeli occupation committed 21 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, resulting in 200 martyrs and 370 ....

Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling on central Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-01-25 21:35:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10550942

GAZA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians were killed and others wounded, most of them women and children, following intense Israeli airstrikes that targeted central Gaza Strip, according to local and security sources. Medical sources said that ....

Palestinian PM expresses hope ICJ could achieve an immediate halt to Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-01-25 20:48:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10550931

RAMALLAH, Jan 25 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh expressed hope Thursday that the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tomorrow on the Gaza genocide case filed by South Africa would include immediate measures to halt the ....

Arish Airport receives 8 planes with 162.5 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-01-25 19:42:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10550884

AL ARISH, Egypt, Jan 25 (MENA) – Al Arish International Airport received eight planes carrying 162.5 tons of humanitarian and relief aid for the Gaza Strip from Arab countries and organizations. In statements on Thursday, a source in North Sinai ....

PNC calls on UN to declare Gaza Strip disaster area

Date: 2024-01-25 16:07:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10550597

GAZA CITY, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to include Israel on the list of countries of shame and declare the Gaza Strip a disaster area. In a press ....

Four Palestinians killed following Israeli aggression in Gaza, Jenin

Date: 2024-01-25 11:37:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10550142

RAMALLA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Three citizens, including two children, were killed on Tuesday in the Israeli occupation bombing of Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, north of Khan Yunis, WAFA reported. In Jenin, Israeli forces detained 12 people, while in ....

US condemns Israeli attack on UN training center in Gaza

Date: 2024-01-24 20:45:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10549638

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - The US is concerned by an Israeli attack on a UN training center sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday, Al Arabiya reported quoting deputy spokesperson for the State Department Vedant Patel. ....

ICJ judgment in genocide case against Israel expected Friday

Date: 2024-01-24 17:40:15 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10549478

THE HAGUE, Jan 24 (MENA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is likely to hand down judgment on provisional measures sought in South Africa's genocide case against Israel on Friday. In its application, South Africa accused Israel of ....

Israeli forces detain 35 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-01-24 15:58:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10548613

RAMALLAH, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained 35 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, prisoners’ affairs groups said Wednesday. The detentions took place in Tulkarm, Nablus, Salfit, Jenin, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Hebron, and Jericho, ....