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Trump’s Middle East envoy heads to Israel, plans to visit Gaza

Date: 2025-01-29 14:26:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11046780

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) - President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Israel on Wednesday and is expected to visit the Gaza Strip, the devastated Palestinian enclave where a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has held for ....

130 aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt Wednesday

Date: 2025-01-29 12:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11046534

RAFAH, Egypt, Jan 29 (MENA) - The number of aid trucks that entered Gaza on Wednesday from Egypt reached 130 including 11 fuel trucks. A source at Rafah border terminal said the trucks entered the strip through Al Ouja and Karm Abu Salim ....

Turkish aid ship for Gaza arrives in Al Arish port

Date: 2025-01-29 11:52:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11046497

AL ARISH, Egypt, Jan 29 (MENA) - A Turkish ship carrying various humanitarian and relief aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip arrived in Al Arish port in North Sinai governorate on Wednesday. A team from the Egyptian Red Crescent received ....

Israel says Netanyahu invited to meet Trump at White House next week

Date: 2025-01-28 21:07:34 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:11045924

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House on February 4, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced on Tuesday, in what would be the first visit by a foreign ....

UNRWA should not be banned from operating based on occupation's allegations - Egyptian diplomat

Date: 2025-01-28 20:52:38 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:11045916

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek said that Israeli occupation's allegations cannot serve as a justification for taking a unilateral decision to ban UNRWA from operating. ....

UK gives £17m in drive to aid Gaza amid continuing ceasefire

Date: 2025-01-28 20:15:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:11045841

LONDON, Jan 28 (MENA) - The UK has provided an extra £17 million in humanitarian aid toward Gaza, amid the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to The Independent. British Development minister Anneliese Dodds announced the aid ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 47,354

Date: 2025-01-28 16:50:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11045422

GAZA CITY, Jan 28 (MENA) - Medical sources said that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 47,354, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, WAFA reported. They added that the number of injured has risen to ....

250 aid trucks entered Gaza from Egypt Tuesday

Date: 2025-01-28 16:39:25 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11045420

RAFAH, Egypt, Jan 28 (MENA) - The number of aid trucks that entered Gaza on Tuesday from Egypt reached 250 including 12 fuel trucks. A source at Rafah border terminal said the trucks entered the strip through Al Ouja and Karm Abu Salim ....

Trump says to discuss two-state solution with Netnayahu

Date: 2025-01-28 08:46:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11044631

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he would discuss the two-state-solution with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the latter visits the White House next week, according to the Jerusalem Post ....

US State Secretary, Moroccan FM discuss over phone implementing Gaza ceasefire agreement

Date: 2025-01-28 07:36:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11044578

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita over the phone to discuss implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the release of the hostages, and Morocco’s leadership in ....