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Brushfires near Jerusalem force evacuations of Israeli communities

Date: 2025-04-30 16:38:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11160279

GAZA CITY, April 30 (MENA) - Large brushfires were blazing Wednesday in the Eshtaol Forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem, forcing the evacuations of some communities and the closure of roads, The Times of Israel reported. It was the second time ....

Gazans are again going hungry as Israel’s total siege nears two-months --Paper

Date: 2025-04-30 16:19:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11160271

WASHINGTON, April 30 (MENA) - Israel's two-month siege of the Gaza Strip has again plunged the enclave into a hunger crisis, leaving shelves and aid stocks empty and wiping out the humanitarian gains made during a brief ceasefire earlier this year, ....

Rafah Crossing remains open for 44th day in row

Date: 2025-04-30 11:22:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11159724

RAFAH, Egypt, April 30 (MENA) - Rafah Border Crossing is still open from the Egyptian side for the 44th day in a row waiting for the arrival of injured Palestinians, patients and their companions to receive treatment while the Israeli authorities ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-04-30 08:48:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11159321

RAMALLAH, April 30 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday barged into the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds city (occupied East Jerusalem), under protection of Israeli occupation forces, WAFA news agency reported. The settlers ....

19 Palestinian citizens killed, others injured in series of Israeli airstrikes on several areas in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-30 08:47:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11159325

GAZA CITY, April 30 (MENA) - A total of 19 Palestinian citizens were killed and others wounded early Wednesday morning in a series of airstrikes launched by the Israeli occupation forces on several areas in the Gaza Strip. WAFA reported that ....

Guterres: Two-state solution at risk of fading

Date: 2025-04-30 08:18:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11159239

NEW YORK, April 30 (MENA) - The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the two-state solution is at risk of fading and that political commitment to this long-term goal is more distant than ever. During a ministerial meeting held ....

Customs back to normal as victims' families set to receive compensation

Date: 2025-04-29 19:56:18 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:11158989

TEHRAN, April 29 (MENA) - Authorities at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port said that customs procedures were “back to normal” on Tuesday after a large explosion and fire on Saturday killed at least 70 people and wounded 1,000 others. Ninety per cent of ....

UNRWA: Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade

Date: 2025-04-29 19:19:38 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:11158799

GENEVA, April 29 (MENA) - The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children and of older people, said Juliette Touma, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA). “Families - whole families, seven or eight people - are ....

Rafah Crossing remains open for 43rd day in row

Date: 2025-04-29 10:12:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11157821

RAFAH, Egypt, April 29 (MENA) - Rafah Border Crossing is still open from the Egyptian side for the 43rd day in a row waiting for the arrival of injured Palestinians, patients and their companions to receive treatment while the Israeli authorities ....

Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court

Date: 2025-04-28 21:14:07 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:11157356

THE HAGUE, April 28 (MENA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories ....