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Turkey imposes trade restrictions on Israel

Date: 2024-04-09 11:00:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10655805

ANKARA, April 9 (MENA) - Turkey said it would impose trade restrictions on Israel starting Tuesday over the war in Gaza, covering a range of products including cement and steel and iron construction materials, Turkish Minute newspaper ....

Saudi CP discusses with Turkish president regional developments

Date: 2024-04-09 10:59:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10655809

RIYADH, April 9 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed over phone on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the latest regional developments. The sides, according to the Saudi Press ....

Scores of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza

Date: 2024-04-09 06:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10655500

GAZA CITY, April 9 (MENA) - Several Palestinian citizens, mostly children and women, were killed and others injured on Monday's evening in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA news ....

Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion

Date: 2024-04-08 21:01:03 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10655429

NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, underlined that the entire UN aid effort is about saving lives “and nothing else,” according to a press release issued by the ....

Bank of Israel keeps rate at 4.5%

Date: 2024-04-08 19:26:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10655391

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - The Bank of Israel said that the extent of geopolitical uncertainty has increased, reflecting a relatively high risk premium for the economy. The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee, headed by Governor Prof. Amir Yaron, ....

Al-Assad: Occupation bombardment of civilians in Gaza is indication failure to achieve military targets

Date: 2024-04-08 17:57:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10655291

DAMASCUS, April 8 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the Zionist entity’s bombardment of civilians in Gaza in such unprecedented bloody and brutal way is an indication to its failure to achieve its military targets, Syrian News ....

Israel uses starvation as weapon of war in Gaza: Palestine's UN envoy

Date: 2024-04-08 16:13:07 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10655158

NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Riyad Mansour said Monday the Israeli occupation is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Addressing a UN General Assembly ....

32 Palestinians killed, 47 others injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

Date: 2024-04-08 14:03:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10654923

GAZA CITY, April 8 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip on Monday announced that 32 Palestinians were killed and 47 others injured in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours. In a statement carried by WAFA news agency, the ....

IFRC warns of catastrophic conditions in Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-04-08 12:09:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10654634

WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Monday warned of the catastrophic conditions in the Gaza Strip, especially as millions face the risk of hunger amidst the ongoing war ....

Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli forces near Tubas

Date: 2024-04-08 09:43:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10654423

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - A Palestinian young woman was killed Monday morning after she was shot by Israeli occupation forces at Tayasir military checkpoint, east of Tubas, WAFA reported. Local sources said that the occupation forces fired ....