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SANA: Israel launches airstrikes on vicinity of Al-Kiswah city in Damascus countryside

Date: 2025-04-03 23:11:37 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11124913

DAMASCUS, April 3 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has launched several airstrikes on the vicinity of Al-Kiswah city in the Damascus countryside, state news agency SANA reported on Thursday. SANA gave no further details. (MENA) I S N/R E E ....

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-03 22:58:59 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:11124885

NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security ....

UNRWA chief: Hunger, desperation spread in Gaza as food, relief assistance are being weaponized

Date: 2025-04-03 21:56:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11124761

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said hunger and desperation spread in Gaza as food and relief assistance are being weaponized. "It’s been over a month of total siege. The Israeli authorities continue to ....

Israeli army tells some residents of Gaza City neighborhoods to evacuate immediately

Date: 2025-04-03 20:21:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11124817

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has told inhabitants of a number of neighborhoods in Gaza City to evacuate immediately, AlQahera News TV channel reported on Thursday. The occupation army asked some residents of Gaza City ....

Report: Over 39,000 orphans in Gaza, largest orphan crisis in modern history

Date: 2025-04-03 17:42:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11124680

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported on Thursday that children make up 43 percent of the population in Palestine, with more than 39,000 orphans in the Gaza Strip, marking the largest orphan crisis ....

27 Palestinians, including children, killed in Israeli attack on school-turned-shelter in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-03 17:30:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11124711

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - At least 27 Palestinian civilians, including children, were killed and over 100 others injured this afternoon in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school sheltering displaced people in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, ....

Sa’ar: Israel could end Gaza war ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees hostages, exits Strip

Date: 2025-04-03 15:11:30 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:11124600

PARIS, April 3 (MENA) - Israel is ready to end the war in Gaza “tomorrow” in exchange for the release of hostages and an end to Hamas’s presence in Gaza, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Thursday after meeting his French counterpart Jean-Noël ....

Hamas condemns Hungary's withdrawal from ICC

Date: 2025-04-03 14:14:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11124535

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - Hamas condemned on Thursday Hungary's withdrawal from the International Court of Justice (ICC), saying its withdrawal is a direct threat to international peace and stability. The move undermines international judicial ....

Nine children killed in Israeli bombing of UNRWA facilities - Lazzarini

Date: 2025-04-03 11:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11124333

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that nine children were killed in the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of a UN building in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. This came in a post by the UN ....

Settlers barge into Al Aqsa Mosque yards

Date: 2025-04-03 08:19:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11124018

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli occupation forces, stormed into the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the settlers thrust into the mosque in groups and carried ....