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Israel must immediately let aid into Gaza and enable the UN to operate - UK

Date: 2025-05-28 17:36:09 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11198218

NEW YORK/LONDON, May 28 (MENA) - Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, underlined on Wednesday the importance that Israel allow the entry of assistance to to the Gaza Strip. In a statement at the Security ....

6 Palestinians martyred in Israeli shelling of Jabalia town, north of Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-05-28 17:16:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11198129

GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were martyred and others wounded, most of them seriously, in an Israeli shelling of Jabalia town, north of Gaza Strip, the Palestinian News Agency reported. The occupation forces bombed a mobile phone ....

Hamas: Movement awaiting final response of agreement reached with US envoy

Date: 2025-05-28 15:25:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11198018

GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Hamas said the movement is waiting for a final response for an agreement reached with US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. Speaking to Al Kahera Al Ikhbariya news channel, Hamas said the agreement aims to set free ....

23 Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli shelling of areas in Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-05-28 08:30:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11197070

GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Twenty-three Palestinians were killed and others were injured including children and women in Israeli shelling of areas in the north, center and south of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported Wednesday ....

Hamas slams Israeli aid distribution mechanism in Gaza as 'trap,' calls for UN oversight

Date: 2025-05-28 02:46:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11196929

GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) – Hamas criticized the Israeli military's aid distribution mechanism in southern Gaza, overseen by a US security firm, accusing it of sidelining the UN and serving Israel’s political and military objectives. In a ....

ALU chief condemns Ben Gvir's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2025-05-27 17:52:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11196675

CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) Mekkaoui Benaissa has strongly condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and hundreds of settlers, and the raising of the ....

CCCM Cluster decries attacks on displacement sites in Gaza

Date: 2025-05-27 17:11:39 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11196463

GENEVA/GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - The Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster said it is deeply alarmed by the escalating humanitarian crisis resulting from the renewed Israeli military offensive across the Gaza Strip, which has ....

UN agencies doubt reports on Gaza aid delivery

Date: 2025-05-27 14:19:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:11196191

LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - UN agencies said they are unsure how much aid has been delivered inside Gaza by an Israeli-backed logistics group, said the Guardian newspaper. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli-backed logistics group, ....

FAO: Less than 5% of Gaza cropland available for cultivation

Date: 2025-05-27 07:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11195455

NEW YORK, May 27 (MENA) - Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland area remains available for cultivation, according to the latest geospatial assessment carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ....

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers

Date: 2025-05-27 07:10:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11195435

LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations”, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired ....