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11 Killed, scores injured as Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza enters 246th day

Date: 2024-06-08 08:01:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10739195

GAZA, June 8 (MENA) – As the Israeli genocidal aggression on the Gaza Strip entered its 246th day, 11 Palestinians were killed and scores of others were injured in the Strip since the dawn of Saturday, WAFA reported. Palestinian Civil Defense ....

UNRWA demands urgent investigation into the Israel’s targeting of its facilities in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-08 04:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10738821

CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) called for an urgent investigation into attacks by Israeli occupation forces at its facilities, especially after the targeting of the ....

US says pier in Gaza reconnected, aid delivery to resume soon

Date: 2024-06-08 04:44:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10738929

WASHINGTON, June 8 (MENA) - The US military says a temporary pier to deliver aid into the Gaza Strip by sea has been reconnected to the beach after it broke apart in a storm in late May, Voice of America reported. Food and other supplies will ....

Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Qatar to discuss ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 19:02:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10738986

WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Qatar from June 10-12, according to a statement released by the US Department of State on Friday. Blinken will discuss with partners the need ....

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli forces committed 8 massacres in 24 hours

Date: 2024-06-07 18:28:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10738849

GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli occupation army committed eight massacres in the enclave in the last 24 hours, killing 77 Palestinians and injuring 221 others. In a statement released on Friday, ....

UfM to participate in emergency int'l conf. on urgent humanitarian response for Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 17:02:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10738802

BARCELONA/CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Nasser Kamel will participate in the "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza" conference, set for Tuesday in Jordan. The conference is ....

ILO chief: Workers in occupied Arab territories face catastrophic situation

Date: 2024-06-07 16:31:20 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10738865

GENEVA, June 7 (MENA) - Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Gilbert F. Houngbo has called the situation in Gaza “particularly catastrophic” and highlighted the need to prepare for a job-rich restoration of infrastructure ....

Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza

Date: 2024-06-07 06:57:29 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10738131

NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said "I am personally devastated that despite our best efforts, we could not protect our personnel in Gaza." This came in a sombre ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, in New ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry commends Spain joining South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Date: 2024-06-07 06:49:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10738126

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has welcomed Spain's announcement to join South Africa's genocide case brought forward against Israel at the International Court of Justice. In a statement, the ....

Guterres calls strike on UNRWA school a 'horrifying example' of civilian suffering

Date: 2024-06-07 06:32:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10738100

NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the deadly Israeli strike of a UNRWA school in Gaza, calling it a horrifying new example of the price civilians are paying, his spokesperson said. "It’s just another ....