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AL chief condemns Israeli military operation against Jenin

Date: 2024-05-21 16:28:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10715308

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has condemned the military operation launched by Israeli occupation forces against Jenin in the north part of the occupied West Bank, killing and injuring a number of ....

Israeli forces target gate of emergency department of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-21 14:16:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10715060

GAZA CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday targeted, with several missiles, the gate of the emergency department at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director ....

Italian foreign minister reiterates rejection of attack on Rafah

Date: 2024-05-21 12:02:23 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10714738

ROME, May 21 (MENA) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani renewed his country's rejection of the Israeli occupation forces' attack on the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. In statements broadcast by Italian AKI ....

Labour backs ICC efforts to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes

Date: 2024-05-21 10:59:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10714546

LONDON, May 21 (MENA) - Labour has called for Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a warrant for his arrest, the Telegraph. David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, said that the UK and all parties ....

Israeli strike kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

Date: 2024-05-21 10:24:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10714401

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli army an Tuesday said that it killed Ali Qasem Sulaimani, a top Hezbollah rocket commander, in a strike in south Lebanon. In a statement carried by Israel 24 New channel, the army indicated that Suleimani was ....

Britain urges Israel to let humanitarian aid into Gaza through all crossings, including by reopening Rafah

Date: 2024-05-21 09:31:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10714327

NEW YORK/LONDON, May 21 (MENA) – Britain urged Israel to let humanitarian aid enter Gaza through all crossings, including Rafah. Israel must fulfill its commitments to increase aid and guarantee the arrival of aid convoys and other humanitarian ....

Israeli forces kill seven Palestinians, including doctor, during assault on Jenin

Date: 2024-05-21 07:27:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10714223

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Seven Palestinian civilians, including a doctor, were killed on Tuesday morning, and nine others were injured, including three seriously, as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the city of Jenin ....

More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza: US CENTCOM

Date: 2024-05-21 05:12:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10714074

WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses. Aid ....

PLO secretary-general discusses need to stop Gaza war with US official

Date: 2024-05-20 22:25:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10714019

RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein al-Sheikh and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed the necessity of stopping the war immediately in the ....

Israeli occupation kills, injures dozens of civilians in multiple attacks in Gaza

Date: 2024-05-20 20:39:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10713966

GAZA, May 20 (MENA) - As many as 13 civilians were killed in Israeli raids that targeted a group of citizens in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, while five others were killed in a bombing that targeted a house owned by the al-Khatib family ....