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UN chief describes Gaza war as 'open wound threatening to infect ME'

Date: 2024-05-18 16:56:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10710952

NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - "The war in Gaza is an open wound that threatens to infect the entire region," Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres posted on X Saturday. "The only permanent way to end the cycle of violence & ....

Israeli lawmaker calls on youth to refuse military service

Date: 2024-05-18 16:51:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10710946

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif has called for Israeli youth to refuse military service in the face of the operations in Gaza in a post on X on Saturday. In the post, Cassif called the war in Gaza a war crime and called for ....

Scores of Palestinians killed, injured on 225th day of continued Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-05-18 12:25:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10710258

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured on the 225th day of continued Israeli shalling of the Gaza Strip. Two civilians were killed at dawn in an Israeli occupation bombing in central Rafah, south of the Gaza ....

Austria to unblock funds for UNRWA

Date: 2024-05-18 12:15:05 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10710321

VIENNA, May 18 (MENA) - Austria will release funds to the UN's Palestinian relief organization UNRWA that were blocked after allegations agency staff were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel, Asharq Al Awsat reported. Vienna's decision ....

At least 15 civilians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp

Date: 2024-05-18 11:05:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10710293

GAZA, May 18 (MENA) - At least 15 civilians today were killed and 30 others were injured as a result of shelling by the Israeli occupation army in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The ....

Israeli airstrike kills one, injures several others in Jenin refugee camp

Date: 2024-05-18 06:33:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10709996

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - At least one Palestinian was killed and several others injured tonight in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said one ....

CENTCOM: US begins delivery of aid from Gaza temporary pier

Date: 2024-05-17 18:52:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10709784

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - Trucks carrying aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built temporary US floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday. "Today we began delivery of aid from the temporary pier on to the beach ....

UK aid successfully delivered to Gaza shore, says UK gov't

Date: 2024-05-17 16:36:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10709666

LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - UK aid has been successfully delivered to the Gaza shore on Friday, in the first delivery across the US-built temporary pier, the UK government said on its website. This is the first consignment of UK aid to be delivered ....

ActionAid: Gaza floating pier is not sufficient for aid entry, it is not a substitute for land crossings

Date: 2024-05-17 16:19:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10709622

GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) - Communication, Advocacy and Campings Coordinator at "ActionAid Palestine" Riham Jafari said that the Gaza aid pier is not sufficient for aid entry and it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian assistance by land ....

War for sake of war meets Netanyahu's goal in Gaza, but not US: paper

Date: 2024-05-17 15:03:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10709520

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden rejects Israeli tactics in Gaza as long as it lacks a strategic plan to achieve victory, a US newspaper said on Friday, noting Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu takes war for sake of war as his ....