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Jordanian, US FMs discuss ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-12 16:30:42 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10659291

AMMAN, April 12 (MENA) - Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi received Friday a phone call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken to discuss efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and the entry of ....

Israeli settlerss attack Palestinians, their homes in Ramallah-area-village

Date: 2024-04-12 15:23:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10659248

RAMALLAH, April 12 (MENA) - Israeli settlets Friday attacked Palestinians and their homes in the village of Al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, according to Wafa news agency. Local sources reported that a group of Israeli settlers sneaked their ....

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says Gaza in need of 1,000 trucks of aid daily

Date: 2024-04-12 15:07:31 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10659209

BEIRUT, April 12 (MENA) - Regional director of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor Mohamed Moghabat said Friday that Gaza is in need of 1,000 aid trucks to enter the besieged enclave daily, after six months of war and severe shortage in all foodstuffs ....

Russian plane lands at Arish airport with 30 tons of aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-04-12 14:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10659201

ARISH, Egypt, April 12 (MENA) - A Russian plane laden with 30 tons of food aid landed at Arish airport Friday to be later delivered to Gaza. Meanwhile, 35 injured Palestinians have crossed Rafah terminal into Egypt to receive treatment with 32 ....

Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official

Date: 2024-04-12 14:22:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10659164

NEW YORK, April 12 (MENA) - The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost assistance, the UN's top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Friday. Jamie McGoldrick, the ....

Israel commits eight massacres against civilians in Gaza in past 24 hours

Date: 2024-04-12 13:16:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10659063

GAZA, April 12 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing around 89 civilians and injuring 120 others in the last 24 hours. Medical sources announced today that the death toll in the ....

Jordan sends 100-truck food convoy to Gaza

Date: 2024-04-12 13:16:12 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10659093

AMMAN, April 12 (MENA) - On Friday, a convoy of 100 Jordanian food aid trucks crossed the Kerem Abu Salem border crossing into the Gaza Strip, Petra reported. The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization Secretary-General Hussein Shibli said this ....

US reiterates ironclad support for Israel against Iranian threats

Date: 2024-04-12 11:55:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10658903

WASHINGTON, April 12 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant to reiterate ironclad US support for Israel's defense in the face of growing threats from Iran. Echoing President ....

The Wall Street Journal: Israel wins Gaza battles but risks losing the war

Date: 2024-04-12 09:02:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10658710

WASHINGTON, April 12 (MENA) - For six months, Israel’s military has won battle after battle against Hamas. But as the fight loses momentum and post-conflict plans fail to gel, Israel is facing the prospect of losing the war. The invasion of the ....

US issues new travel advisory for staff in Israel

Date: 2024-04-12 07:34:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10658620

WASHINGTON, April 12 (MENA) - The United States announced that it had restricted its employees in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva areas. "Out of an abundance of caution, ....