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Gaza is most lethal place in world to be aid worker, says IRC

Date: 2024-04-04 07:14:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10649872

GAZA CITY, April 4 (MENA) - The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the killing of international charity workers this week by an Israeli air strike highlights that Gaza is the "most lethal place in the world to be an aid worker," Euronews ....

Attack on aid workers not to affect US efforts to set up floating pier off Gaza - spokesman

Date: 2024-04-03 22:04:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10649767

WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the Israeli attack on aid workers would not affect U.S. efforts to prepare a floating pier to facilitate aid to Gaza by sea. Miller told reporters at a regular news ....

Israeli violations in Gaza highlight pressing need for immediate solution to Palestinian cause: ECFA

Date: 2024-04-03 17:36:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10649500

CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated a pressing need to push for an immediate solution to the Palestinian cause and put an end the bloodthirsty Israeli occupation, the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs ....

Kirby: US has no plans to conduct its own investigation of Israel's killing of aid workers in Gaza

Date: 2024-04-03 17:35:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10649507

WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday said the US has no plans to conduct its own investigation of this week’s Israeli strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, The Washington ....

UK government under pressure from Tories to stop arming Israel

Date: 2024-04-03 17:12:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10649517

LONDON, April 3 (MENA) - Ministers are under pressure from Tory MPs and peers to stop arming Israel after seven humanitarian workers were killed by an airstrike in Gaza. Four Conservatives told the Guardian on Wednesday that the UK should stop ....

WHO spox says humanitarian tragedy aggravating in Gaza after 6 months of war

Date: 2024-04-03 14:28:41 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10649220

GENEVA, April 3 (MENA) – Spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) Christian Lindmeier has said that an aggravating humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in the Gaza Strip after six months of war. Speaking in a call-in with Al Qahera News ....

Polish PM Tusk says Gaza aid worker deaths cause ‘understandable anger’

Date: 2024-04-03 14:13:04 GMT - Poland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10649180

WARSAW, April 3 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers including a Polish national in Gaza and the reaction of Israel’s prime minister have caused “understandable anger” and strained relations, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ....

Vatican pope expresses dismay at deaths of Gaza aid workers

Date: 2024-04-03 11:45:35 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10648968

ROME, April 3 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his dismay at the killing of seven aid workers delivering food in Gaza for the World Central Kitchen charity in an Israeli strike this week, ANSA reported. "I again renew my firm ....

32,975 Palestinians killed since onset of Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-04-03 11:39:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10648972

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - The total number of Palestinian civilians killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has reached 32,975, most of whom were children and women, according to the Palestinian WAFA news ....

Guterres urges immediate implementation of UNSC resolution on Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2024-04-03 11:13:08 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10648899

NEW YORK, April 3 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary Genera Antonio Guterres underlined the urgent need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the expansion of humanitarian aid into Gaza – as the ....