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31,272 killed in Israeli aggression on Gaza: statement
Date: 2024-03-13 13:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10622506
GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Ministry of Health in Gaza said Wednesday 31,272 Gazans were killed while 73,024 others injured since the outbreak of the militry operation in Gaza Strip since October 7. In a statement, the ministry said Israel ....
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Yemen's Houthis fired ballistic missile toward USS Laboon in Red Sea
Date: 2024-03-13 08:13:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10621981
WASHINGTON, March 13 (MENA) - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Houthis fired one close-range ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon in the Red Sea. In a statement on Wednesday, CENTCOM added that the ....
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10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on central Gaza
Date: 2024-03-12 21:52:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10621811
GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were killed and others injured Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, medical and civil defense sources in Gaza reported. Meanwhile, caretaker prime minister ....
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45,000 Palestinians performed Tarawih prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2024-03-12 21:48:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10621819
RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Tarawih prayers Monday at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, despite Israeli restrictions on access to Islam’s third ....
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UN welcomes Cyprus-Gaza maritime corridor for aid, stresses importance of land routes
Date: 2024-03-12 21:22:32 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10621774
GENEVA, March 12 (MENA) – Senior United Nations officials on Tuesday welcomed the opening of a maritime corridor from Cyprus to deliver additional aid to the Gaza Strip, but said it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian assistance by land, ....
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UK pressing for ‘full explanation’ of reported abuses after Gaza hospital raid
Date: 2024-03-12 21:08:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10621777
LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - A UK Foreign Office minister has called for an investigation into a report that medical staff in Gaza faced violent and humiliating treatment in detention after an Israeli raid, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Nasser ....
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Germany to airdrop aid into Gaza
Date: 2024-03-12 20:39:06 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10621776
BERLIN, March 12 (MENA) – The German Air Force will take part in humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, at the request of the foreign ministry in Berlin, government sources said on Tuesday. With aid agencies ....
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Palestinian aid agency funding will stay frozen until reports received, says UK
Date: 2024-03-12 20:08:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10621745
LONDON, March 12 (MENA) – The US, UK and Australia and others will decide on UNRWA support only after seeing reports on Israeli claims, The Guardian quoted the UK Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell as saying. Countries including the US, ....
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US state department spokesman underlines need for reaching ceasefire in Gaza Strip
Date: 2024-03-12 18:41:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10621689
WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller underlined the need of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Miller said that the US is not satisfied with the amount ....
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WFP delivers food for 25,000 people in northern Gaza
Date: 2024-03-12 18:28:53 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10621653
ROME, March 12 (MENA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food for 25,000 people in Gaza City – about 88 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour, it announced on Tuesday. This was the agency's first successful convoy to the north since ....