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Michigan Primary Clouded by Biden’s Israel Stance: Democrats

Date: 2024-02-26 13:48:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10598562

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - Governor of the US Satate of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer expressed concern that President Joe Biden risks losing support among the state’s Arab and Muslim Americans because of his support for Israel in the war against ....

US Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in protest against Gaza war

Date: 2024-02-26 10:11:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10598227

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - An active-duty member of the US Air Force was critically injured after setting himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide,” a person ....

Gaza death toll from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 29,782

Date: 2024-02-26 10:04:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10598234

GAZA, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 29,782, medical sources confirmed on Thursday. They said that at least 70,782 other people have also ....

Palestinian PM submits his government's resignation to President Abbas 2 last Ramallah

Date: 2024-02-26 09:55:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10598206

“I submitted the government’s resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on February 20, 2024, and today I submit it in writing," he stated. The Prime Minister explained at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet session held today in the city of ....

UN's Guterres says international law 'under threat in light of killing civilians in Gaza'

Date: 2024-02-26 09:51:01 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10598194

GENEVA, Feb 26 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that nothing justifies collective punishment of the Palestinian people, and the comprehensive Israeli attack on the city of Rafah will put the final nail in the coffin of ....

Israeli colonists break into Al Aqsa mosque, forces install watchtower

Date: 2024-02-26 09:06:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10598088

GAZA CITY, Feb 26 (MENA) - Dozens of fanatic Israeli colonists Monday morning broke into the compounds of Al Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police, WAFA news agency reported. The extremist colonists, divided into groups, ....

Palestinian PM submits his government's resignation to President Abbas

Date: 2024-02-26 08:53:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10598086

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Palestinian Authority's Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday that he has officially submitted his government's resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas.(MORE) M H E ....

US says Yemen's Houthis ballistic missile misses US tanker Torm Thor

Date: 2024-02-26 06:10:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10597805

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said early on Monday that Yemen's Houthis launched one anti-ship ballistic missile likely targeting the MV Torm Thor, but missed the U.S.-flagged, owned and operated oil tanker, in the ....

Gaza Health Ministry: The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is catastrophic

Date: 2024-02-25 22:19:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10597751

GAZA CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) - The health situation in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip is catastrophic in light of the continued Israeli war and siege since October 7, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza stated Sunday. According to a ....

Gaza humanitarian disaster needs genuine political will to grant access to meaningful assistance: UNRWA

Date: 2024-02-25 22:12:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10597724

GAZA, Feb 25 (MENA) - UNRWA chief Phillippe Lazzarini said the last time the agency was able to deliver food to the north was on January 23, adding that the UN has warned that famine can only be avoided if food convoys are allowed into the ....