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President Abbas’s representative: Granting Palestine full membership in the UN would alleviate historical injustices

Date: 2024-04-18 19:41:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10667544

NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Ziad Abu Amr, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said today before the UN Security Council that granting Palestine full membership in the United Nations would ....

Fatah denounces giving green light to Israel's ground operation in Rafah

Date: 2024-04-18 19:40:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10667468

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council Osama al-Qawasmi denounced the move to give the green light to a ground operation in Rafah, Southern Gaza Strip, in exchange for Israel not responding to Iran militarily. In a ....

Israeli forces continue to target areas in Gaza on day 195 of aggression

Date: 2024-04-18 16:59:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10667308

GAZA, April 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army continued to bomb the southern, southwestern and eastern areas of Gaza City on the 195th day of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Israel launched intense bombardment on the ....

UN chief warns of any action that could push region to the edge 2 last New York

Date: 2024-04-18 16:38:07 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10667449

The UN chief said Israel recently made a number of commitments to improve aid delivery – and there have been some examples of limited progress. "The impact is limited, and sometimes nil. The clearances increase, but there are continued obstacles to ....

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia doing its best to prevent situation in Middle East from escalating further

Date: 2024-04-18 15:45:40 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10667282

MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - Moscow is doing its best to prevent the situation in the Middle East from escalating further, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing, Tass reported Thursday. "Russia is doing its best to ....

UN chief warns of any action that could push region to the edge

Date: 2024-04-18 15:42:27 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10667401

NEW YORK, April 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres urged the international community to work hand in hand to foil any move that could push the Middle East region to the edge. "The Middle East is on a precipice. Recent days have ....

UNRWA official calls for reconsidering number of aid trucks entering Gaza

Date: 2024-04-18 15:31:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10667306

CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - Acting Director of the Information Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip Enas Hamdan has called for reconsidering the number of aid trucks entering the ....

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli forces committed 7 massacres in 24 hours

Date: 2024-04-18 15:05:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10667290

GAZA CITY, April 18 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli occupation army committed seven massacres in the enclave in the last 24 hours, killing at least 71 Palestinians and injuring 106 others. In a statement released ....

UN: $2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2024-04-18 14:55:36 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10667305

NEW YORK, April 18 (MENA) - UN and partner agencies have insisted that “critical changes” are needed to improve aid access into Gaza, as they launched a $2.8 billion appeal to provide urgent assistance for millions of people in the devastated ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque anew

Date: 2024-04-18 12:21:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10667064

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, In a press release, Al Quds Municipality said 225 settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Magharba and carried ....