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UNRWA: Gaza residents undergo 'systematic dehumanization'

Date: 2025-02-07 18:00:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11058363

GENEVA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini has said that since the war began, people in Gaza have undergone "systematic dehumanization" ....

German Chancellor rejects Trump's Gaza plan

Date: 2025-02-07 17:32:13 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11058401

BERLIN, Feb 7 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Deutsche Welle reported. "We must not resettle the population of Gaza to Egypt," Scholz ....

Katz reprimands Israeli intel chief for warning discourse on Trump’s Gaza plan could prompt violence

Date: 2025-02-07 15:25:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:11058236

GAZA, Feb 7 (MENA) -Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Friday to reprimand the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, after he reportedly warned during a ....

UNRWA warns of 'severe cold' threat to hundreds of thousands in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-07 07:35:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11057743

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, Feb 7 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Thursday warned that heavy rains and strong winds in the Gaza Strip are putting hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens at risk of ....

Rubio planning 1st Middle East trip in mid-February

Date: 2025-02-07 07:02:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:11057718

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning to visit the Middle East in mid-February, two sources with knowledge told Axios. It would be Rubio's first trip to the region since he assumed office and comes amid the US ....

US State Secretary: Gaza 'is not habitable'

Date: 2025-02-07 06:43:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11057710

WASGINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Gaza Strip "is not habitable, not just because of destruction due to the conflict..but also because there are unexploded munitions; there are all kinds of ....

Trump says no US soldiers needed in Gaza, US would take over after war

Date: 2025-02-06 15:04:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11057278

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel would turn the Gaza Strip over to the United States after the fighting ends and that no U.S. soldiers would be needed there. "The Gaza Strip would be turned over ....

Palestinian person killed by Israeli forces in Nuseirat

Date: 2025-02-06 14:53:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11057250

GAZA CITY, Feb 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian person was killed Thursday after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the northern part of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent reported that Salman Rushdi Abu ....

UN Special Rapporteur criticizes Israel withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council

Date: 2025-02-06 14:37:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11057256

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Thursday that Israel's decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council was "extremely serious". Earlier, Israeli Foreign ....

Ireland says Israel’s suggestion it should accept Palestinians from Gaza ‘unhelpful’

Date: 2025-02-06 12:46:08 GMT - Ireland - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11057029

DUBLIN, Feb 6 (MENA) - Ireland’s Foreign Ministry rejects a suggestion by Defense Minister Israel Katz that the country should accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza. “The objective must be a massive scale up of aid into Gaza, return of basic ....