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Palestine's president calls for urgent UNSC session on Israeli aggression against West Bank

Date: 2025-02-02 21:03:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11051881

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent and emergency session of the UN Security Council to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps in the occupied northern West ....

250 aid trucks enter Gaza Strip Sunday

Date: 2025-02-02 20:25:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11051869

RAFAH, Egypt, Feb 2 (MENA) – As many as 250 aid trucks entered the war-ravaged Gaza Strip Sunday, including 17 fuel trucks, a responsible source at Rafah land port in North Sinai said Sunday. The trucks entered the Strip after being inspected at ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 47,498

Date: 2025-02-02 20:19:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:11051718

GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - The death toll in Gaza has risen to 47,498, with the majority being women and children, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, according to medical sources. WAFA quoted the sources as saying that the ....

Palestinian injured by Israeli forces in Jenin

Date: 2025-02-02 08:22:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11050844

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was injured by live bullets in Al-Jabriyat neighborhood in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday as part of Israel's continued aggression on the city and its camp for the 13th consecutive day. The ....

Israel's Netanyahu appoints Major General Eyal Zamir as new Army chief

Date: 2025-02-02 06:04:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11050767

GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel's new armed forces chief. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have agreed this evening on the appointment ....

WHO: We need int'l support ... 2 last Cairo/Geneva

Date: 2025-02-01 17:56:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11050409

Spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) Christian Lindmeier said the WHO is exerting all needed efforts to support the health mechanism in Gaza. He highlighted infrastructure challenges as well as shortage in medical equipment and ....

WHO: We need int'l cooperation to back patients, those injured in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-01 17:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:11050407

CAIRO/GENEVA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) Christian Lindmeier called for rallying up international and regional efforts to aid those injured and patients in the Gaza Strip. In statements to Al Qahera Al ....

Death toll in Gaza rises to over 47,487 amid Israeli genocide

Date: 2025-02-01 15:33:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:11050311

GAZA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The death toll in Gaza has risen to 47,487, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, the Palestinian "WAFA" News Agency quoted medical sources as saying on Saturday. The tally is expected to be much higher ....

Palestinian prisoners' organization chief accuses Israel of stalling prisoner swap deal

Date: 2025-02-01 14:52:55 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11050193

CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs Authority Qadura Fares said the handover of Israeli prisoners as part of the 4th batch of the first phase of an exchange agreement, was broadcast live, showing that ....

Bus carrying 32 released Palestinians arrives in Ramallah under prisoner exchange deal

Date: 2025-02-01 12:10:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:11049992

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - A bus carrying 32 Palestinian detainees released by the Israeli occupation authorities arrived in Ramallah coming from Ofer Prison as part of the prisoner exchange deal under the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. According to ....