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Egypt concerned over latest developments in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-01 18:33:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:853769
Egypt is following up with great interest and concern the recent developments in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Egypt calls on the conflict parties to fully commit to the humanitarian truce terms that have already been announced by the ....
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Egypt FM makes contacts with Abbas, Kerry on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-01 18:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:853766
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri made on Friday intensive contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the deteriorating situation in Gaza, the foreign ministry's spokesman said. Shoukri also made ....
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247 cross Rafah terminal
Date: 2014-08-01 17:20:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:853727
As many as 247 people crossed the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Friday, an official source with the terminal said. The source said that 230 people have arrived in Egypt from Gaza, while 17 others have left for the opposite ....
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Two corpses moved to Gaza via Rafah crossing
Date: 2014-08-01 17:01:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:853708
The bodies of two Palestinians, an old man and a child, were moved to the Gaza Strip via Rafah terminal, a well-placed source said Friday. The source added that two other corpses could not be sent to the enclave and were admitted back to the ....
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UN chief blames Hamas for breaking cease-fire
Date: 2014-08-01 17:01:04 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:853707
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has blamed Hamas for violating a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of an Israeli soldier reportedly captured after it started, The Washington Post reported on ....
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Egypt closes Rafah terminal before deadline due to heavy Israeli shelling
Date: 2014-08-01 16:57:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:853701
The Egyptian authorities were forced to close the Rafah crossing on Friday ahead of deadline due to the heavy Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip. Official sources said the closure took place in the afternoon after several shells fell near the ....
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Tunisian party rejects closure of border with Libya
Date: 2014-08-01 16:56:25 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:853700
President of "Al-Aman" Party Lazhar Bali has categorically rejected the closure of the Tunisian-Libyan border regardless of the reasons. In a seminar, he said that those who call for the closure of the border do not acknowledge deep-rooted ....
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Foreign Ministry follows up conditions of nationals on Tunisia-Libya border
Date: 2014-08-01 16:55:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:853697
Egypt's Foreign Ministry said it is following up the conditions of nationals on the Tunisia-Libya border. The Foreign Ministry, in coordination with other authorities concerned, is following up the conditions of Egyptians fleeing the ongoing ....
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Egyptian aid to Gaza not delivered due to Israeli shelling
Date: 2014-08-01 16:54:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:853695
The Egyptian authorities failed to deliver an aid shipment to the Gaza Strip via Rafah Friday due to the Israeli shelling of border areas. Four trucks of food offered by the Armed Forces were planned to enter the war-battered enclave, sources ....
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Netanyahu trying to market victory against Hamas -- Ynet
Date: 2014-08-01 16:53:30 GMT - Israel - International - SN:17 - ID:853691
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer searching for a "victory image" in the war against Hamas, but for an "exit image," a conclusion which will help him market to the Israeli public that we have in fact won, a Ynet report read ....
