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Iran decries West’s silence after Israeli attack on aid convoy kills over 100
Feb 29, 2024 17:53Iran has lashed out the US and the Europeans for their silence over the “genocide” in Gaza, after Israeli forces fired on people on an aid convoy in Gaza City and killed more than 100 Palestinians on Thursday.
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'Stain on intl. community': Top aid worker 'shocked' by catastrophic humanitarian condition in Rafah visit
Feb 29, 2024 13:01The head of a Norway-based NGO has been “shocked” after witnessing the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Rafah in southern Gaza, caused by the Israeli regime’s months-long genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory.
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120 individuals, groups urge UN to probe Israeli attacks on journalists in Lebanon
Feb 29, 2024 08:28More than 120 individuals and organizations have demanded a UN investigation into Israel’s assaults on reporters in southern Lebanon.
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Iran urges UN action to avert ‘catastrophe of century’ in Gaza
Feb 28, 2024 09:03Denouncing the systematic violation of human rights in Gaza as the catastrophe of the century, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the UN to take serious action to avert the disaster.
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Israeli forces stop UN convoy, detain and strip-search paramedics
Feb 27, 2024 17:51Israeli regime forces in the Gaza Strip have stopped a UN ambulance convoy that was evacuating critically-ill patients from a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younes before detaining and strip-searching the paramedics in the convoy.
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Israel must be held to account for starving Palestinians in Gaza: UN rapporteur
Feb 27, 2024 15:35United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food says Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and genocide as it has deliberately been starving Palestinians in Gaza.
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US escalating regional tensions, Iran warns UN
Feb 26, 2024 14:18The Iranian foreign minister denounced the US’ attempts to escalate tensions in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that such militaristic approaches will ruin joint efforts by Iran and the United Nations.
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Jordan rules out relocation of Palestinians
Feb 26, 2024 14:03The foreign minister of Jordan categorically dismissed any plan for the displacement of Palestinians and their forced resettlement in neighboring countries.
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UNRWA: Gaza crisis ‘man-made disaster’, famine can be avoided if political will exists
Feb 26, 2024 08:47The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is a “man-made disaster,” calling for urgent steps to deliver aid to the besieged territory.
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General Assembly president calls for ‘sustainable support’ for UNRWA amid funding cuts
Feb 26, 2024 07:10Dennis Francis, the President of the UN General Assembly, has called for UN member states to provide “sustainable and predictable financial and political support” to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees operating in Gaza.