By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
The UN warns that Gaza faces irreversible devastation unless immediate humanitarian access is restored.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs have called for the urgent entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning that the situation has become “desperate”.
Meanwhile, seven European…
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Syria’s eligibility for World Bank funding has been reinstated after Saudi Arabia and Qatar paid off the country’s $15.5 million debt to the institution, the bank announced Friday, Anadolu reports.
The arrears, owed to the International Development Association (IDA) — the World Bank’s fund for the world’s poorest countries — were cleared as of May 12, reinstating Syria’s eligibility for new operations, the bank said in a statement.
“As of May 12,…
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The war on the Palestinian territory is expected to dominate the summit, especially after Israel approves plans to expand its offensive.
The annual summit of the Arab League has begun in Baghdad, with Israel’s war on Gaza expected to dominate the talks, alongside other regional crises.
Saturday’s talks in the Iraqi capital come only a day after United States President Donald Trump completed his Middle East tour, triggering hopes of a ceasefire and the renewal of aid delivery to…
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Albania (Quds News Network)- French President Emmanuel Macron called on European leaders on Friday to respond with “coherence” to the situations in both Ukraine and Gaza, urging a united diplomatic and humanitarian approach.
“I really want us to collectively wake up here about the coherence we must uphold on these matters. Deep down, we can see it: all these situations show the need for peace, the obvious necessity of returning to diplomacy,” Macron said at the opening of…
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By Palestine Chronicle Staff
Mass casualties reported as Israel begins its latest military push to occupy parts of Gaza and escalate the war.
At least 120 Palestinians have been killed and over 200 others wounded in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Friday, as the Israeli military began expanding its operations early Saturday.
Al-Jazeera reported that three people were killed and several injured in an…
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Sat, May 17, 9:42 PM (Palestine Time)
AL-JAZEERA:
Hamas official Taher Al-Nono stated that the phase of partial deals has ended and they agreed to the current round of negotiations without preconditions.
He described the American administration’s stance of not pressuring for aid entry as objectionable and unacceptable.
He stated they do not regret releasing the prisoner…
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Sat, May 17, 7:26 AM (Palestine Time)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and four others were injured in a strike carried out by Israeli drones on the Ma’an area, east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sat, May 17, 7:10 AM (Palestine Time)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli…
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In August 2005, the Israeli government officially withdrew from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian coastal enclave it had occupied continuously since 1967. Apart from pulling back its armed forces, it had to undertake the dismantlement of 21 illegal settlements housing 8,000 Jewish settlers.
Israeli troops were deployed to begin the process, which pulled at the heartstrings of international media outlets like The New York Times. The paper reported on the sobbing settlers affected by Israel’s…
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Washington (Quds News Network)- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has denounced the Trump administration’s reported plan to forcibly displace one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, calling it “morally reprehensible and a historic crime against humanity.”
“If this news report that the Trump administration truly is plotting the forced transfer of one million Palestinians from their homeland in Gaza to Libya is true, this plan would represent an…
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- Tom Fletcher, the UN’s aid chief, issued a statement again rejecting the US-Israeli plan to seize control of food distribution in Gaza, calling it a “waste of time.”
“To those proposing an alternative modality for aid distribution, let’s not waste time: We already have a plan,” Fletcher said, adding that 160,000 pallets of aid are “ready to move” into Gaza, “now”.
Fletcher said the UN’s plan is “rooted in the non-negotiable…
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