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OIC welcomes UN General Assembly’s adoption of resolution affirming Palestinians' right to self-determination

Date: 2024-12-18 10:35:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10996060

RIYADH, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's adoption by overwhelming majority a resolution affirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, ....

15 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2024-12-18 10:17:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10996100

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 15 Palestinians from various areas of the West Bank since yesterday evening, WAFA reported Wednesday. According to the Palestinian Authority's Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners ....

Several civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

Date: 2024-12-18 07:48:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10995857

GAZA CITY, Dec 18 (MENA) - Several civilians were killed and injured on Wednesday in the occupation's bombing of various areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. Local sources reported that two citizens were killed and others were ....

Palestinian woman killed, 5 injured in Israeli strike on tents housing displaced Gazans

Date: 2024-12-17 21:37:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10995743

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) - A Palestinian woman was killed and 5 others were injured on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced ....

6 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of northern Gaza house

Date: 2024-12-17 19:50:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10995634

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were killed and at least five others injured on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house of displaced persons near Kamal Adwan Hospital, northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian Wafa news ....

US defense secretary probes Mideast security situation with Qatari counterpart

Date: 2024-12-17 18:42:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10995548

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Qatar's newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Sheikh Saoud Al Thani reviewed Monday opportunities to enhance defense ....

Jordanian, Cypriot FMs discuss developments in Syria

Date: 2024-12-17 18:07:09 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10995484

AMMAN, Dec 17(MENA) – Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held a phone conversation with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos to discuss the latest developments in Syria. During the talks, Safadi briefed Kombos on the outcomes of the ....

Dozens of Palestinians suffer from suffocation during Israeli raid in WB

Date: 2024-12-17 17:52:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10995449

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians suffered from suffocation from toxic gas Tuesday during the Israeli occupation forces' raid on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, West Bank. Palestinian sources reported that the occupation ....

Israel's Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria

Date: 2024-12-17 17:14:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10995382

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar Assad, according to Ynet. It was ....

7 Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations across Gaza

Date: 2024-12-17 17:11:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10995421

GAZA CITY, Dec 17 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple locations across the war-torn Gaza Strip. WAFA quoted local sources as saying that Israeli warplanes ....