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Doctors, medical staff who served in Gaza demand end of UK arms sales to Israel

Date: 2024-08-23 14:51:11 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10841035

LONDON, Aug 23 (MENA) - UK-based doctors and medical staff who volunteered in Gaza have written an open letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding a total end to arms sales to Israel, The Guardian reported. The medical staff wrote that ....

50,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-08-23 12:18:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10840892

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Nearly 50,000 Palestinian worshippers performed Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque, WAFA reported. In a press release on Friday, the Islamic Endowments Department said the Israeli occupation forces continue to restrict ....

3 killed, injured in Israeli airstrike on Tayr Harfa

Date: 2024-08-23 10:46:31 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10840766

BEIRUT, Aug 23 (MENA) - Two Lebanese persons died and one was injured in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Tayr Harfa on Friday. National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli airstrike against Tayr Harfa resulted in the ....

Chinese envoy urges Israel to immediately cease military operations in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-23 09:51:58 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10840734

NEW YORK/BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy on Thursday urged Israel to immediately cease all military operations in the Gaza Strip, as more than 10 months of blockade, siege, bombing, and attacks in Gaza have killed more than 40,000 people ....

Harris says bloodshed in Gaza is devastating, emphasizes support for hostage and ceasefire deals

Date: 2024-08-23 07:42:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10840565

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) – US Vice President Kamala Harris called for the Palestinian people to be able to “realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination” while reiterating her support for a ceasefire and hostage deal ....

UK delegate to UN: Ceasefire in Gaza in only way to avoid regional crisis

Date: 2024-08-22 19:46:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10840344

NEW YORK, Aug 22 (MENA) - UK's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations James Kariuki emphasized Thursday, that a ceasefire in Gaza is the only way to avoid a regional crisis, according to the UN website. Meanwhile, China's Permanent ....

American Airlines extends suspension of flights from US to Israel through March 2025

Date: 2024-08-22 09:51:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10839423

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) – Airlines is suspending flights to Israel through late March, extending a break in service that started in the early days of the war in Gaza, Al Arabiya reported. A spokesperson for the airline said that customers with ....

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

Date: 2024-08-22 06:14:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10839084

GAZA CITY, Aug 22 (MENA) - Several of civilians were killed and injured as a result of the continuous Israeli airstrikes on different areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. In the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, 11 people were ....

Presidential decree on credit facilities from Spain to deliver 7 sleeping trains with 200 mln euros

Date: 2024-08-22 06:11:11 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10839099

CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued decree no. 34 of 2024 approving an agreement on credit facilities between Egypt and Spain to deliver seven sleeping trains from Talgo company worth 200 million euros. The decree was ....

Second Navy aircraft carrier arrives in Mideast amid regional conflict fears

Date: 2024-08-22 05:07:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10839082

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - A second Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday escorted by guided missile destroyers, CBS news quoted the U.S. Central Command as having said. The carrier, equipped ....