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PLO Executive Committee discusses Abbas' initiative to visit Gaza

Date: 2024-08-20 20:05:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10837554

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) held a meeting Tuesday under the chairmanship of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to WAFA News Agency. During the meeting, the ....

14 martyred, injured in Israeli shelling in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-20 18:16:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10837418

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were martyred and 10 others injured on Tuesday evening after Israeli occupation forces shelled a group of citizens, east of Khan Yunis, medical sources said. According to the Palestinian News Agency ....

UNICEF says children in Gaza suffer from severe psychological disorders

Date: 2024-08-20 17:29:41 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10837311

AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - UNICEF communications officer Salim Owais said children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from severe psychological disorders, as a result of the daily successive shocks caused by the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian ....

Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah kills eight Palestinian civilians, injure others

Date: 2024-08-20 15:38:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10837303

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli bombardment on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central war-torn Gaza Strip Tuesday evening killed eight Palestinian civilians and injured others, according to medical sources. They said that at least eight ....

Jordanian media sheds light on President Sisi's meeting with Blinken

Date: 2024-08-20 15:31:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10837252

AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - Several Jordanian media outlets cast a spotlight on a meeting held Tuesday between Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and US State Secretary Antony Blinken. Under the rubric of "Sisi and Blinken discuss efforts to end ....

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2024-08-20 09:32:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10836403

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of detentions across the West Bank Monday night and early Tuesday morning, detaining 10 Palestinians, including a woman, according to Wafa news agency. The Palestinian ....

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters rally outside Chicago DNC

Date: 2024-08-20 08:33:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10836271

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - A few thousand protesters marched toward the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza, as Chicago officials said they were committed to keeping the ....

UNICEF: 77mn children, adolescents have some form of malnutrition in MENA

Date: 2024-08-20 07:57:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10836158

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - At least 77 million – or 1 in 3 – children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have some form of malnutrition, according to the Regional Nutrition Strategic Direction for MENA launched by UNICEF. The new analysis ....

Blinken stresses urgent need to reach ceasefire agreement in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-20 07:50:51 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10836250

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken reiterated the urgent need to reach an agreement on the ceasefire deal to secure the release of hostages, allow a surge of humanitarian assistance, and create the conditions for ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli forces

Date: 2024-08-20 07:10:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10836155

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem in the central West Bank under the protection of Israeli occupation police, WAFA News Agency reported. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of ....