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Polio threatens 640,000 children amid Gaza crisis, UNICEF

Date: 2024-08-18 06:36:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10833287

NEW YORK, Aug 18 (MENA) - The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting the UNICEF to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak, Al Arabiya channel reported. One ....

Six killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2024-08-18 05:14:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10833233

GAZA CITY, Aug 18 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting two residential apartments in the Jabalia refugee camp, located in northern Gaza Strip, according to Wafa news agency. Local sources ....

Blinken heads for Israel today

Date: 2024-08-18 05:11:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10833232

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken travels to Israel on Sunday to continue intensive diplomatic efforts to conclude the agreement for a ceasefire and release of detainees through the bridging proposal presented by the ....

Italian FM lauds efforts of mediators in Gaza ceasefire negotiations

Date: 2024-08-17 21:59:24 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10833131

ROME, Aug 17 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani lauded the ongoing mediation efforts made by Egypt, the United States, and Qatar to reach an agreement on a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of detainees and hostages. This ....

UNRWA: 84% of Gaza Strip area subject to evacuation orders

Date: 2024-08-17 18:00:38 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10832853

CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Acting Director of the Media Office at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Inas Hamdan said Israeli evacuation orders are now being issued on a daily basis, which means reducing the safe ....

4 Palestinians martyred, several injured in Israeli shelling of house in central Gaza

Date: 2024-08-17 17:56:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10832991

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were martyred and several others wounded on Saturday evening in an Israeli shelling of Deir al-Balah city, central the Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said. Israeli occupation forces ....

Britain, France, Germany, Italy laud mediation efforts to end Gaza war

Date: 2024-08-17 17:03:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10832899

LONDON, Aug 17 (MENA) – Britain, France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement lauding the mediation efforts exerted by Egypt, the US and Qatar to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. They asserted their support to the constructive approach adopted ....

Clashes break out between Palestinians, Israelis in village in Ramallah

Date: 2024-08-17 14:02:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10832578

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) – Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Saturday in Qarawat Bani Zeid village in the northwest of Ramallah. The clashes were centralized in the center of the village where Israeli forces shot at young ....

UNICEF: Situation in Gaza chaotic, dangerous, desperate

Date: 2024-08-17 14:00:30 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10832530

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (MENA) - UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Creaks stated that the discovery of polio in a 10-month-old baby in Gaza, the first in 25 years, highlights the chaotic, dangerous, and desperate situation in Gaza. Creaks said in a statement ....

Six civilians, including two children, killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-08-17 13:39:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10832573

RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Six civilians, including two children, were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources reported that the occupation army ....