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European Parliament votes on resolution for ceasefire, flow of relief assistance into Gaza

Date: 2024-01-18 16:48:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10539929

BRUSSELS/ RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - The European Parliament voted Thursday on a resolution for reaching a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and accelerating the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gazans. The European Parliament's resolution on ....

Palestinian journalist Wael Fununa dies rising death toll of journalists in Gaza to 119

Date: 2024-01-18 15:58:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10539761

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced Thursday that the number of journalist martyrs has risen to 119 since the start of the Israeli war on the Strip on 7 October. According to the Office the number is ....

Israeli forces kill 172 civilians in 15 massacres in Gaza Strip, says Gaza's Health Ministry

Date: 2024-01-18 15:02:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10539777

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that Israeli forces carried out 15 massacres against families in the war-devastated Gaza Strip, killing 172 people and injuring 326 in the last 24 hours. Spokesman for the ....

Jordan, Turkey probe efforts to halt war on Gaza

Date: 2024-01-18 14:11:48 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10539707

AMMAN, Jan 18 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II Thursday received the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan at the Al-Husseiniya Palace. During the meeting, the Jordanian king discussed with the Turkish minister efforts to halt the ....

Jordanian, Turkish FMs assert rejection of forced displacement against Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-18 12:48:07 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10539398

AMMAN, Jan 18 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan asserted their rejection of forced displacement against the Palestinians and the necessity of immediately stopping the Israeli aggression on the ....

UN calls for halting unlawful killings of Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-18 09:47:27 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10538998

NEW YORK, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights halting killing of Palestinians. The office highlighted Israel's continued escalation in the West Bank that resulted in killing at least 9 Palestinian ....

Iran: 7 foreign nationals killed in Pakistan missile attack

Date: 2024-01-18 08:54:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10538980

TEHRAN, Jan 18 (MENA) - A security source in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province said that seven people were killed in the missile attack launched by Pakistan on a border village. "At 4:50 an on Thursday, several explosions were heard in the ....

Pakistan strikes sites in Iran after airspace violation

Date: 2024-01-18 07:56:45 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10538921

ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (MENA) - Pakistan carried out early morning air strikes on sites in Iran’s Siestan-o-Balochistan province on Thursday in what appears to be a response to Tehran's violation of its air space over a day ago, Express Tribune ....

UN coordinator for Gaza visits Egypt to ‘expedite all areas’ of aid

Date: 2024-01-17 23:09:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10538731

AL ARISH, Egypt, Jan 17 (MENA) - The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza visited Al-Arish, Egypt, on Wednesday in efforts to scale-up assistance to the enclave, where more than 100 days of war between Israel and Hamas have ....

EU representative meets Palestinian finance minister in Ramallah

Date: 2024-01-17 22:57:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10538723

RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - European Union Representative Alexandre Stutzmann met on Wednesday with Palestinian Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Feras Melhem in Ramallah city. The meeting offered a ....