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  • WHO: 83% of Gaza population subject to imminent famine

    Date: 2024-01-16 13:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10536003

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean, said on Tuesday that 93% of Gaza population are subjected to famine. In statements to Al Qahera Al Ikhbaria ....

  • Palestinian ministry: 158 martyrs in 15 Israeli massacres in 24 hours

    Date: 2024-01-16 13:19:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10536189

    GAZA CITY, Jan 16 (MENA) - The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army committed 15 massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 158 civilians and injuring over 320 ....

  • Israeli airstrikes on Gaza claim dozens of lives as Israel's aggression enters its 102nd day

    Date: 2024-01-16 10:15:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10535775

    GAZA CITY, Jan 16 (MENA) - At least 57 Palestinians at night were killed and dozens wounded following intense Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip, WAFA quoted local and security sources as saying. Sources said that at ....

  • 36 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank

    Date: 2024-01-16 09:22:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10535618

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 36 Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank. Palestinian security forces said that 10 Palestinians were arrested in the Central West Bank city of Ramallah. They also ....

  • Aid officials think pockets of famine exist in Gaza: The Guardian newspaper

    Date: 2024-01-16 09:21:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10535597

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Aid officials in Gaza believe that pockets of famine already exist in the territory, with parents sacrificing remaining food for their children, an apple costing $8 (£6.30) and fuel for cooking almost impossible to find, the ....

  • Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2024-01-16 08:28:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10535600

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday. The settlers carried out provocative tours in the mosque's yards and performed Talmudic rituals. (MENA) R R N/ ....

  • UN chief calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2024-01-16 08:24:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10535593

    NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, as the fighting passed the 100-day milestone, the UN News Center reported. "We need an immediate humanitarian ....

  • Palestinian killed in Tulkarm, another injured in Ramallah

    Date: 2024-01-15 17:45:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10535071

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed Monday by Israeli occupation forces at the Annab military checkpoint, east of Tulkarm, in the northwest of the West Bank. Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a press statement the ....

  • Israeli army withdraws one of four divisions from Gaza for R&R, training

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:51:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10535043

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Israeli army has withdrawn the 36th Division from Gaza for an R&R and training period, leaving three other divisions in the Strip, The Times of Israel said. The withdrawal of the division comes as part of the ....

  • US State Department voices concern over fate of hostages after 100 days on Gaza war

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:29:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10534964

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - The US Department of State voiced its deep concern over the fate of hostages held by Hamas following 100 days of the war on the Gaza Strip, according to a press statement by the Department. US Secretary of State ....

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