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Dozens of civilians killed in renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-30 19:29:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10513285

GAZA CITY, Dec 30 (MENA) – Scores of civilians were killed and others injured on Saturday as Israeli occupation forces continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip, particularly in central and southern regions, accompanied by ....

China calls on int’l community to reach Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-30 18:25:52 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10513214

BEIJING, Dec 30 (MENA) - China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang called on the international community to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing that more than 80 days have passed since the outbreak of this ....

Turkish police detain 189 Daesh suspects

Date: 2023-12-30 18:14:38 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10513188

ANKARA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Turkish security forces detained 189 suspected Daesh members in an operation codenamed "Heroes-38" across 37 provinces in the country, a cabinet minister said on Saturday. The operation was carried out simultaneously in ....

6 Palestinian killed in Gaza strikes, WB shooting

Date: 2023-12-30 17:12:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10513165

RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were killed Saturday as a result of the Israeli bombing of areas in the southern and central Gaza Strip. Sources said that four people were killed in a violent bombardment on the vicinity of the ....

Israel airstrikes Aleppo : Syria news agency

Date: 2023-12-30 16:42:36 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10513157

DAMSCUS, Dec 30 (MENA) – Israel carried out an airstrike from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, targeting a number of areas in Aleppo, said SANA news agency. A Syrian military source said the Israeli aggression resulted in some material ....

Destruction in Gaza resembles 'most devastating campaigns in modern history' - WSJ

Date: 2023-12-30 16:05:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10513104

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The war in the Gaza Strip is generating destruction comparable in scale to the most devastating urban warfare in the modern record, an analysis by The Wall Street Journal read. By mid-December, Israel had dropped ....

Israel continues bombarding Gaza for 85th day

Date: 2023-12-30 08:23:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10512491

GAZA CITY, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Israeli aerial, ground and sea bombardment continued Saturday in various parts of the Gaza Strip for the 85th day of the aggression, WAFA Palestinian news agency said. The occupation warplanes bombed a house in ....

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem

Date: 2023-12-29 19:36:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10512266

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - A young Palestinian man was shot dead Friday by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported. Mahmoud Othman Warni succumbed to his injuries after being shot by Israeli ....

South Africa sues Israel before ICJ over Gaza 'genocide'

Date: 2023-12-29 19:34:34 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10512270

THE HAGUE, Dec 29 (MENA) - South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. Israel swiftly rejected the filing ....

Young Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Hebron

Date: 2023-12-29 17:43:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10512164

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces Friday at a junction to the south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a young man, ....