Middle East
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian during raid in Ramallah
Date: 2023-12-28 08:43:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10509842
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed, and 14 others were injured, after they were shot by Israeli occupation forces, at dawn on Thursday, during confrontations that broke out in the vicinity of Al-Manara Roundabout in the center ....
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Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on sites in Gaza
Date: 2023-12-28 08:41:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10509895
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured, most of them children and women, in a series of raids launched by occupation warplanes, at dawn Thursday, on various sites in the Gaza Strip, on the 83rd ....
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OCHA stresses severity of destruction in Gaza is hindering delivery of relief aid
Date: 2023-12-27 21:12:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10509661
NEW YORK/GAZA, Dec 27 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that the severity of destruction in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression is hindering the delivery ....
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WHO chief calls for urgent steps to alleviate grave peril facing Gaza population
Date: 2023-12-27 20:20:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10509623
GENEVA, Dec 27 (MENA) - World Health Organization teams have undertaken high-risk missions to deliver supplies, with partners, to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza witnessing intense hostilities in their vicinity, high patient loads and ....
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US welcomes Kaag as Humanitarian Coordinator in Gaza
Date: 2023-12-27 20:03:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10509566
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – The United States welcomed the announcement by the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza. White House ....
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Tunisian president reiterates support for Palestinian people
Date: 2023-12-27 19:35:08 GMT - Tunisia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10509594
TUNIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has stressed that Tunis' diplomatic action has always been in support of the Palestinian cause and people. In a meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar Wednesday, Saied underscored ....
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Palestine says rejects maritime corridor between Cyprus and Gaza
Date: 2023-12-27 19:34:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10509574
RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Council of Ministers on Wednesday asserted its rejection of establishing a maritime corridor between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip, noting that it poses a danger to Gazans. The insistence on establishing the ....
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Israel arrests guard of Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2023-12-27 19:20:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10509273
RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have arrested the guard of the Al Aqsa Mosque Mohamed al Ayoubi and stormed a tomb adjacent to the eastern wall of the Old City, local sources reported Wednesday. The "Bab al Rahma" tomb was ....
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Blinken expected to visit Middle East next week for talks on Gaza war
Date: 2023-12-27 17:08:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10509451
RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Secretary of State Tony Blinken is expected to travel to the Middle East late next week to discuss the Gaza war, according to Israeli media outlets This will be Blinken's fourth trip to the Middle East and his fifth ....
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France welcomes appointment of Kaag as UN humanitarian coordinator
Date: 2023-12-27 17:07:40 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10509472
PARIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - France welcomed the appointment of Sigrid Kaag as the UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator pursuant to resolution 2720, which was adopted by the UN Security Council on December 22. "We offer her our ....