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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 ....

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 ....

18 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on al-Amal Hospital

Date: 2023-12-27 17:07:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10509415

GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike Wednesday near the Red Crescent’s al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, killed 18 Palestinian civilians and wounded dozens of others, according to the Palestinian news agency ....

OIC assails continuation of Israeli crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2023-12-27 13:38:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10508774

JEDDAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the continuation of Israel's crimes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including genocide, forced displacement and ....

Mansour: Israel continues genocide, shrugging off int'l community

Date: 2023-12-27 13:36:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10508468

NEW YORK, Dec 27 (MENA) - Palestinian permanent delegate to the United Nations (UN) Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday that Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinian people, shrugging off the Security council, the UN General Assembly and ....

Australian men killed in Israeli airstrike on Lebanon

Date: 2023-12-27 11:51:17 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10508807

CANBERRA, Dec 27 (MENA) - Two Australian brothers are among those suspected to have died in an airstrike on a town in the south of Lebanon, The Age reported Wednesday. Local media in Lebanon has reported that Australian brothers Ibrahim Bazzi, ....

Six Palestinians killed by an Israeli drone during raid in Tulkarm

Date: 2023-12-27 08:58:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10508416

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (WAFA) - Six Palestinian youths were killed at dawn on Wednesday after an Israeli drone bombed them in Nour Shams camp, east of the West Bank City of Tulkarm, Wafa reported. The Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in the ....

Palestinian President says attacks in occupied territories are beyond genocide – 3 last Ramallah

Date: 2023-12-26 23:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10508199

Abbas said the Gaza Strip had been destroyed in six previous wars, but the current offensive is the gravest, highlighting Egypt’s contributions to the reconstruction of the strip in 2014. The Gaza Strip now needs tens of billions of dollars for ....

Palestinian President says attacks in occupied territories are beyond genocide – 2 Ramallah

Date: 2023-12-26 22:48:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10508200

The Palestinian leader warned that the situation in the occupied West Bank could possibly explode at any time, stressing that the Israeli government has no single reason to justify its attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. He pointed ....

Gaza war death toll rises to 20,915

Date: 2023-12-26 22:38:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10508201

GAZA, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that the death toll from the ruthless Israeli offensive on the enclave since October 7 has risen to 20,915 martyrs while the number of the wounded has so far reached ....