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  • Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh injured by Israeli sniper in Gaza's Khan Yunis

    Date: 2023-12-15 16:05:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10492348

    GAZA, Dec 15 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike this afternoon targeted a school serving as a shelter for displaced individuals in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, resulting in injuries to several journalists and civilians. One of the injured was Wael ....

  • EU, 14 countries say settler violence ‘unacceptable,’ blast ‘environment of impunity’

    Date: 2023-12-15 15:52:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10492297

    LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The EU and 14 countries including the UK, Australia, Canada and France urge Israel in a joint statement “to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record-high settler violence in the occupied West Bank,” saying ongoing ....

  • Guardian view on the West Bank: The suffering of Palestinians extends beyond Gaza

    Date: 2023-12-15 15:01:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10492236

    LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The scale and sheer horror of the war in Gaza has rightly captured the world’s attention. But surging violence in the occupied West Bank should sound the alarm too, the Guardian said in its editorial. Last year was the ....

  • Palestinian president discusses latest developments with visiting US National Security Advisor

    Date: 2023-12-15 14:41:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10492217

    RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday welcomed US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. During the meeting, Abbas emphasized the urgent need to halt the ongoing ....

  • Jordan's foreign ministry: 49 citizens evacuated from Gaza via Rafah crossing

    Date: 2023-12-15 12:56:48 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10492088

    AMMAN, Dec 15 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates' Directorate of Operations and Consular Affairs announced that 49 Jordanian citizens were evacuated from the Gaza Strip yesterday. The citizens were granted ....

  • OIC decries Israeli crimes in Palestinian lands

    Date: 2023-12-15 11:43:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10491965

    RIYADH, Dec 15 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Friday the non-stop Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, the latest of which was the appalling massacre committed in Jenin that left 12 ....

  • Fatah Spox calls on US Administration to support justice in Gaza

    Date: 2023-12-15 11:37:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10491969

    RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Palestinian Fatah Movement Spokesman Hussein Hamayel called on the US Administration to stand by the humanitarian justice and not be biased towards the Israeli side in its continued aggression on Gaza Strip. Interviewed ....

  • Nonstop Israeli airstrikes on Gaza claim dozens of innocent lives, as Israel's aggression completes 70 days

    Date: 2023-12-15 10:36:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10491963

    GAZA, Dec 15 (MENA) - As the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip enters its 70th day in a row, dozens of innocent civilians were brutally murdered since last night in a nonstop Israeli bombardment campaign targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip, ....

  • Israeli occupation forces destroy two family houses south of Nablus

    Date: 2023-12-15 10:29:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10491957

    RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday punitively destroyed two family homes in the village of Urif, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, WAFA quoted local sources as saying. The forces blew up the house of ....

  • UNRWA spokesperson: Gaza not fit for human life

    Date: 2023-12-15 07:46:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10491750

    GAZA CITY, Dec 15 (MENA) - UNRWA Director of Communications Juliette Touma said the Gaza Strip becomes unfit for human life. "Many shelters are overwhelmed with people seeking safety, 4 or 5 times their capacity," she told the BBC. "Most of ....

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