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Arab Parliament hails UNGA resolution on Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-14 17:32:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10491136

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament hailed a UN General Assembly resolution demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” and a stop to the genocide carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The resolution was passed with a large majority ....

UNRWA spokesman warns about spread of epidemics in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-14 17:00:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10491075

GAZA/RAMALLAH , Dec 14 (MENA) - UNRWA cannot provide its services normally in the Gaza Strip amid the lack of a real humanitarian response as well as the running out of water, medical supplies, medicines and food, said spokesman for the United ....

Health ministry in Gaza says Israel committed 18 massacres in GS in past 24 hours

Date: 2023-12-14 16:35:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10491132

GAZA, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in Gaza updated the death toll from the ruthless Israeli war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 7, saying the number of the dead has reached 18,787 and the wounded hit 50,897. The ....

People in Gaza are so hungry they are stopping aid trucks and eating food immediately: UNRWA chief

Date: 2023-12-14 16:16:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10491222

LONDON, Dec 14 (MENA) - The UN’s Palestinian refugee chief, Philippe Lazzarini, says people in Gaza are so hungry they are stopping aid trucks, taking the food and eating it right away, The Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday. “This is how ....

26th Saudi relief plane arrives at Arish airport, says embassy

Date: 2023-12-14 16:15:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10491278

El ARISH, Egypt, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Saudi Embassy in Cairo announced that El Arish International Airport in North Sinai received a new Saudi relief plane laden with humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Posting on its "X" account ....

What is happening in Gaza should anger anyone with principles, values: UNRWA

Date: 2023-12-14 15:50:50 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10491135

GENEVA, Dec 14 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated that the dire situation in Gaza, marked by hunger and a scarcity of essential supplies, is unprecedented. At a press conference, Lazzarini emphasized that what the ....

Irish PM: EU has ‘lost credibility’ due to stance on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-14 15:48:40 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10491223

DUBLIN, Dec 14 (MENA) - The European Union has “lost credibility” with young people and around the world due to its inability to take a stronger stance on the situation in Gaza, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said. “I’m a huge believer in ....

British PM says UK committed to two-state solution

Date: 2023-12-14 12:41:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10490829

LONDON, Dec 14 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the UK remains committed to a two-state solution in the Middle East. The premier said Britain continues to consider a two-state solution as the “right outcome” to the ....

Doctors Without Borders: People are dying because they can’t reach hospitals in Jenin

Date: 2023-12-14 12:30:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10490828

RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - As the Israeli military assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin continues for the third day, people are dying because they cannot access hospitals, according to Doctors Without Borders. On Tuesday, a man carried ....

Israeli occupation forces execute entire families in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-14 12:14:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10490843

GAZA, Dec 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Thursday opened fire and executed at least two displaced families who were taking shelter inside a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Jabalia ....