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Qatar pledges $50 mln. in Gaza humanitarian aid

Date: 2023-12-13 22:39:37 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10490188

DOHA-GENEVA, Dec 13 (MENA) - The State of Qatar said that it had pledged to provide $50 million as an initial humanitarian aid package, targeting refugees, displaced persons, the wounded, orphans, and those affected by the Israeli aggression on the ....

A total of 18,682 Palestinians killed, 50,000 wounded in Israeli aggression on Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2023-12-13 22:18:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10490186

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that a total of 18,682 Palestinians have been killed and more than 50,000 others wounded since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West ....

Websites of IDF, Israel Postal Company briefly hacked

Date: 2023-12-13 21:59:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10490177

GAZA, Dec 13 (MENA) - The websites of the IDF and the Israel Postal Company were briefly hacked by pro-Palestinian hackers earlier this evening, with messages against Israel being displayed, The Times of Israel reported. Both websites were taken ....

Japanese doctor talks about dire situation in Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-12-13 19:34:21 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10490089

TOKYO, Dec 13 (MENA) - A Japanese medical doctor has talked to reporters in Tokyo about the dire situation in the Gaza Strip in which she was really aware of the possibility of her own death. Nakajima Yuko was providing emergency medical service ....

Egypt to receive medical aid from Germany for people of Gaza Saturday: German FM

Date: 2023-12-13 18:34:19 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10489952

BERLIN, Dec 13 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry said it will send a medical aid shipment to Egypt to be trucked to the people of the embattled Gaza Strip on Saturday. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry added that the shipment, to be ....

Israeli forces arrest two Aqsa mosque guards

Date: 2023-12-13 18:26:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10489986

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday two guards of Al Aqsa Mosque and took them to a police station in the Old Town. The forces also exploded a house in Jenin camp. Meanwhile, a youth and a woman were injured by ....

Egypt steps up efforts to let more humanitarian assistance into Gaza - Rashwan

Date: 2023-12-13 17:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10489985

CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Head of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan said on Wednesday Egypt is exerting intensive efforts to ensure the continued entry of humanitarian aid to the brothers in the Gaza Strip to help them face the catastrophic ....

Qatari aircraft carrying aid to support Palestinians in Gaza heads to Egypt's Arish

Date: 2023-12-13 16:52:54 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10489921

DOHA, Dec 13 (MENA) - A Qatari Armed Forces aircraft has headed to the city of Arish in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 44 tons of aid, including food supplies, medical equipment and shelter supplies, provided by the Qatar Fund for ....

West has no intention of fostering Palestinian statehood — Lavrov

Date: 2023-12-13 16:40:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10489922

MOSCOW, Dec 13 (MENA) - The West has no interest in facilitating the creation of the State of Palestine, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as telling the Federation Council. The top Russian diplomat recalled the ....

Lazzarini: UNRWA’s capacity to serve Gaza on verge of collapse

Date: 2023-12-13 16:36:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10489898

GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that UNRWA’s ability to fulfill its mandate in Gaza is severely limited, according UNRWA press release. The entire humanitarian response heavily relies on UNRWA’s ....