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Jordan offers new aid to Gaza Strip in cooperation with UNICEF

Date: 2023-12-12 16:57:15 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10487928

AMMAN, Dec 12 (MENA) - Jordan has sent new aid to the Gaza Strip in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) announced on Tuesday. In a brief statement, JHCO said the kingdom ....

Palestinian presidency slams Netanyahu’s statements regarding Gaza Strip, West Bank

Date: 2023-12-12 15:15:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10487962

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, today said that the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he said that the occupation army is preparing for a ....

Jordan King heads to Madrid, Geneva on working visit to stop war in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-12 12:55:33 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10487529

AMMAN, Dec 12 (MENA) - King Abdullah II headed to Madrid and Geneva on Tuesday on a working visit. According to a royal court statement, the king will meet king Philip VI of Spain and Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez to drum up international support for ....

Palestinian PM commends Egypt's stance rejecting of Palestinians' displacement

Date: 2023-12-12 12:54:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10487488

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mohammad Shtayyeh said that plans for forced displacement of Palestinians is still in the agenda of the Israeli occupation which has turned Gaza Strip into an unlivable place, commending ....

Israel strikes across Gaza as the offensive leaves both it and the US increasingly isolated

Date: 2023-12-12 11:50:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10487523

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces carried out strikes across Gaza overnight and into Tuesday as they pressed ahead with an offensive that officials say could go on for weeks or months, even as global calls for a cease-fire left both Israel ....

The US must change course on Gaza today: New York Times

Date: 2023-12-12 11:39:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10487512

NEW YORK, Dec 12 (MENA) - We are no strangers to human suffering — to conflict, to natural disasters, to some of the world’s largest and gravest catastrophes. We were there when fighting erupted in Khartoum, Sudan. As bombs rained down on Ukraine. ....

Fatah spokesman: Palestinians will never leave their land

Date: 2023-12-12 11:10:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10487393

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Fatah Movement Spokesman Hussein Hamayel asserted Tuesday that the Palestinian people will never leave their land, saying they reject any attempt about forced displacement. He noted that all security solutions will not ....

Israeli forces detain 50 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2023-12-12 10:53:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10487430

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces Tuesday detained 50 Palestinians in raids at their homes across the occupied West Bank, including two women, according to Wafa news agency. In Ramallah, the occupation forces detained 22 ....

Iranian, Russian FMs call for more aid delivery to Gaza

Date: 2023-12-12 10:34:38 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10487290

BEIJING, Dec 12 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday called for increasing delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict, Xinhua reported. In a ....

Blinken, Gantz discuss efforts to facilitate safe return of hostages in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-12 09:46:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10487225

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli War Cabinet member Minister Benny Gantz, the Department of State said in a statement. Secretary Blinken and Minister Gantz discussed ongoing efforts to facilitate ....