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Dozens of Israeli settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-12-12 08:03:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10486985

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday under heavy protection from the Israeli police. The settlers raided the holy Islamic Mosque and carried out provocative tours in its ....

12 Palestinians killed, scores injured in Israeli airstrike southern Gaza

Date: 2023-12-12 07:21:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10486815

GAZA CITY, Dec 12 (MENA) - At least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens others injured early Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes that targeted a home in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. According to medical sources, twelve Palestinians, ....

Israeli occupation troops storm Ramallah, Al-Bireh

Date: 2023-12-11 23:01:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:10486717

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - For the second consecutive night, Israeli occupation forces stormed Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities in the West Bank on Monday evening. The occupation troops raided Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in central Al-Bireh and shot ....

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate calls for prosecuting occupation for killing of journalist's father in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-11 21:58:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:10486694

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) – The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate tonight called on the International Federation of Journalists to document the assassination of the father of Al-Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif in the northern Gaza Strip, WAFA ....

Dozens of civilians killed, injured in Israeli shelling of different locations in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-11 21:58:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:10486703

GAZA CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians were killed and others injured, mostly children and women, in the ongoing Israeli shelling targeting different locations in the besieged Gaza Strip, WAFA reported Monday. Israeli warplanes shelled ....

Senior Russian diplomat presses for urgent settlement in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-11 19:21:39 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10486567

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, during talks with Palestinian and Hamas officials on December 10-11, pointed to the need for an urgent settlement of all ....

Jordanian king urges immediate Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-11 18:02:35 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10486485

AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II in a phone call on Monday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the protection of civilians. The Jordanian king called on the international ....

Egypt, Jordan reject displacement of Palestinians: Jordanian PM

Date: 2023-12-11 17:41:13 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10486197

DOHA/ AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) – Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said on Monday that the peace agreement signed between Jordan and Israel since 1994 prohibits forced displacement. During his participation in a special session within the ....

UK defense secretary expresses deep concern over Gaza's humanitarian situation

Date: 2023-12-11 12:32:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10485554

LONDON, Dec 11 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps Monday expressed deep concern over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, stressing that UK spares no effort to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. "Following my ....

Guterres says health system in Gaza collapsing

Date: 2023-12-11 10:48:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10485414

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the health system in Gaza is collapsing. The situation there is rapidly deteriorating toward a catastrophe, Guterres said in a statement carried by the UN News ....