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WFP says it cannot do its job in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 23:57:01 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10481079

ROME, Dec 8 (MENA) – The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it cannot do its job because of the horrible conditions in the war-battered Gaza Strip. Deputy Director of the United Nations WFP Carl Skau said in a statement after a trip to ....

China announces support to immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 21:14:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10480936

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - Representative of China to the UN Zhang Jun praised the Secretary-General for his statement on the seriousness of the situation in Gaza. This came during an urgent session of the UNSC on the crisis in the Gaza ....

Russia: Save Palestinians from ‘extermination’

Date: 2023-12-08 21:13:06 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10480934

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that following the brief humanitarian pause, Israel, with the “proactive support” of the United States, moved on to a new, even more bloody phase of ....

Britain urges UNSC to immediately handle crisis in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 21:07:46 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10480932

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council began an emergency meeting at 10 AM New York time to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza, the UN News website reported. Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom (UK) to the ....

France calls for new, immediate, lasting humanitarian truce in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 19:56:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10480933

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - Permanent Representative of France to the UN in New York Nicolas de Rivière on Friday called for a new, immediate and lasting humanitarian truce, which should lead to a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. "This ....

US tells UN meeting it opposes immediate Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-08 19:07:45 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10480912

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - The United States informed the United Nations Security Council at a session convened on Friday of its opposition to an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. US Deputy Representative Robert ....

Palestinian resistance launches missile barrage targeting Tel Aviv

Date: 2023-12-08 19:06:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10480888

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) – The Palestinian resistance launched on Friday a missile barrage targeting Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel. The shelling comes in response to the Israeli massacres against the Palestinian civilians, Qassam Brigades, ....

Gaza society 'on the brink of full-blown collapse', warns UN chief

Date: 2023-12-08 18:43:39 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10480819

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that he invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time since 1971 because “there is a high risk of the total ....

Death toll in Gaza hit 17,490 - local source

Date: 2023-12-08 18:36:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10480871

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - The number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 17,490 according to the latest reports from the local authorities there, amid intensifying Israeli aggression. The toll includes 7,870 children, 6,121 women, 228 medical ....

At least 273 displaced persons sheltering in UNRWA schools in Gaza killed since start of Israeli aggression

Date: 2023-12-08 18:04:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10480761

GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - The UN Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) estimated that in total at least 273 internally displaced persons (IDP) sheltering in UNRWA shelters have been killed and at least another 966 injured since the start of the ....