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  • 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 ....

  • PRCS calls for UN intervention to save Gaza health conditions

    Date: 2023-12-08 16:12:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10480462

    GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Raed Al Nems has revealed the erection of a field unit to receive people wounded in Israel's fierce non-stop aggression on the Gaza Strip. In statements to Al ....

  • Israeli occupation forces target school sheltering displaced individuals east Khan Yunis

    Date: 2023-12-08 15:05:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10480489

    GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - Dozens have been killed, after Israeli occupation forces targeted a school housing displaced people east Khan Yunis, said medical sources in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Friday. Israeli warplanes destroyed a house in ....

  • Director of Jenin hospital: Current situation in hospitals 'very dangerous'

    Date: 2023-12-08 15:02:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10480458

    RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - Director of Jenin Governmental Hospital Wissam Abu Bakr has strongly criticized the obstacles which hinder the arrival of medical teams to hospitals to rescue the sick and the injured in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. In an ....

  • AL chief hopes that UNSC will adopt Gaza ceasefire resolution

    Date: 2023-12-08 14:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10480457

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit hoped that the UN Security Council (UNSC) will adopt today a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. He, meanwhile, warned ....

  • Friday prayers draw only 5,000 Muslim worshippers to Al Aqsa Mosque due to Israeli restrictions

    Date: 2023-12-08 13:08:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10480328

    RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - Only 5,000 Muslims were able to perform Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque, as the Israeli occupation forces continue to restrict access to the holy site, limiting the number of worshippers who can enter the compound. In a ....

  • Blinken sees ‘gap’ in Israel’s comments on protecting civilians

    Date: 2023-12-08 12:02:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10479988

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that a “gap” remains between Israel’s stated intent of protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and what has unfolded over the past week as fighting has resumed, The Washington Post ....

  • 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

    Date: 2023-12-08 08:58:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10479962

    RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said that six Palestinians were shot dead in Al Fara refugee camp in the north of the West Bank. The ministry did not identify those who died, but said they had been killed "by bullets from ....

  • Israeli occupation forces break into Ramallah, Al-Bireh cities

    Date: 2023-12-08 07:52:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10479806

    RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces raided Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities in the West Bank on Friday morning, WAFA reported. Local sources said the soldiers closed Rocket Advertising and Printing shop located in a building in the ....

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