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Biden thanks Sisi for his efforts to solve crisis in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-24 22:53:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10458449

WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden thanked on Friday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his efforts to solve crisis in the Gaza Strip. In a speech to mark the beginning of a four-day truce in Israel’s war against Gaza, Biden hoped ....

Macron welcomes freeing 1st group of captives in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-24 21:27:52 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10458490

PARIS, Nov 24 (MENA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed Hamas freeing a first group of captives, assuring the families of French captives held in war-torn Gaza of his "determination" to secure their release. No French nationals ....

Palestinian PM calls for ending Israel’s all-out aggression in Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2023-11-24 21:17:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10458486

RAMALLAH, Nov 24 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called on Friday for an end to the comprehensive Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, WAFA reported. Shtayyeh made the ....

German FM thanks Egypt, Qatar after releasing 4 German hostages

Date: 2023-11-24 20:33:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10458460

CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she is greatly relieved that four German citizens are among the hostages released from the Gaza Strip on Friday. In statements on X, she thanked everyone who has made this ....

Success of 1st day of truce, exchange of detainees under Egypt's full supervision - Security source

Date: 2023-11-24 19:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10458380

CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) – A high-level security source announced the success of the first day of the truce and exchange of prisoners and detainees under full supervision of Egypt, Al-Qahira Al-Ikhbariya TV channel reported. Egyptian medial teams ....

Hostage, bereaved families call for Netanyahu to step down

Date: 2023-11-24 15:22:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10458026

GAZA CITY, Nov 24 (MENA) - A group of some of the families who lost loved ones in the October 7 attack or have relatives who are being held hostage by Hamas gathered in front of the Knesset on Friday to demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ....

Two displaced Palestinians trying to return home shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-24 15:18:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10457993

GAZA, Nov 24 (MENA) - Two Palestinian civilians were shot dead this morning when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on them while they were trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza, after a 4-day humanitarian pause entered into force at 7 ....

Israeli occupation army drops flyers telling Gazans not to return to Strip’s north as it’s still a war zone

Date: 2023-11-24 14:16:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10457336

GAZA, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army has dropped flyers over Gaza warning residents not to return to their homes in the Strip’s north since the area is still a war zone, despite a four-day ceasefire that came into force on Friday, the ....

Britain pledges additional $37.38 mln in humanitarian aid to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-24 10:52:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10457294

GAZA, Nov 24 (MENA) – Britain will provide another $37.38 million of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Friday as he travels to the occupied Palestinian territories on the second day of his visit to the region, Al ....

Israeli defense minister: War will resume for at least 2 months

Date: 2023-11-24 09:06:56 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10457292

GAZA CITY, Nov 24 (MENA) - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that once the “short” temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza ends, the military campaign would resume “with intensity” for at least two more months. “What you will see in the coming ....