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UNRWA says 120,000 liters of fuel needed daily in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-19 11:37:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10449155

GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Director of External Relations and Communications Tamara Alrifai on Sunday said 120,000 liters of fuel are needed on daily basis in the ....

Jordan king calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-19 11:35:10 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10449119

AMMAN, Nov 19 )MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to protect civilians and secure the delivery of aid to the needy in the Palestinian enclave. During a meeting with European Commission ....

MSF condemns deliberate attack on a convoy transporting staff, resulting in one death and one injury

Date: 2023-11-19 10:58:48 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10449030

GENEVA, Nov 19 (MENA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has vehemently condemned a deliberate attack on its convoy while transporting staff, leaving one of them dead and other injured. An MSF staff’s relative died and another one was injured in ....

India sends second batch of humanitarian aid to Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war

Date: 2023-11-19 10:32:24 GMT - India - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10448982

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (MENA) - India on Sunday sent the second batch of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid the escalating war between Israeli forces and Hamas that killed more than 12,000 people so far, Hindustan Times reported. Announcing the ....

ICESCO condemns Israeli occupation attacks on Al-Fakhoura, Tal Al-Zaatar schools in Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-11-19 10:25:16 GMT - Morocco - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10448977

RABAT, Nov 19 (MENA) - The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) condemned in the strongest terms the heinous crime committed of bombing Al-Fakhoura, Tal Al-Zaatar schools in the Gaza Strip, by the Israeli ....

US, Canada in talks over situation in Palestinian territories

Date: 2023-11-19 10:18:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10448913

WASHINGTION, Nov 19 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly over the Israel-Hamas conflict and ongoing efforts to protect civilians, increase the flow of humanitarian relief, prevent the conflict ....

MSF condemns deliberate Israeli attack on staff, family members in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-19 09:50:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10448936

GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that one person was killed and another one injured in an Israeli attack Saturday on an MSF convoy of staff members and their families who were attempting to evacuate from northern ....

Scores of settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2023-11-19 09:47:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10448958

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by Israeli police forces. The settlers conducted Talmudic rituals amidst Israeli military measures in the surroundings of the mosque. Israeli ....

UNRWA: Nearly 20 killed, injured in Fakhoura school attack

Date: 2023-11-19 09:42:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10448904

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (MENA) - UNRWA Spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna told UN News that nearly 200 people were killed and injured at Al-Fakhoura school on Saturday, according to local health authorities. "We don’t know the exact figures or if the number ....

Aid convoy sent by Al Azhar arrives at Rafah border for Gaza

Date: 2023-11-19 08:18:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10448783

CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - A 40-truck aid convoy arrived at Rafah border terminal on Sunday upon the directives of Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb. The aid includes medicines, foodstuffs and other relief materials. In a statement, Al Azhar ....