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At least 21 Palestinians killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2023-11-09 18:45:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10434714

GAZA, Nov 9 (MENA) - At least 21 Palestinians were killed and others were injured this evening in a series of Israeli airstrikes which targeted various residential areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondents said that 21 ....

UN emergency relief coordinator: Current conflict in Gaza is a wildfire that could consume the region

Date: 2023-11-09 18:24:28 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10434663

PARIS, Nov 9 (MENA) - UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said Thursday that the current conflict in Gaza is a wildfire that could consume the region – with wide-ranging global ....

White House: Israel will allow 4-hour daily pause in Gaza combat

Date: 2023-11-09 17:25:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10434610

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said Thursday Israel will allow a 4-hour humanitarian pause each day in combat operations in northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee to the south, starting on Thursday. At a ....

17th plane of Kuwait's humanitarian air bridge leaves for Al Arish Airport loaded with aid to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-09 15:33:04 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10434308

KUWAIT, Nov 9 (MENA) - The 17th plane of Kuwait's humanitarian air bridge left Thursday for Egypt's Al-Arish Airport, carrying medical supplies and 3 ambulances, 14 tons of food materials, and 32 tons of other urgent humanitarian aid, to be ....

MSF: southern Gaza safe zones 'fake zones'

Date: 2023-11-09 14:51:06 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10434295

PARIS, Nov 9 (MENA) – Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) chief Isabelle Defourny called southern Gaza safe zones “fake zones", and said about 30% of those killed in Gaza were in the south. Israel has told Palestinians in the heavily ....

Uzbek president says Israeli-Palestinian war poses serious threat to world peace, security

Date: 2023-11-09 14:43:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10434189

CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) - Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the Israeli-Palestinian war in the Middle East poses a serious threat to world peace and security. He expressed sorrow at the suffering of civilians, particularly women, ....

Death toll in Gaza likely ‘higher than is being reported’: US official

Date: 2023-11-09 14:42:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10434296

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) – A senior Biden administration official said the death toll of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is likely far higher than the 10,000 number being reported by the health ministry amid Israel’s war against Hamas, the Hill ....

AL official says Arab summit to reiterate full support for Palestinians' struggle under PLO

Date: 2023-11-09 13:53:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10433980

RIYADH, Nov 9 (MENA) - Arab League's (AL) Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories Saeed Abu Ali said the emergency Arab summit to be held in Saudi Arabia on Saturday will convey a collective Arab stand to the ....

Jordan sends 10 wheat trucks to West Bank

Date: 2023-11-09 12:18:07 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10433916

AMMAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - Jordan sent 10 trucks of wheat in aid to Palestinians in the West Bank through the King Hussein Bridge on Thursday, as part of efforts to deliver 45,000 tons of wheat and grains, Petra News Agency reported. Under royal ....

French president calls for ceasefire at Gaza aid conference

Date: 2023-11-09 10:59:59 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10433641

PARIS, Nov 9 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a "ceasefire" in Gaza when he opened a conference on aid for the Palestinian territory, under bombardment by Israel since October 7, according to France 24 news ....