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Jordan FM rejects Israel's self-defense claim, urges global action to aid Gaza, stop war

Date: 2023-11-08 20:34:43 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:10433021

AMMAN, Nov 8 (MENA) - Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi on Wednesday asserted Jordan's opposition to the narrative presented by Israel, emphasizing that the ongoing war "cannot be justified ....

Jordan King, UN chief call for Gaza ceasefire, aid delivery

Date: 2023-11-08 20:08:41 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10433047

AMMAN, Nov 8 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II, in a phone call received Wednesday from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a humanitarian truce, Petra reported. In the ....

Israeli airstrikes kill 24 Palestinians; rescue workers recover 35 bodies from under rubble

Date: 2023-11-08 20:01:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10432957

GAZA, Nov 8 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes targeted two houses in the north of the Gaza Strip killing 24 people on Wednesday, as rescue workers were able to recover 35 bodies from under the rubble in Jabalia refugee camp, WAFA reported. As many as 24 ....

JICA says to provide aid supplies for Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-11-08 19:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10432914

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as the implementing agency for Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA), will provide aid supplies (tents, etc.) to improve the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, ....

26 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-11-08 19:24:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10433019

GAZA CITY, Nov 8 (MENA) - Twenty-six Palestinians were killed and others were reportedly wounded after Israeli warplanes bombed a number of houses in northern the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian sources said. According to them, one of the ....

UN warns of worrying humanitarian conditions in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-08 19:13:37 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10433020

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (MENA) - The situation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza city and other areas north of Wadi Gaza is increasingly dire, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned. Armed ....

UN commissioner thanks Egypt for its pivotal role in aid delivery to Gaza 3 last Cairo

Date: 2023-11-08 19:01:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10432976

The UN commissioner called on all parties to the conflict to cease fire to allow the delivery of the biggest amount of humanitarian aid, release all detainees and give political efforts a chance to end occupation. He called on the international ....

UN technical team to head for Arish tomorrow for aid delivery support

Date: 2023-11-08 18:58:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10432977

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - UN resident representative in Egypt Elena Panova said on Wednesday that a technical humanitarian team will head for Arish on Thursday to offer technical support to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society in the delivery of aid to ....

UN commissioner thanks Egypt for its pivotal role in aid delivery to Gaza 2 Cairo

Date: 2023-11-08 18:34:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10432913

The UN Commissioner for Human Rights denounced Israel's collective punishment of Palestinian civilians which left more than 10,000 Palestinians, including a large number of women and children dead. The UN Commissioner expressed growing concern ....

UN commissioner thanks Egypt for its pivotal role in aid delivery to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-08 18:22:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10432910

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Right Volker Türk thanked on Wednesday the Egyptian government for its pivotal role in delivering humanitarian assistance to the war-battered Gaza Strip. In a brief word following his return ....