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Pro-Palestine protests in DC, across US call for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 23:01:12 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10426399

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) – Huge crowds of protesters have gathered to call for a ceasefire in Washington, D.C. as well as in other capital cities around the globe as Israel continues its fourth week of intense bombardment of the besieged Gaza strip, ....

Blinken, UNRWA official discuss humanitarian aid to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 21:50:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10426383

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Saturday with Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordan. In a ....

Palestinian PM urges EU to call for ceasefire, provide aid to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 21:49:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10426272

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called on the European Union to call for a ceasefire and the occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and to allow the entry of relief, medical and fuel ....

Israeli airstrikes kill 12 civilians in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 19:32:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10426273

GAZA CITY, Nov 4 (MENA) – As many as 12 Palestinians were murdered on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes which hit a residential building located in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City and a poultry farm in Rafah, south the Gaza Strip, according to ....

Jordanian King meets US secretary of state, calls for end to war on Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 19:23:28 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10426292

AMMAN, Nov 4 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II, during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday, called for an end to the war on Gaza and a humanitarian truce to ensure the sustainable delivery of aid to the strip, and the ....

Arab ministers tell Blinken immediate ceasefire should be reached in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 18:58:41 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10426227

AMMAN, Nov 4 (MENA) - Arab ministers participating in the Amman meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed the Arab stance calling for an immediate ceasefire and urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Jordanian ....

US State Department employee accuses Biden of being "complicit in Genocide" in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-04 18:02:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10426220

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) - A US State Department employee accused President Joe Biden of being “complicit in genocide” against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The American “Axios” news website said Sylvia Yacoub, the foreign affairs ....

Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable: WHO

Date: 2023-11-04 17:46:56 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10426105

GENEVA, Nov 4 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned as unacceptable the attacks near Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Quds Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates, the website of the UN agency reported on ....

Arabs, US agree on necessity of working to protect civilians - Jordanian FM -- 4 last Amman

Date: 2023-11-04 17:43:36 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10426165

“We are currently focusing on stopping the war and the resulting destruction and killing. It is too early to talk about the future of Gaza. The focus must now be on reaching a ceasefire and preventing displacement,” Safadi said. “We must work to ....

Blinken reaffirms US support for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza 3 last Amman

Date: 2023-11-04 17:39:48 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10426168

The US top diplomat said a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is very important for the entry of aid to the Palestinians to ensure people move safely and buildings are rebuilt. "We will continue to work with our partners to ensure the entry ....