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Palestinian Health Ministry: Gaza death toll tops 7,400, over 20,500 injured

Date: 2023-10-27 15:08:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10412956

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) - In the wake of the devastating Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has surged to at least 7,415, with over 20,500 individuals injured, the Ministry of ....

Medvedev predicts 'bloody consequences' of Israeli ground operation in Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-27 15:02:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10412949

MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip will still take place and will set off a "machine of reciprocal violence" for years to come, Tass News ....

War surgery team, medical supplies arrive in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis: ICRC

Date: 2023-10-27 14:37:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10412847

GENEVA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) trucks carrying vital medical material and water purification supplies arrived in Gaza on Friday, alongside 10 ICRC experts - including a war surgery team and a weapons ....

Several Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire in Bethlehem, Hebron

Date: 2023-10-27 13:59:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10412792

RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) - Several Palestinians were injured on Friday during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the southern West Bank provinces of Hebron and Bethlehem, state news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. ....

London mayor calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 10:52:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10412412

LONDON, Oct 27 (MENA) - The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has called for a ceasefire in Gaza as a "humanitarian crisis" is "set to deteriorate further", Sky News reported. In an open letter, the London mayor said he joins the international community in ....

3 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin

Date: 2023-10-27 08:23:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10412141

RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) – Three Palestinian young men were shot dead and 12 others were wounded by Israeli gunfire last night as a large contingent of Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Jenin and the surrounding outskirts, WAFA quoted ....

EU summit calls for 'humanitarian corridors & pauses' in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 08:04:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10412182

BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (MENA) - EU leaders agreed at a summit on Thursday to call for the establishment of "humanitarian corridors and pauses" to get urgently-needed aid into Gaza. A declaration adopted by the leaders said: "The European Council ....

US, Pakistan underline need for continuous flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 07:52:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10412126

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) – US Acting Deputy Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland spoke with Pakistani Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani to discuss critical issues in the US-Pakistan partnership, ....

US strikes two sites used by Iranian forces in Syria: Pentagon

Date: 2023-10-27 06:50:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10412120

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - US forces conducted precision strikes Thursday against two facilities used by Iran in eastern Syria, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement. Austin said the strikes targeted two facilities used by ....

Pentagon: 900 US troops have deployed to Middle East amid heightened tensions

Date: 2023-10-26 22:31:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10412024

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (MENA) - About 900 more U.S. troops have arrived in the Middle East or are heading there to bolster air defenses for U.S. personnel amid a surge in attacks in the region, the Pentagon said on Thursday. As tensions soar over the ....