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Spain’s Sánchez demands Israeli-Palestinian peace summit

Date: 2023-10-26 18:18:39 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10411705

BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (MENA) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday called for an international peace summit to find a long-term solution to the Israel-Hamas crisis. “It’s important that we have on the horizon a peace summit where we can ....

AI issues urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering

Date: 2023-10-26 17:45:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10411791

LONDON, Oct 26 (MENA) - Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in ....

Senior Russian diplomat meets with Hamas political leadership to discuss fate of hostages

Date: 2023-10-26 17:06:52 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10411689

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that he held a meeting with the political leadership of the Palestinian Hamas movement in Qatar, with both sides discussing the fate of the hostages being held ....

Gazans ‘left with nothing but impossible choices’ - UN official

Date: 2023-10-26 16:19:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10411674

GAZA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Reports of an overnight Israeli military incursion using tanks in northern Gaza followed another series of calls by the Israeli army for civilians in Gaza City to evacuate – warnings which “make no difference” because “people ....

UN agencies reduce Gaza aid operations as fuel runs out

Date: 2023-10-26 16:06:42 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10411651

GENEVA, Oct 26 (MENA) - UN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because they have almost exhausted their fuel reserves, the BBC reported. Small quantities of fuel retrieved from existing ....

Palestine: Israeli aerial bombardment kills at least 11 civilians in Rafah

Date: 2023-10-26 15:43:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10411611

GAZA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike this evening on a residential building in the Palestinian city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the murder of at least 11 civilians and leaving several others ....

Kazakhstan says working with Egypt to evacuate nationals from Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-26 14:52:10 GMT - Kazakhstan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10411524

ASTANA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Kazakhstan is working with the government of Egypt on the evacuation of its nationals from the Gaza Strip, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov was quoted by Kazinform news agency as saying on Thursday. He said ....

Israeli army kills Palestinian minor in occupied West Bank

Date: 2023-10-26 14:03:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10411378

RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - The Israeli army has shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian while injuring another minor in the occupied West Bank, the health ministry was quoted by the Palestinian WAFA news agency as saying. Usayed Hamdi Hmeidat was shot ....

Russian deputy foreign min.: Palestinian president to visit Moscow soon

Date: 2023-10-26 11:58:03 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10411249

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will soon embark on an official visit to Russia for talks on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During a round table addressing the ....

AL urges intensifying efforts to confront Israel’s fake stories on Gaza assault

Date: 2023-10-26 11:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10411042

CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Arab League (AL) Media and Communication Sector Ambassador Ahmed Rashed Khattabi has asserted the importance of intensifying Arab efforts in order to contain and refute the ....