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Abbas says Baptist Hospital massacre will not be tolerated, will not pass without accountability

Date: 2023-10-18 06:02:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10397418

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel’s bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City is a great calamity and a heinous war crime, which cannot be tolerated or allowed to pass without accountability, the ....

'Nothing can justify targeting civilians': French president on Gaza hospital strike

Date: 2023-10-18 05:48:44 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10397423

PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said "nothing can justify targeting civilians" after a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital and called for humanitarian access to the coastal strip "without delay". "Nothing can justify a strike ....

UN chief 'horrified' by strike on Gaza hospital

Date: 2023-10-18 05:40:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10397408

NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a strike on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, the UN News Center said. In a tweet, António Guterres strongly condemned the ....

UN Human Rights Chief decries horrific killings at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 05:35:58 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10397397

GENEVA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, decried the horrific killings at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. In a press release, Türk said "Words fail me. Tonight, hundreds of people were killed – ....

Palestinian president cuts short visit to Jordan following Israel's shelling of Gaza hospital

Date: 2023-10-17 22:19:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:10397227

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cut short his visit to Jordan, returned immediately to Ramallah, and called an emergency meeting for the Palestinian leadership, state news agency WAFA reported Tuesday. The decision ....

What is going on in Gaza is unspeakable genocide: Palestinian gov't spox

Date: 2023-10-17 22:18:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:10397225

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Government Ibrahim Melhem described what is going on in Gaza as an unspeakable massacre and genocide. "No words can describe the Israeli occupation's brutal bombing of the Baptist ....

UN agencies condemn deadly strike on Gaza hospital

Date: 2023-10-17 22:15:16 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:107 - ID:10397280

NEW YORK, US, Oct 17 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an attack on a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday that has reportedly left many hundreds of people killed and injured, according to UN News website. The ....

Perpetrators of hospital massacre in Gaza must be brought to justice

Date: 2023-10-17 21:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:10397224

CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - European Union High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell called for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the brutal massacre against Palestinians at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. The news from Al-Ahli Baptist ....

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns brutal massacre by Israel against hospital in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-17 21:17:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:10397201

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday condemned the heinous massacre committed by the occupation forces against the Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which resulted in the killing and wounding of ....

Canadian PM: Israeli strike on Gaza hospital "horrific and absolutely unacceptable"

Date: 2023-10-17 20:47:55 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:10397157

OTTAWA, Oct 17 (MENA) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday was "horrific and absolutely unacceptable." "There are rules around wars and it's not acceptable to hit a hospital," Trudeau ....