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Palestinian PM calls for stopping Israeli aggression, ensuring delivery of aid to Gaza

Date: 2023-10-17 17:26:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10396870

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Tuesday said the priority now is to stop the Israeli occupation's aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, ensure the delivery of medical and food ....

UN expert urges immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access as Gaza health sector reaches “breaking point”

Date: 2023-10-17 16:53:29 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10396724

GENEVA, Oct 17 (MENA) - Continuing violent displacement and threats of further attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip pose a major public health risk and emergency, a UN expert said on Tuesday after at least 12 health workers were killed and 24 Gazan ....

Next stage of fighting might not be ground offensive: Israeli army

Date: 2023-10-17 15:45:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10396818

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Israeli military is getting ready for the next phase of its campaign against the Gaza Strip but plans may not conform to widespread expectations of an imminent ground offensive, an army spokesperson said on ....

UNFPA: Attacks on civilians, especially women, in Gaza must stop

Date: 2023-10-17 15:15:50 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10396715

CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Natalia Kanem has expressed deep concern for the safety of all civilians trapped by the crisis in the Gaza Strip, especially women and girls. In a statement, Kanem ....

At least 80 people killed in Israeli airstrikes in south of Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-17 14:39:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10396682

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - At least 80 people were killed Tuesday and dozens were injured when an Israeli warplane targeted buildings in the central and southern Gaza Strip, reported WAFA correspondent. He said an occupation aircraft bombed a ....

At least 40 people killed in an Israeli airstrike at a house in Khan Younis

Date: 2023-10-17 12:47:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10396377

GAZA, Oct 17 (MENA) - At least 40 people were killed on Tuesday and dozens were injured when an Israeli warplane targeted a house in the Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, reported WAFA correspondent. He said an occupation aircraft bombed a ....

Biden to travel to Israel, Jordan

Date: 2023-10-17 12:26:40 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10396162

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will travel to Israel on Wednesday, October 18, the White House said in a statement. President Biden will then travel to Amman, Jordan. (MENA) M N E/R G E ....

74 Palestinians killed, hundreds wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza's Rafah

Date: 2023-10-17 08:40:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10395832

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed, and dozens of others were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a number of homes in Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Wafa news ....

Two Palestinians succumb to Israeli gunshot wounds in West Bank

Date: 2023-10-17 06:32:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10395666

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, raising the Palestinian death toll to 60 since the beginning of last week. Palestinian sources said that a 17-year-old Palestinian boy succumbed to ....

US dollar exceeds 4 Israeli shekels since 2015 against backdrop “Al-Aqsa Flood”

Date: 2023-10-16 21:40:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:10395472

RAMALLAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - The value of the US dollar surpassed 4 Israeli shekels, for the first time in years. The US dollar is now worth 4 shekels for the first time since 2015, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The shekel’s devaluation ....