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UN aid chief says situation is impossible for people in Gaza and those trying to help them

Date: 2023-12-29 13:21:46 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10511625

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths described on social media what he called "an impossible situation for the people of Gaza, and for those trying to help them", France 24 reported. "You think getting aid into Gaza is ....

Israeli police assault worshipers in Al Quds

Date: 2023-12-29 13:21:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10511677

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Tensions escalated on Friday in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood of Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) as Israeli occupation forces assaulted worshipers, leaving dozens suffering from inhalation problems. WAFA reported that ....

UN aid agency says Gaza convoy came under Israeli fire

Date: 2023-12-29 11:03:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10511474

GAZA, Dec 29 (MENA) – The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, without causing any casualties, Al Arabiya reported. “Israeli soldiers fired at an aid ....

US, Israel discuss Hezbollah activities, threats to regional security

Date: 2023-12-29 09:35:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10511355

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - The United States and Israel discussed threats to regional security, including Hezballah's destabilizing activities in southern Lebanon, Iran-aligned militia attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria, and Houthi ....

Israeli occupation forces round up over 14 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-12-29 09:33:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10511346

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces have continued their mass detention campaign in the West Bank, detaining at least 14 Palestinians, including a child, over the last few hours in a series of raids into Palestinian cities, towns, ....

Several civilians, mostly children and women, killed and injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp

Date: 2023-12-29 09:05:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10511307

GAZA, Dec 29 (MENA) – Several civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others injured late Wednesday night in an Israeli shelling that targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. According to local ....

Israel in talks over release of Gaza hostages, Netanyahu tells families

Date: 2023-12-29 08:13:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10511263

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is working to return all the hostages, the Jerusalem Post reported. "We are holding contacts at this very moment," he told relatives of the hostages at the Kirya ....

Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli forces near Mazmoria checkpoint

Date: 2023-12-28 23:11:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10511128

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces Thursday evening in Jabal al-Mukaber town in southeast Jerusalem. The Israeli forces claimed that the youth, identified as Ahmed Elian, was involved in a ....

Israeli airstrikes claim lives of at least 20 Palestinian civilians in Rafah

Date: 2023-12-28 19:58:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10510990

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - At least 20 Palestinian civilians were confirmed killed and dozens more injured this evening as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting a residential building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, state news ....

UN warns of rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in West Bank

Date: 2023-12-28 19:36:15 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10510992

NEW YORK, Dec 28 (MENA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that the use of military tactics means and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, ....