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EU Chief: Supplies from outside are urgently needed for Gaza

Date: 2023-10-16 15:40:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10395016

GAZA/BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (MENA) - EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell stressed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating, WAFA news agency reported Monday. "Supplies from outside are urgently needed as stressed by the ....

Germany's Scholz to visit Egypt, Israel during regional tour starting Tuesday

Date: 2023-10-16 14:50:16 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10394962

BERLIN, Oct 16 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will start on Tuesday a two-day tour that will take him to Egypt and Israel, said German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit. Scholz's tour aims at discussing means to stop the ....

Blinken: US administration holds contacts to ensure Palestinian-Israeli crisis doesn't spread to other places

Date: 2023-10-16 14:19:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10394761

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) - US State Secretary Antony J. Blinken said the US Administration is holding contacts to ensure that the Palestinian-Israeli crisis doesn't spread to other places. In an interview with Al Arabiya news channel during a ....

Lebanese FM holds diplomatic meetings over current escalation in southern borders

Date: 2023-10-16 13:56:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10394845

BEIRUT, OCT 16 (MENA) - Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, held on Monday a series of diplomatic meetings and contacts within the framework of a preemptive diplomatic action aimed at de-escalation in the region, according to a statement ....

Jordan's king, Italian PM discuss dangerous developments in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-16 13:37:40 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10394673

ROME, Oct 16 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed the dangerous developments in Gaza and means to allow the delivery of urgent medical and relief aid to the Gaza Strip, Petra News Agency ....

Chinese FM: The right to self-defense should not be at the cost of innocent civilian casualties

Date: 2023-10-16 11:49:46 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10394450

BEIJING, Oct 16 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Xinhua reported. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist ....

PJS: 11 journalists killed, 50 media organizations targeted since start of aggression on Gaza

Date: 2023-10-16 11:46:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10394363

GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) said Monday that 11 journalists were killed by Israeli army gunfire and more than 20 others were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on ....

More than 40 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since dawn

Date: 2023-10-16 09:27:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10394189

GAZA CITY, Oct 16 (MENA) - More than 40 Palestinians were killed, most of them women and children, and dozens were injured since early Monday morning as a result of a series of Israeli air strikes targeting homes in various areas in the Gaza ....

UN official: Gaza is running out of life, the world has lost its humanity

Date: 2023-10-16 09:06:50 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10394103

NEW YORK, Oct 16 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini raised the alarm as UNRWA employees in Gaza are no longer able to provide humanitarian assistance as the besieged enclave is running out of water and electricity. In ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli police

Date: 2023-10-16 09:01:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10394100

RAMALLAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - Under the heavy protection of Israeli occupation troops, scores of Israeli settlers attacked Al Aqsa Mosque complex on Monday. The Israeli settlers pushed deep into the holy site from Bab El Maghreba and carried out ....