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OCHA stresses severity of destruction in Gaza is hindering delivery of relief aid

Date: 2023-12-27 21:12:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10509661

NEW YORK/GAZA, Dec 27 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that the severity of destruction in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression is hindering the delivery ....

WHO chief calls for urgent steps to alleviate grave peril facing Gaza population

Date: 2023-12-27 20:20:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10509623

GENEVA, Dec 27 (MENA) - World Health Organization teams have undertaken high-risk missions to deliver supplies, with partners, to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza witnessing intense hostilities in their vicinity, high patient loads and ....

US welcomes Kaag as Humanitarian Coordinator in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-27 20:03:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10509566

WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – The United States welcomed the announcement by the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza. White House ....

Tunisian president reiterates support for Palestinian people

Date: 2023-12-27 19:35:08 GMT - Tunisia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10509594

TUNIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has stressed that Tunis' diplomatic action has always been in support of the Palestinian cause and people. In a meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar Wednesday, Saied underscored ....

Palestine says rejects maritime corridor between Cyprus and Gaza

Date: 2023-12-27 19:34:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10509574

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Council of Ministers on Wednesday asserted its rejection of establishing a maritime corridor between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip, noting that it poses a danger to Gazans. The insistence on establishing the ....

Israel arrests guard of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-12-27 19:20:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10509273

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have arrested the guard of the Al Aqsa Mosque Mohamed al Ayoubi and stormed a tomb adjacent to the eastern wall of the Old City, local sources reported Wednesday. The "Bab al Rahma" tomb was ....

Blinken expected to visit Middle East next week for talks on Gaza war

Date: 2023-12-27 17:08:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10509451

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Secretary of State Tony Blinken is expected to travel to the Middle East late next week to discuss the Gaza war, according to Israeli media outlets This will be Blinken's fourth trip to the Middle East and his fifth ....

France welcomes appointment of Kaag as UN humanitarian coordinator

Date: 2023-12-27 17:07:40 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10509472

PARIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - France welcomed the appointment of Sigrid Kaag as the UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator pursuant to resolution 2720, which was adopted by the UN Security Council on December 22. "We offer her our ....

18 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on al-Amal Hospital

Date: 2023-12-27 17:07:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10509415

GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike Wednesday near the Red Crescent’s al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, killed 18 Palestinian civilians and wounded dozens of others, according to the Palestinian news agency ....

OIC assails continuation of Israeli crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2023-12-27 13:38:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10508774

JEDDAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the continuation of Israel's crimes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including genocide, forced displacement and ....