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EU Chief: Supplies from outside are urgently needed for Gaza

Date: 2023-10-15 20:37:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:10393732

GAZA/ BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (MENA) – EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell stressed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating. “Supplies from outside are urgently needed as stressed by the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for ....

Entire Palestinian family killed in Israeli bombing of Jabalya camp

Date: 2023-10-15 20:28:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:10393736

GAZA CITY, Oct 15 (MENA) - An entire Palestinian family was killed in an Israeli bombing of Jabalya camp late on Sunday, according to sources in Gaza Strip. Hamed Hassan Abu Aita and eight of his sons and grandsons were all killed when an Israeli ....

Kirby won’t rule ‘in or out’ if US troops would help free hostages

Date: 2023-10-15 20:18:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10393731

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Sunday that he would not necessarily rule out U.S. troops being deployed on the ground to free hostages caught in the Israel-Hamas war, while noting there is ....

UNIFIL HQ hit by rocket

Date: 2023-10-15 20:15:18 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10393727

BEIRUT, Oct 15 (MENA) - The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed that a rocket hit its main headquarters in Naqoura. The incident occurred during a period of heightened cross-border tensions involving Hezbollah and ....

Biden names Satterfield as Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues

Date: 2023-10-15 20:13:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10393726

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - President Joe Biden has appointed former Ambassador David Satterfield as the Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues, the State Department said. Special Envoy Satterfield will lead U.S. diplomacy to urgently ....

Israel's leaders failed to protect citizens, finance minister

Date: 2023-10-15 20:08:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10393722

RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (MENA) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday the government was taking responsibility for the devastating attack that allowed Hamas fighters to enter Israel and kill hundreds of Israeli civilians. "We have to ....

Death toll in Gaza Strip, West Bank rises to 2,726 : Palestinian health ministry

Date: 2023-10-15 20:05:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10393716

GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (MENA) - In its latest update on the death and injury toll from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said 2,726 were killed and 10,800 injured since the start of the ....

NSC draws up strategic framework to put immediate stop to Israeli aggression on Gaza: Diplomat

Date: 2023-10-15 18:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10393475

CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) – The outcome of the National Security Council (NSC) meeting, chaired by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday to discuss regional developments especially the military escalation in the Gaza Strip, has laid down a strategic ....

Israel says it will restore water supplies to parts of southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-15 17:31:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10393529

RAMALLAH/ GAZA CITY, Oct 15 (MENA) - Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday his government will restore water supplies to parts of the southern Gaza Strip under an agreement with US President Joe Biden, Haaretz quoted Katz as ....

Israel threatens to bombard hospital in Rafah

Date: 2023-10-15 12:46:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10393008

GAZA CITY, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation authorities issued a threat Sunday to the Kuwaiti Hospital in the center of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, demanding its evacuation under threat of bombardment, according to WAFA news agency. The ....