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Palestinian youth killed in confrontations northeast of Jerusalem

Date: 2023-10-13 17:53:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10390608

RAMALLAH, Oct 13 (MENA) – A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli forces' live bullets during confrontations in the town of Issawiya, northeast of Jerusalem, WAFA reported on Friday. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in an ....

Indonesians to be evacuated if Palestine-Israel agree on truce

Date: 2023-10-13 17:12:58 GMT - Indonesia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10390558

JAKARTA, Oct 13 (MENA) – Indonesia's Foreign Ministry stated on Friday that the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Palestine and Israel's war-affected areas could only be carried out if the two warring parties had agreed on a truce, Antara News ....

Shoukry calls for immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-13 12:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10390084

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday called for immediate cessation of Israel's military operations in Gaza to protect civilians and end their ongoing suffering. This came during a phone call Shoukry received from his ....

Jordanian FM meets US State Secretary

Date: 2023-10-13 12:14:53 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10390002

AMMAN, Oct 13 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed Friday in Amman efforts to stop the escalation and ending the war on Gaza and confronting its humanitarian repercussions and the ....

India calls for resuming direct negotiations to establish Palestinian State

Date: 2023-10-13 12:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10390016

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - India reiterated on Friday its call for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state, said the spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. India also calls for resuming direct negotiations in order to establish ....

Abbas rejects forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

Date: 2023-10-13 12:07:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10390043

RAMALLAH/AMMAN, Oct 13 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas called today for an immediate end to the Israeli aggression and displacement of our people in Gaza, saying he rejects any attempt to forcibly send Gazans outside the strip. His call came as ....

Jordanian king warns against displacing Palestinians to neighbouring countries

Date: 2023-10-13 10:28:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10389770

AMMAN, Oct 13 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II warned Friday in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken against displacing Palestinians as Israel readies a major offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas attacks. During the meeting, the ....

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO

Date: 2023-10-13 07:11:09 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10389517

GENEVA, Oct 13 (MENA) - WHO warned that the health system in the Gaza Strip is at a breaking point. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to ....

35 Palestinians arrested in West bank

Date: 2023-10-13 06:52:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10389496

RAMALLAH, Oct 13 (MENA) - Thirty-five Palestinians were arrested on Friday in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources said that 26 Palestinians were arrested in raids in Al Khalil (Hebron) governorate. While, ....

White House: 27 Americans killed in Israel, 14 unaccounted for

Date: 2023-10-13 05:38:12 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10389429

WASHINGTON, 13 Oct (MENA) - The White House on Thursday said that at least 27 American citizens have died in Israel, marking an uptick in the number of fatalities from earlier in the day, The Hill reported. National security spokesman John Kirby ....