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President Abbas expresses hope Christmas would bring an end to Israeli aggression

Date: 2023-12-24 08:45:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10504486

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed hope that this Christmas would mark a cessation of the Israeli war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, as well as across the occupied Palestinian territories, wishing ....

Fatah official: Real will must for realizing peace, setting up independent Palestinian state

Date: 2023-12-24 08:05:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10504371

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Fatah Movement Leader Munir al-Gaghoub said the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and realizing peace won't be achieved unless there is a real international will. In statements Sunday to Nile News ....

Biden presses Netanyahu on protecting civilians in Gaza: W. House

Date: 2023-12-24 06:13:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10504308

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilian lives in Gaza, the White House said. The conversation came a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding ....

Biden convinced Netanyahu to halt pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah

Date: 2023-12-23 23:03:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10504265

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, just after Hamas launched its attack on Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on ....

Israel announces deaths of 5 troops killed in Gaza over weekend

Date: 2023-12-23 22:33:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10504224

GAZA CITY, Dec 23 (MENA) – The Israeli army announced the deaths of five soldiers killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive to 144, the Times of Israel reported. Another ....

Occupation racing against time to turn Gaza into mass grave - PA

Date: 2023-12-23 20:54:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10504128

RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation state is racing against time to complete the transformation of the entire Gaza Strip into a mass grave for the martyrs and the living together, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned in a statement ....

136 of our colleagues in Gaza killed in 75 days, says UN Chief

Date: 2023-12-23 19:02:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10504161

GAZA CITY/ NEW YORK, Dec 23 (MENA) – As many as 136 UN workers have lost their lives in the last 75 days in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas while several employees of the world body have been forced out of their homes, the United Nations ....

UNSG pushes for Gaza ceasefire for humanitarian reasons - Spokesman

Date: 2023-12-23 17:30:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10504045

RIYADH, Dec 23 (MNENA) - "United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has been pushing for a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons," UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Saturday. "Our focus is now on providing humanitarian aid, with more ....

Bethlehem cancels Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza - Report

Date: 2023-12-23 17:23:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10504074

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (MENA) - The West Bank City of Bethlehem has canceled its annual Christmas celebrations out of respect for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, nearly three months into the war, the Washington Post reported ....

Israeli airstrikes claim dozens of innocent lives on day 78 of genocide in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-23 16:28:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10504032

GAZA CITY, Dec 23 (MENA) - As the Israeli genocide campaign in Gaza marks 78 days in a row, dozens of innocent Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were brutally murdered today as a result of the nonstop Israeli airstrikes, artillery ....