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China urges US to stop solely blocking UN resolutions on Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-19 20:00:29 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10498618

BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that China hopes the United States will stop single-handedly blocking UN Security Council resolutions, and play its due role to promote an immediate ....

Indian PM backs peaceful solution to ME conflict

Date: 2023-12-19 18:58:48 GMT - India - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10498616

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he supports a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Middle East region, stressing the need to continue providing humanitarian aid to those suffering as a result of this ....

Arish airport receives 2 aid shipments to Gaza from Saudi Arabia, Belgium

Date: 2023-12-19 18:38:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10498518

El-Arish, Egypt, Dec 19 (MENA) - El-Arish International Airport received Tuesday two planes carrying humanitarian and relief aid to be provided to the Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip. In statements, an Egyptian Red Crescent official ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa mosque yards

Date: 2023-12-19 12:38:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10497345

GAZA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers, heavily protected by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday. The settlers pushed deep into the holy site from Bab el Maghreba gate and carried out provocative tours in its ....

Israeli forces detain 30 Palestinians in the West Bank

Date: 2023-12-19 12:37:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10497665

RAMALLAH, Dec 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Tuesday detained 30 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency quoted sources as saying. In Hebron, eight people were detained, two from Ramallah and one from ....

Austin, Gallant discuss continuing operations in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-19 12:36:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10497713

WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV, Dec 19 (MENA) - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin discussed the goals and objectives of Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv today, according to US Department of ....

Miller: We welcome India's constructive engagement in Ukraine, Mideast conflicts

Date: 2023-12-19 12:09:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10497728

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller asserted that New Delhi is a key partner to Washington. Miller said "So I would say that the Secretary has a close, productive working relationship with his counterpart. We ....

Israeli airstrike kill dozens of Palestinian civilians in new massacre in Gaza's Jabalia

Date: 2023-12-19 11:28:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10497675

GAZA CITY, Dec 19 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed in a new massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported Tuesday. Local and medical sources reported that ....

MSF humanitarian situation in WB especially Jenin has "crossed the lines"

Date: 2023-12-19 11:17:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10497466

RAMALLA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in the West Bank, especially in the northern city of Jenin, has exceeded the border, in light of the continuous Israeli aggression against ....

Washington says working for another pause in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-19 09:38:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10497433

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the US National Security Council John Kirby said talks are ongoing to have a new pause in Gaza. "We continue to work really hard to try to get another deal in place, which would, of course, be ....