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US: Timeline for Gaza military operations decision of Israel

Date: 2023-12-16 14:17:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10493180

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby Saturday said that the timeline for military operations in Gaza is up to Israel to decide about it. He added that the US and Israel are on the ....

FAJ mourns death of Al Jazeera cameraman

Date: 2023-12-16 12:34:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10493027

CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) mourned the death of Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa who died Friday after being badly injured during an Israeli attack in southern the Gaza Strip after being forced to wait five ....

Dozens of Palestinian injuries, deaths by Israeli bombardment in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-16 11:43:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10492952

GAZA CITY, Dec 16 (MENA)- Dozens of people were killed and injured, the majority of them women and children, at dawn today as a result of ongoing Israeli bombings that targeted most of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news ....

White House offers condolences after Al Jazeera says journalist killed in Israeli strike

Date: 2023-12-16 10:48:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10492951

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - The White House offers condolences after Al Jazeera says one of its journalists was killed Friday in an Israeli strike. “I just want to offer our deepest condolences to Al Jazeera to and to the family and loved ones of ....

EU, 14 countries urge Israel to halt 'unprecedented settlers' violence' in West Bank

Date: 2023-12-15 17:08:21 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10492254

PARIS, Dec 15 (MENA) - Western nations and the European Union on Friday urged Israel to "take concrete steps to halt unprecedented violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank," according to a joint statement published by France's foreign ....

French FM visits Lebanon to prevent further escalation bet. Israel, Hezbollah

Date: 2023-12-15 16:34:57 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10492351

PARIS, Dec 15 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will visit Lebanon on Saturday, amid the increasing diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing further escalation between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah. "We must avoid a regional ....

Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh injured by Israeli sniper in Gaza's Khan Yunis

Date: 2023-12-15 16:05:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10492348

GAZA, Dec 15 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike this afternoon targeted a school serving as a shelter for displaced individuals in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, resulting in injuries to several journalists and civilians. One of the injured was Wael ....

EU, 14 countries say settler violence ‘unacceptable,’ blast ‘environment of impunity’

Date: 2023-12-15 15:52:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10492297

LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The EU and 14 countries including the UK, Australia, Canada and France urge Israel in a joint statement “to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record-high settler violence in the occupied West Bank,” saying ongoing ....

Guardian view on the West Bank: The suffering of Palestinians extends beyond Gaza

Date: 2023-12-15 15:01:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10492236

LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The scale and sheer horror of the war in Gaza has rightly captured the world’s attention. But surging violence in the occupied West Bank should sound the alarm too, the Guardian said in its editorial. Last year was the ....

Palestinian president discusses latest developments with visiting US National Security Advisor

Date: 2023-12-15 14:41:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10492217

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday welcomed US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. During the meeting, Abbas emphasized the urgent need to halt the ongoing ....