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Egypt to receive medical aid from Germany for people of Gaza Saturday: German FM

Date: 2023-12-13 18:34:19 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10489952

BERLIN, Dec 13 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry said it will send a medical aid shipment to Egypt to be trucked to the people of the embattled Gaza Strip on Saturday. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry added that the shipment, to be ....

Israeli forces arrest two Aqsa mosque guards

Date: 2023-12-13 18:26:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10489986

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday two guards of Al Aqsa Mosque and took them to a police station in the Old Town. The forces also exploded a house in Jenin camp. Meanwhile, a youth and a woman were injured by ....

Egypt steps up efforts to let more humanitarian assistance into Gaza - Rashwan

Date: 2023-12-13 17:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10489985

CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Head of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan said on Wednesday Egypt is exerting intensive efforts to ensure the continued entry of humanitarian aid to the brothers in the Gaza Strip to help them face the catastrophic ....

Qatari aircraft carrying aid to support Palestinians in Gaza heads to Egypt's Arish

Date: 2023-12-13 16:52:54 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10489921

DOHA, Dec 13 (MENA) - A Qatari Armed Forces aircraft has headed to the city of Arish in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 44 tons of aid, including food supplies, medical equipment and shelter supplies, provided by the Qatar Fund for ....

West has no intention of fostering Palestinian statehood — Lavrov

Date: 2023-12-13 16:40:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10489922

MOSCOW, Dec 13 (MENA) - The West has no interest in facilitating the creation of the State of Palestine, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as telling the Federation Council. The top Russian diplomat recalled the ....

Lazzarini: UNRWA’s capacity to serve Gaza on verge of collapse

Date: 2023-12-13 16:36:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10489898

GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that UNRWA’s ability to fulfill its mandate in Gaza is severely limited, according UNRWA press release. The entire humanitarian response heavily relies on UNRWA’s ....

18,682 Palestinians killed, 50,000 wounded in Israeli aggression on Gaza, West Bank

Date: 2023-12-13 16:31:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10489900

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) – Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 18,682 Palestinians have been killed and more than 50,000 wounded since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, WAFA ....

Palestinian young man killed by Israel in Jenin

Date: 2023-12-13 16:22:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10489920

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - A youth was killed by Israeli army bullets in Jenin, bringing to eight the number of Palestinians killed in Jenin on Wednesday, according to a Palestinian medical source. The 29-year-old young man was shot in the head ....

Qatar condemns Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land in Jerusalem

Date: 2023-12-13 16:14:19 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10489905

DOHA, Dec 13 (MENA) - Qatar has condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to confiscate Palestinian lands in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to build an air train. In a post, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....

Vatican pope renews appeal for immediate Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-13 15:41:15 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10489845

VATICAN CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - Speaking at the end of his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis made a new appeal for an end to the war in Gaza, Vatican News reported. “I continue to follow the conflict in Israel and Palestine with ....