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Dozens of civilians killed, injured in Israeli shelling of different locations in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-11 21:58:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:10486703

GAZA CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians were killed and others injured, mostly children and women, in the ongoing Israeli shelling targeting different locations in the besieged Gaza Strip, WAFA reported Monday. Israeli warplanes shelled ....

Senior Russian diplomat presses for urgent settlement in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-11 19:21:39 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10486567

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, during talks with Palestinian and Hamas officials on December 10-11, pointed to the need for an urgent settlement of all ....

Jordanian king urges immediate Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-11 18:02:35 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10486485

AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II in a phone call on Monday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the protection of civilians. The Jordanian king called on the international ....

Egypt, Jordan reject displacement of Palestinians: Jordanian PM

Date: 2023-12-11 17:41:13 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10486197

DOHA/ AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) – Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said on Monday that the peace agreement signed between Jordan and Israel since 1994 prohibits forced displacement. During his participation in a special session within the ....

UK defense secretary expresses deep concern over Gaza's humanitarian situation

Date: 2023-12-11 12:32:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10485554

LONDON, Dec 11 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps Monday expressed deep concern over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, stressing that UK spares no effort to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. "Following my ....

Guterres says health system in Gaza collapsing

Date: 2023-12-11 10:48:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10485414

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the health system in Gaza is collapsing. The situation there is rapidly deteriorating toward a catastrophe, Guterres said in a statement carried by the UN News ....

As Israel continues bombing Gaza for the 66th day, dozens are killed and injured

Date: 2023-12-11 10:43:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10485424

GAZA, Dec 11 (MENA) - On the 66th day of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli war machine continued to bomb various areas of the Gaza Strip and target civilians, which led to the killing and injury of dozens of people, the ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 28 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, including two women

Date: 2023-12-11 09:10:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10485171

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces today detained 28 Palestinians in raids at their homes across the occupied West Bank, including two women, according to various sources. One woman, 34, was detained in the ancient city of ....

Session of UN General Assembly on Palestine to resume on December 12

Date: 2023-12-11 09:05:26 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10485053

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (MENA) - The emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Palestine will be resumed on December 12, the press service of the General Assembly's president said. "President of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis has ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-12-11 09:02:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10485153

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers, guarded by Israeli occupation forces, stormed the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday under the pretext of celebrating Hanukkah holiday. The extremist settlers raided the holy Islamic Mosque ....