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WHO urges immediate passage of humanitarian aid into Gaza

Date: 2023-12-10 20:19:34 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10484516

GENEVA, Dec 10 (MENA) - The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted by consensus a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian ....

Gaza war death toll hit 17,997 - local source

Date: 2023-12-10 19:26:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10484576

GAZA CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - The number of people killed in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 17,997 according to the latest reports from the local authorities there, amid intensifying Israeli bombardment. The toll includes 7,875 children and 6,130 ....

Rights of Palestinian people violated for 75 years, says FM

Date: 2023-12-10 14:44:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10483720

RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said in a press statement on Sunday that the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. This also ....

Israeli forces arrest 28 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-12-10 08:28:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10482883

RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 28 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Sunday. Palestinian security sources said the arrests took place in the governorates of Toubas, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Biera and ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-12-10 08:22:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10482858

RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday under heavy protection from the Israeli police. The extremist settlers raided the holy Islamic Mosque from Al Maghariba gate and carried out ....

10 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of house in Khan Younis

Date: 2023-12-10 07:17:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10482607

GAZA CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were killed and scores others wounded in Israeli bombing of a house in Khan Younis on Sunday. Medical sources said most of the casualties are children, adding that many others are still missing. Also ....

Thousands march in London to demand Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-09 20:41:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10482402

LONDON, Dec 9 (MENA) - Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have marched through London once again to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – after the UK abstained in a United Nations vote demanding an immediate halt to the fighting, The ....

Alarm sounded as indiscriminate carnage, apocalyptic conditions grip Gaza

Date: 2023-12-09 19:18:34 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10482300

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (MENA) - International aid charities have sounded the alarm about an “apocalyptic” situation in Gaza after more than two months of Israel's war on Gaza, warning of starvation and an outbreak of disease. In a video conference with ....

Amman holds Israel fully responsible for killing Jordanian in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-09 19:15:56 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10482347

AMMAN, Dec 9 (MENA) - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza killed a Jordanian woman and her family. The Ministry's official spokesman, Sufyan Qudah, held the Israeli forces "fully responsible" for ....

Blinken discusses Gaza with Turkish counterpart

Date: 2023-12-09 17:36:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10482247

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saturday with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Washington. The two sides "discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict, focusing on efforts to ensure the conflict does not spread ....