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Palestinian resistance launches missile barrage targeting Tel Aviv

Date: 2023-12-08 19:06:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10480888

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) – The Palestinian resistance launched on Friday a missile barrage targeting Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel. The shelling comes in response to the Israeli massacres against the Palestinian civilians, Qassam Brigades, ....

Gaza society 'on the brink of full-blown collapse', warns UN chief

Date: 2023-12-08 18:43:39 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10480819

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that he invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time since 1971 because “there is a high risk of the total ....

Death toll in Gaza hit 17,490 - local source

Date: 2023-12-08 18:36:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10480871

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - The number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 17,490 according to the latest reports from the local authorities there, amid intensifying Israeli aggression. The toll includes 7,870 children, 6,121 women, 228 medical ....

At least 273 displaced persons sheltering in UNRWA schools in Gaza killed since start of Israeli aggression

Date: 2023-12-08 18:04:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10480761

GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - The UN Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) estimated that in total at least 273 internally displaced persons (IDP) sheltering in UNRWA shelters have been killed and at least another 966 injured since the start of the ....

PRCS calls for UN intervention to save Gaza health conditions

Date: 2023-12-08 16:12:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10480462

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Raed Al Nems has revealed the erection of a field unit to receive people wounded in Israel's fierce non-stop aggression on the Gaza Strip. In statements to Al ....

Israeli occupation forces target school sheltering displaced individuals east Khan Yunis

Date: 2023-12-08 15:05:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10480489

GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - Dozens have been killed, after Israeli occupation forces targeted a school housing displaced people east Khan Yunis, said medical sources in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Friday. Israeli warplanes destroyed a house in ....

Director of Jenin hospital: Current situation in hospitals 'very dangerous'

Date: 2023-12-08 15:02:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10480458

RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - Director of Jenin Governmental Hospital Wissam Abu Bakr has strongly criticized the obstacles which hinder the arrival of medical teams to hospitals to rescue the sick and the injured in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. In an ....

AL chief hopes that UNSC will adopt Gaza ceasefire resolution

Date: 2023-12-08 14:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10480457

CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit hoped that the UN Security Council (UNSC) will adopt today a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. He, meanwhile, warned ....

Friday prayers draw only 5,000 Muslim worshippers to Al Aqsa Mosque due to Israeli restrictions

Date: 2023-12-08 13:08:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10480328

RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - Only 5,000 Muslims were able to perform Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque, as the Israeli occupation forces continue to restrict access to the holy site, limiting the number of worshippers who can enter the compound. In a ....

Blinken sees ‘gap’ in Israel’s comments on protecting civilians

Date: 2023-12-08 12:02:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10479988

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that a “gap” remains between Israel’s stated intent of protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and what has unfolded over the past week as fighting has resumed, The Washington Post ....