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AlQahera AlEkhbaria: 6th group of Palestinian detainees now being released

Date: 2023-11-29 21:25:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10466472

RAFAH, Egypt, Nov 29 (MENA) – Israel is now releasing 30 Palestinian detainees as part of a swap deal that is in place for the sixth day in a row, AlQahera AlEkhbaria reported Wednesday. Two old Russian-Israeli ladies crossed the Rafah Terminal ....

Malki to UNSC: A truce must become a ceasefire

Date: 2023-11-29 20:45:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10466346

RAMALLAH, Nov 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki addressed the UN Security Council meeting Wednesday urging that a truce must become a ceasefire, WAFA reported. “This is not a war,” he said. “This is a carnage that no one can ....

Egypt steps up efforts to reach lasting ceasefire in Gaza - FM 3 last New York

Date: 2023-11-29 20:01:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:10466420

What is now taking place in Gaza is being repeated in the West Bank through more acts of violence by settlers, house demolitions, military storming of West Bank cities and confiscating more Palestinian lands to legalize occupation, Shoukry ....

Arab-Islamic ministerial committee urges int'l community to protect Palestinians from Israeli crimes

Date: 2023-11-29 19:54:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10466178

NEW YORK, Nov 29 (MENA) - Members of the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit, hosted by Riyadh earlier in this month, called on the international community to fulfill their responsibility for implementing UN ....

Jordanian FM says Israel uses UNSC silence to cover up aggression in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-29 19:52:44 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10466345

NEW YORK/AMMAN, Nov 29 (MENA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al Safadi said Wednesday that Israel is using the silence of the UN Security Council to cover up its aggression against the Palestinian people. Addressing a UNSC session in New ....

Egypt steps up efforts to reach lasting ceasefire in Gaza - FM 2 New York

Date: 2023-11-29 19:35:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10466388

Shoukry said the flagrant violations of the international humanitarian law which are committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip cannot be viewed as self-defense, saying what kind of self defense that allows the occupying force to destroy the life of the ....

Egypt steps up efforts to reach lasting ceasefire in Gaza - FM

Date: 2023-11-29 19:35:10 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10466324

NEW YORK, Nov 29 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday renewed his country's rejection of any plans, intentions or attempts to liquidate the Palestinian issue. He stressed that Egypt is working for activating UN Security Council ....

Sixth batch of released Israeli captives arrives at Egyptian side of Rafah border crossing

Date: 2023-11-29 19:05:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10466305

RAFAH, Egypt, Nov 29 (MENA) - The sixth batch of released Israeli captives arrived at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing as part of a swap deal between the Hamas movement and Israel, Al Qahera News channel reported on Wednesday. The ....

Red Cross receives sixth batch of Israeli detainees

Date: 2023-11-29 18:20:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10466279

GAZA CITY, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Red Cross received on Wednesday the sixth batch of Israeli detainees as part of a swap deal with Hamas movement, Al Qahera News channel reported. This batch includes five children and seven women. Once the Red ....

Biden suggests Israeli response is giving Hamas what it wants

Date: 2023-11-29 18:16:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10466277

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (MENA) - President Joe Biden suggested that Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack unleashed by Hamas is giving the group what it wants, arguing that the country can’t continue with this level of violence. “Hamas unleashed an ....