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Italy to send hospital ship to Gaza coast

Date: 2023-11-08 17:32:22 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10432811

ROME, Nov 8 (MENA) - Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto announced on Wednesday the dispatch of a hospital ship to Gaza coast with 170 crew members on board, sky news reported. The ship is leaving on Wednesday from the western Italian port of ....

UNRWA says 92 workers killed in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-08 17:23:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10432809

GAZA/NEW YORK, Nov 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said 92 of its employees have now been killed in Gaza, the highest number ever seen in a single conflict. "We are never going ....

PCBS: Sharp rise in food commodities in Gaza since start of Israeli aggression

Date: 2023-11-08 14:55:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10432559

RAMALLAH, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Wednesday that there is a sharp rise in prices and shortage of food commodities prices over the continued Israeli aggression. This came in the bureau's first ....

6 aid planes land at Arish airport en route to Gaza

Date: 2023-11-08 14:36:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10432494

AL ARISh, Egypt, Nov 8 (MENA) – Six planes laden with humanitarian assistance landed at Arish International Airport over the past few hours, bringing to 96 the number of planes sent since October 12 to the coastal enclave, said North Sinai ....

Cairo University team conducts operations for 21 injured Gazans

Date: 2023-11-08 14:06:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10432479

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) – A medical team from Cairo University has successfully conducted surgeries for more than 21 critically injured Palestinians from Gaza. The operations were performed at the hospitals of Arish and Baer al Abd after the injured ....

Israel to shun Paris Gaza aid conference: French presidency

Date: 2023-11-08 14:04:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10432449

PARIS, Nov 8 (MENA) - Israeli representatives will not participate at a Thursday “humanitarian conference” for Gaza in Paris organised by French President Emmanuel Macron, The Dawn reported quoting Macron's office. Like other governments, Israel ....

Environment min. discusses nature-based solutions with PERSGA chief ahead of COP28

Date: 2023-11-08 12:50:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10432201

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) – Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said Wednesday the government is coordinating with the World Bank to carry out regional activities relevant to nature-based solutions. The Environment Ministry and the World Bank are ....

OIC's ambassadors in Ireland stress necessity of taking measures to lift Gaza siege

Date: 2023-11-08 10:23:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10431964

RIYADH/DUBLIN, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s ambassadors in Ireland asserted the necessity of taking urgent and necessary measures to stop the Israeli aggression and lift the siege slapped on the Gaza Strip and ....

Democrats criticize Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her pro-Palestinian comments

Date: 2023-11-08 09:45:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10431909

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (MENA) - Rep. Rashida Tlaib is facing backlash from some of her fellow Democrats, including in her home state of Michigan, over her recent remarks about Palestinians amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Alhurra TV Channel ....

G7 backs 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza

Date: 2023-11-08 09:34:49 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10431916

TOKYO, Nov 8 (MENA) - The G7 foreign ministers said Wednesday that they supported "humanitarian pauses and corridors" in the Gaza Strip, France 24 reported. "We stress the need for urgent action to address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in ....