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UN agencies concerned over losing contact with their teams in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-28 16:50:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10414386

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - Several international aid organizations and United Nations agencies have expressed their concern for colleagues in Gaza, after losing contact as a result of the communications blackout, according to the Washington Post. ....

Israel committed 53 massacres in Gaza since last night : sources

Date: 2023-10-28 16:41:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10414222

GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) – As many as 53 massacres were committed over the last night and this morning by Israeli occupation forces fiercely attacking the Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources, noting that the enclave has been exposed in the past 24 ....

UN warns of ‘potential for thousands more civilians to die’ in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-28 16:12:19 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10414179

GENEVA, Oct 28 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Saturday there was a potential for thousands more civilians to die as Israel presses a ground operation in Gaza. Israel’s army relentlessly hammered the territory ....

Scotland's first minister blasts UK for abstaining from UN resolution calling for truce in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-28 16:00:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10414220

EDINBURGH, Oct 28 (MENA) - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf criticized on Saturday the UK for abstaining from voting on a resolution drafted by Arab states calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. “If you did not vote for peace, while children are ....

Civilians, patients, health workers in Gaza spend night in darkness and fear: WHO

Date: 2023-10-28 15:12:18 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:10414091

GENEVA, Oct 28 (MENA) - During a night of intense bombardment and ground incursions in Gaza, with reports of hostilities still continuing, health workers, patients and civilians have been subject to a total communication and electrical blackout, the ....

Gaza information blackout ‘risks providing cover for mass atrocities’: HRW

Date: 2023-10-28 14:01:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10414098

NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, Oct 28 (MENA) - The near-total telecommunications blackout in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Palestinian territory risks providing cover for mass atrocities, The Business Standard reported, quoting the NGO Human ....

AI-assisted CNN analysis of satellite imagery shows new map of destruction across Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 23:03:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10413367

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) – A new analysis, aided by artificial intelligence (AI), has identified a significant amount of the destruction across Gaza in satellite imagery, CNN reported. Large swaths of buildings around Gaza City, Beit Lahya and ....

Palestinian president, Danish PM discuss situation in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 22:24:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10413296

RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen discussed Friday the recent developments in the Palestinian territories, WAFA reported During a phone conversation, Abbas stressed the need ....

UNGA adopts Gaza resolution calling for immediate, sustained humanitarian truce

Date: 2023-10-27 22:23:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10413337

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (MENA) - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” in Gaza. It also demands “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of ....

Hamas says confronting Israeli ground incursion into northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-27 21:28:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10413309

GAZA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said on Friday that its militants were confronting an Israeli ground incursion into Beit Hanoun and east of Bureij in the northern Gaza Strip. Fierce clashes is ....