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Gaza plunges into complete digital blackout

Date: 2023-10-27 20:29:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10413297

GAZA CITY, Oct 27 (MENA) – Gaza has plunged into complete digital blackout despite international treaties guaranteeing access to the internet and communication networks, WAFA reported. Israel has severed both landline and cellular communication ....

China urges relevant parties to work together for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 19:38:31 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10413235

BEIJING, Oct 27 (MENA) – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said China is calling on relevant parties of the international community to work together for an early ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and avert further deterioration of the ....

More than 600,000 internally displaced people in Gaza are sheltering in 150 UNRWA facilities

Date: 2023-10-27 15:53:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10413025

GAZA, Oct 27 (MENA) - As many as 629,000 internally displaced people are sheltering in 150 facilities of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) in Gaza after their houses have been subject to continuous shelling by the Israeli forces ....

Lufthansa: Flights to and from Beirut, Tel Aviv on hold until November

Date: 2023-10-27 15:22:18 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10412975

BERLIN, Oct 27 (MENA) - Lufthansa Group flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut have been put on hold until at least the middle of next month, the German flag carrier said on Friday. Flights to and from the Lebanese capital are on hold until Nov. ....

Macron calls for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 15:10:11 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10412933

PARIS, Oct 27 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron called Friday for a "humanitarian truce" in the Hamas-Israel conflict for the protection of civilians in Gaza. "A humanitarian truce is useful today to be able to protect those who are on ....

Palestinian Health Ministry: Gaza death toll tops 7,400, over 20,500 injured

Date: 2023-10-27 15:08:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10412956

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) - In the wake of the devastating Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has surged to at least 7,415, with over 20,500 individuals injured, the Ministry of ....

Medvedev predicts 'bloody consequences' of Israeli ground operation in Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-27 15:02:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10412949

MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip will still take place and will set off a "machine of reciprocal violence" for years to come, Tass News ....

War surgery team, medical supplies arrive in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis: ICRC

Date: 2023-10-27 14:37:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10412847

GENEVA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) trucks carrying vital medical material and water purification supplies arrived in Gaza on Friday, alongside 10 ICRC experts - including a war surgery team and a weapons ....

Several Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire in Bethlehem, Hebron

Date: 2023-10-27 13:59:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10412792

RAMALLAH, Oct 27 (MENA) - Several Palestinians were injured on Friday during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the southern West Bank provinces of Hebron and Bethlehem, state news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. ....

London mayor calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-27 10:52:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10412412

LONDON, Oct 27 (MENA) - The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has called for a ceasefire in Gaza as a "humanitarian crisis" is "set to deteriorate further", Sky News reported. In an open letter, the London mayor said he joins the international community in ....