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UNICEF reports surge in displaced people in Gaza amidst decrease in aid trucks

Date: 2024-09-20 10:51:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10878436

NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, Sept 20 (MENA) - Ted Chaiban, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, has called for an immediate ceasefire to protect children in Gaza and facilitate humanitarian aid access, WAFA reported Friday. In a press statement, ....

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge immediate de-escalation

Date: 2024-09-20 09:53:27 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10878377

BEIRUT, Sept 20 (MENA) - The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged on Friday de-escalation after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, NNA reported. The UNIFIL force had witnessed “a heavy intensification of the ....

8 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp

Date: 2024-09-20 09:15:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10878341

GAZA CITY, Sept 20 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were killed and four others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in central Gaza, WAFA news agency reported. Local sources confirmed ....

Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli bombardment of Gaza

Date: 2024-09-19 15:47:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10877656

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were killed and others were injured with various wounds on Thursday in the Israeli bombing of the central and southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. Medical sources said that ....

French president expresses condolences to Lebanon over Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-09-19 14:25:37 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10877598

BEIRUT, Sept 19 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday contacted Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri, by phone to offer condolences for the victims of the recent Israeli aggression on Lebanon. The call came after waves of pager and ....

Spanish PM: Two-state solution best way to end conflict in Middle East

Date: 2024-09-19 14:17:57 GMT - Spain - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10877483

MADRID, Sept 19 (MENA) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asserted Thursday the two-state solution is the best way to end the conflict and the war in the Middle East and restore peace and stability in the region and the world at large. He ....

Muslim Council of Elders welcomes UNGA resolution on Israeli occupation of Palestine

Date: 2024-09-19 10:44:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10877110

CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Muslim Council of Elders under Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb welcomed the historic approval of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) of a draft resolution presented by Palestine calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the ....

Lebanon blasts must be thoroughly investigated — Russian Duma speaker

Date: 2024-09-19 08:08:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10876808

MOSCOW, Sept 19 (MENA) – The explosions of various devices in Lebanon require a thorough investigation while international structures must develop measures against such crimes, TASS quoted Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin as ....

TV report accuses Netanyahu of repeatedly ‘torpedoing’ hostage deal with Hamas

Date: 2024-09-19 07:33:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10876692

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (MENA) - Israeli television on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently acted since December to “torpedo” a possible hostage deal with Hamas for political reasons, in a report that was forcefully ....

US defense sect. underlines need for Gaza ceasefire, diplomatic solution for Israel-Lebanon conflict

Date: 2024-09-19 06:48:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10876691

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant to review regional security developments, the US Department of Defense said in a statement on Thursday. The secretary ....