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Gaza needs fuel "as urgent as water and food," says UN agency

Date: 2023-10-23 09:26:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10405808

GAZA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Gaza needs fuel “as urgent as water and food," the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) told CNN on Monday," as the two aid convoys that entered Gaza this weekend barely alleviate the dire conditions within the ....

Death toll rises to 4,651 in Gaza Strip: Health Ministry

Date: 2023-10-23 08:45:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10405646

GAZA CITY, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in Gaza on Monday said that 4,651 people have been killed since October 7, including 1,756 children and 967 women; while a further 13,561 persons were injured. The Israeli occupation warplanes ....

Tuwaijri to MENA: ERC exerts enormous effort to support people in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-23 08:42:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10405612

CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization Saleh bin Hamad al Tuwaijri on Monday hailed the enormous effort of the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) to lend a hand to civilians in the Gaza Strip amid the ....

EU supports UN call for humanitarian pause in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-23 08:18:42 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10405652

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (MENA) - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell joined calls Monday for a pause in the conflict in Gaza to let more aid supplies into the besieged enclave. “Now the most important thing is for humanitarian support to ....

UNRWA says 406,000 IDPs sheltering in 91 installations in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-23 08:01:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10405566

NEW YORK, Oct 23 (MENA) - Nearly 406,000 Palestinians are sheltering in 91 UNRWA installations in the Gaza Strip's Middle, Khan Younis and Rafah areas. This represents an increase of 22,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs)over the past 24 ....

Sunak probes with leaders of US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy Middle East conflict

Date: 2023-10-23 07:45:32 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10405582

LONDON, Oct 23 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spoken to his counterparts from the US, Canada, France, Germany and Italy on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. At phone calls with US President Joseph R. Biden, Prime Minister ....

Israeli forces arrest 120 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-10-23 07:38:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10405553

RAMALLA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday arrested 120 Palestinians from separate locations in the occupied West Bank. The occupation forces arrested 59 people in the southern governorate of Hebron, including 40 workers from ....

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians near Ramallah

Date: 2023-10-23 06:07:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10405441

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) – Two Palestinian young men were killed Monday and four others seriously injured in confrontations with Israeli occupation soldiers after assaulting Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah, according to the Ministry of ....

2nd aid convoy allowed into war-ravaged Gaza

Date: 2023-10-22 22:03:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10405319

GAZA, Oct 22 (MENA) - As many as 14 aid trucks carrying food, medical supplies, and medicines entered besieged Gaza through the Rafah crossing on Sunday evening, the second aid convoy since the onset of a cataclysmic Israeli assault on the ....

13 people killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting houses, mosque in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-22 22:00:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10405311

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) – Thirteen People were killed on Sunday in the ongoing offensive against the blockaded Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Israeli warplanes launched several airstrikes targeting two houses in Jabalia refugee camp, and the Albanian ....