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Biden arrives in Israel facing a difficult diplomatic mission

Date: 2023-10-18 09:10:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10397862

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Wednesday for one of the most complicated diplomatic trips of his presidency, CNN reported. Biden will first meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a restricted ....

UNESCO confirms death of 9 journalists since start of Israel war in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 08:58:36 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10397756

PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - UNESCO has confirmed the death of 9 journalists in the line of duty during the Israeli offensive in Gaza. The death toll could rise further still: multiple reports are currently being examined by UNESCO as part of its ....

The Guardian view on Biden’s urgent mission: the US pivots back to the Middle East

Date: 2023-10-18 07:32:42 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10397503

LONDON, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Guardian newspaper said Wednesday that thousands have been killed in little over a week in the war on Gaza, and the risk of the violence spreading is immense. The US hopes two aircraft carrier groups in the eastern ....

UNSC to vote today on Brazil's draft resolution on humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 07:26:32 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10397592

NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - Voting on the Brazil-drafted UN Security Council resolution on a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is scheduled for Wednesday, TASS quoted Brazil’s mission to the United Nations as saying. According to the ....

The Guardian: Gaza hospital blast sparks angry demonstrations across Middle East

Date: 2023-10-18 06:45:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10397467

LONDON, Oct 18 (MENA) - A blast at the al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital in Gaza that has reportedly left hundreds dead has become a lightning rod for anger across the region, sparking protests across the Arab world and beyond, the Guardian reported ....

30 Palestinians killed in new Israeli bombing of areas in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 06:30:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10397449

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Medical and local sources Wednesday said that more than 30 Palestinians were killed in artillery, air and sea bombardment on all areas of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. The sources explained that ....

West Bank observes general strike denouncing Israeli ongoing aggression on Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 06:24:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10397488

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - A general strike is observed across the West Bank governorates on Wednesday to denounce the ongoing Israeli aggression for the 12th consecutive day on the Gaza Strip. The strike is also meant to denounce the heinous ....

Guterres calls for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza

Date: 2023-10-18 06:14:41 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10397465

NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at an economic forum in China, Guterres appealed for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the war ....

Abbas says Baptist Hospital massacre will not be tolerated, will not pass without accountability

Date: 2023-10-18 06:02:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10397418

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel’s bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City is a great calamity and a heinous war crime, which cannot be tolerated or allowed to pass without accountability, the ....

'Nothing can justify targeting civilians': French president on Gaza hospital strike

Date: 2023-10-18 05:48:44 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10397423

PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said "nothing can justify targeting civilians" after a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital and called for humanitarian access to the coastal strip "without delay". "Nothing can justify a strike ....