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Arab league, China call for Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2014-08-04 08:04:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:857047

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called for reaching a ceasefire agreement after the escalation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and murder of hundreds of Palestinian ....

Gaza conflict should not be excuse for anti-Semitism: UN chief

Date: 2014-08-04 07:06:59 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:856936

The conflict in Gaza should not be an excuse for anti-Semitic slurs and attacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said late Sunday. Ban "deplores the recent upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, particularly in Europe, in connection with ....

Israel announces 7-hour truce in Gaza

Date: 2014-08-04 06:45:14 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:856897

Israel's army said it will hold fire in Gaza Strip for seven hours on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into the enclave and to allow displaced Palestinians to return to their homes, Radio Israel reported. The truce will ....

More Egyptian aid moved into Gaza Strip

Date: 2014-08-03 20:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:856708

More Egyptian aid were transported into the Gaza Strip via Rafah border terminal on Sunday. The aid convoys were composed of 130 tons of medications, medical supplies and food, a source said. Egypt's Red Crescent in coordination with the ....

Gaza death toll hits 1,830

Date: 2014-08-03 20:39:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:856706

At least 1,830 Palestinians have been killed and 9,370 injured since Israel started its current aggression against Gaza on July 7, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli shelling of Rafah city left 71 dead and 150 wounded, spokesman ....

Dozens killed, injured in Israeli shelling of Gaza ditricts, UNRWA school

Date: 2014-08-03 09:29:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:855580

Israeli occupation army continued on Sunday shelling Palestinians' houses in a number of neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip in which 34 Palestinians were killed while dozens were injured. The shelling also targeted a school affiliated to the UNRWA ....

OIC deplores Israel's destruction to mosques during aggression on Gaza

Date: 2014-08-03 07:58:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:855416

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, commended on Sunday Israel's destruction to mosques during Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip without abiding by ....

Israel to discuss with Egypt, Abbas, international community reconstruction of Gaza -- Israeli official

Date: 2014-08-03 07:46:06 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:855392

Israel will leave the Strip based on the principle of calm for calm if it felt that deterrence has been achieved, Haaretz quoted an Israeli senior official as saying on Sunday. "If we feel deterrence has not yet been achieved, we'll continue the ....

8 Lebanese soldiers killed in gunmen attack

Date: 2014-08-03 07:41:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:855385

Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria, the army said on Sunday. In a statement, the army said its operations against the gunmen in the Arsal region continued into Sunday ....

86 killed in shelling of several places in Syria

Date: 2014-08-03 07:24:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:855358

As many as 86 people were killed in Syria, including 17 children in a shelling of several cities in Syria. The majority are from Daraa, Latakia and Idlib. ....