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China urges ceasefire in Gaza, tensions ease in Red Sea

Date: 2024-01-30 15:28:10 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10557963

BEIJING, Jan 30 (MENA) - China called on all parties to the conflict in Gaza to seriously implement the relevant resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, and to reach a ceasefire immediately, ....

Israel kills Palestinian girl while calling paramedics

Date: 2024-01-30 15:27:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10557966

GAZA CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) – Israeli soldiers killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip when she was calling paramedics to help her. Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PCRS) published on Tuesday a voice record of the Palestinian child ....

Sick and injured children from Gaza arrive for care in Italy

Date: 2024-01-30 11:44:43 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10557385

ROME, Jan 30 (MENA) - Several sick and injured children from Gaza suffering from the Israel-Hamas war have arrived in Italy to receive care from several hospitals, thanks to an initiative set in motion by Fr. Ibrahim Faltas, the Vicar of Custody of ....

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians inside hospital in Jenin

Date: 2024-01-30 09:37:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10557014

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - Israeli special forces on Tuesday morning killed three Palestinian young men, including two brothers, inside Ibn Sina Hospital in the city of Jenin, WAFA reported. The three Palestinians who were killed by the occupation ....

EU suspends UNRWA funding till end of February

Date: 2024-01-30 08:43:11 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10556942

BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (MENA) - The European Commission Monday said additional funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be foreseen until the end of February. The European Union (EU) is ....

Blinken: US to closely watch steps UNRWA takes after Oct. 7 allegations

Date: 2024-01-30 07:45:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10556777

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The United States will look hard at what steps the United Nations' aid agency for Palestinians takes in response to what he called "deeply troubling" allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the October 7 attack on ....

1.8 million Palestinians are now homeless, 40% of Gaza Strip districts wiped out – Min.

Date: 2024-01-29 22:58:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10556672

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) – Palestine's Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohamed Ziara said the initial assessment of destruction in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip shows that some 1.8 million Palestinians have become homeless so far. Speaking to ....

Israel submitted no dossier on UNRWA workers’ alleged involvement in October 7 attack

Date: 2024-01-29 22:56:28 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10556664

NEW YORK, Jan 29 (MENA) - UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Israel had not yet submitted any official dossier about UNRWA staffers' alleged involvement in October 7 attack. In statements reported by the US-based Alhurra TV channel on Monday, ....

Israeli strike on house in Gaza kills 20

Date: 2024-01-29 21:49:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10556659

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) – Over a dozen civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others were injured Monday night in an Israeli strike that targeted a family home in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Local sources ....

British PM urges Iran to de-escalate tensions after Jordan drone strike

Date: 2024-01-29 20:37:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10556630

LONDON, Jan 29 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his concern on Monday regarding tensions in the Middle East and called on Iran to de-escalate, after an attack that killed three US service members in northeastern Jordan near ....