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156 Palestinians killed, 246 wounded in 13 Israeli massacres in past 24 hours - health ministry

Date: 2024-01-01 18:04:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10515753

GAZA, Jan 1 (MENA) – The number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing war launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip since October 7 has reached 21,978, the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave said on Monday. In its latest report published ....

UNICEF calls again for Gaza ceasefire for humanitarian reasons

Date: 2024-01-01 17:56:02 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10515738

NEW YORK, Jan 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called again for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli forces have so far killed 22,000 Palestinians since October 7, including more than eight thousand ....

UK's Blair denies report on heading team for displacing Gazans

Date: 2024-01-01 16:01:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10515543

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair has denied a report aired on the Israeli Channel 12 News that he would head a team for considering the voluntary evacuation of the residents of the Gaza Strip. In a press ....

Palestine urges Tony Blair not to get involved in 'voluntary evacuation' of Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-01 14:49:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10515395

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday called on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to get involved in Israel's scheme of "voluntary evacuation" of two million Palestinians in the ....

Palestine rejects suspicious attempts to displace Palestinians from Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-01-01 13:42:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10515394

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency Monday expressed its strong rejection of any suspicious attempts to name Tony Blair or anyone else in charge of displacing the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, considering it a condemnable and ....

Settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2024-01-01 11:44:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10515126

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) – Israeli settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque on Monday guarded by Israeli police. Scores of settlers entered the mosque, conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals. Palestinian security sources said that 11 ....

As 2024 begins, Israeli army releases 5 brigades from Gaza, but says fighting likely all year

Date: 2024-01-01 06:31:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10514747

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Israeli army has said that it was beginning to release five brigades from combat in the Gaza Strip to help bounce back the economy, the Times of Israel reported. The Israeli military said it believed the war in Gaza ....

US senator criticizes Biden over Gaza

Date: 2023-12-31 22:07:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10514690

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - US Senator Cori Bush criticized the Biden administration, wondering How many innocent people must die before it demands a ceasefire? The White House cannot have it both ways: calling on the Israeli government to uphold ....

2 Israeli policemen injured in Jerusalem stabbing attack; attacker 'apprehended'

Date: 2023-12-31 21:44:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10514684

RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - Two Israeli policemen were wounded in a stabbing attack in Ma'ale Admumim near Jerusalem on Sunday evening, Israeli media reported. The suspected attacker was "apprehended", according to the reports. (MENA) M S H/S R E ....

Mufti of Egypt mourns former Al Aqsa imam killed in Israeli attack

Date: 2023-12-31 21:22:23 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10514682

CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam mourned on Sunday Sheikh Yousef Salama, former Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the al-Maghazi refugee ....