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Rafah crossing receives eight injured Palestinians from Gaza

Date: 2023-12-31 09:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10513853

RAFAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing has received eight wounded Palestinians coming from hospitals in the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in Egypt, a reliable medical source in North Sinai said on Sunday. Ambulances rushed the ....

Israeli drone strikes injure four Palestinians amid a military raid into Tulkarm

Date: 2023-12-31 07:54:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10513600

RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - At least four Palestinians were injured over the last few hours as Israeli drones targeted multiple locations in the Nour Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps in the north of the occupied West Bank, amid an ongoing Israeli ....

Scores killed, injured in new Israeli attack on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-31 07:14:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10513545

GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Dozens of innocent civilians, predominantly children and women, were killed and others injured during the early morning hours of Sunday amid a nonstop barrage of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling across the Gaza ....

Democratic senator criticizes weapons sale to Israel

Date: 2023-12-31 06:23:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10513498

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) criticized the State Department’s $147.5 million arms sale to Israel, growing the list of Democratic lawmakers who are uneasy with President Joe Biden’s response to the war. The sale circumvented ....

Dozens of civilians killed in renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-30 19:29:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10513285

GAZA CITY, Dec 30 (MENA) – Scores of civilians were killed and others injured on Saturday as Israeli occupation forces continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip, particularly in central and southern regions, accompanied by ....

China calls on int’l community to reach Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-30 18:25:52 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10513214

BEIJING, Dec 30 (MENA) - China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang called on the international community to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing that more than 80 days have passed since the outbreak of this ....

Turkish police detain 189 Daesh suspects

Date: 2023-12-30 18:14:38 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:10513188

ANKARA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Turkish security forces detained 189 suspected Daesh members in an operation codenamed "Heroes-38" across 37 provinces in the country, a cabinet minister said on Saturday. The operation was carried out simultaneously in ....

6 Palestinian killed in Gaza strikes, WB shooting

Date: 2023-12-30 17:12:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10513165

RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were killed Saturday as a result of the Israeli bombing of areas in the southern and central Gaza Strip. Sources said that four people were killed in a violent bombardment on the vicinity of the ....

Israel airstrikes Aleppo : Syria news agency

Date: 2023-12-30 16:42:36 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10513157

DAMSCUS, Dec 30 (MENA) – Israel carried out an airstrike from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, targeting a number of areas in Aleppo, said SANA news agency. A Syrian military source said the Israeli aggression resulted in some material ....

Destruction in Gaza resembles 'most devastating campaigns in modern history' - WSJ

Date: 2023-12-30 16:05:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10513104

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The war in the Gaza Strip is generating destruction comparable in scale to the most devastating urban warfare in the modern record, an analysis by The Wall Street Journal read. By mid-December, Israel had dropped ....