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Thousands march in London to demand Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2023-12-09 20:41:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10482402

LONDON, Dec 9 (MENA) - Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have marched through London once again to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – after the UK abstained in a United Nations vote demanding an immediate halt to the fighting, The ....

Alarm sounded as indiscriminate carnage, apocalyptic conditions grip Gaza

Date: 2023-12-09 19:18:34 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10482300

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (MENA) - International aid charities have sounded the alarm about an “apocalyptic” situation in Gaza after more than two months of Israel's war on Gaza, warning of starvation and an outbreak of disease. In a video conference with ....

Amman holds Israel fully responsible for killing Jordanian in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-09 19:15:56 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10482347

AMMAN, Dec 9 (MENA) - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza killed a Jordanian woman and her family. The Ministry's official spokesman, Sufyan Qudah, held the Israeli forces "fully responsible" for ....

Blinken discusses Gaza with Turkish counterpart

Date: 2023-12-09 17:36:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:10482247

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saturday with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Washington. The two sides "discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict, focusing on efforts to ensure the conflict does not spread ....

Pro-Palestinian rally staged in Paris

Date: 2023-12-09 17:29:50 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10482240

PARIS, Dec 9 (MENA) - More than 1,000 people gathered in the heart of Paris Saturday to support the Palestinian people, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The rally, which started at Republic Square in central Paris, denounced the ....

3 Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia, Khan Yunis

Date: 2023-12-09 17:18:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10482220

GAZA CITY, Dec 9 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured Saturday in Israeli bombing on Gaza Strip's northern refugee camp of Jabalia and the southern city of Khan Yunis. Medical sources reported that the occupation ....

Palestinian shot, injured and arrested by soldiers in south of Hebron dies of his wounds

Date: 2023-12-09 08:58:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10481364

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - A Palestinian identified as Sari Yousef Amr, 25, who was shot, injured, and arrested by Israeli soldiers at dawn today during a raid of the town of Dura, south of Hebron, has died of his wounds, according to medical and ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2023-12-09 07:29:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10481227

GAZA CITY, Dec 9 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian people were killed and injured at dawn today as a result of the Israeli bombing of the cities of Gaza in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Local sources said five people were killed and many others ....

WFP says it cannot do its job in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 23:57:01 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10481079

ROME, Dec 8 (MENA) – The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it cannot do its job because of the horrible conditions in the war-battered Gaza Strip. Deputy Director of the United Nations WFP Carl Skau said in a statement after a trip to ....

China announces support to immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2023-12-08 21:14:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10480936

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - Representative of China to the UN Zhang Jun praised the Secretary-General for his statement on the seriousness of the situation in Gaza. This came during an urgent session of the UNSC on the crisis in the Gaza ....