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Middle East

4,300 aid trucks enter Gaza between Oct. 21-Dec.16: Palestinian Red Crescent

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has reported 4,301 humanitarian relief trucks entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt between Oct. 21 and Dec. 16.

Nearly 300 people in UNRWA shelters killed and over 1,000 injured since October 7: UN

At least 297 displaced people in Gaza have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to a statement from the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Those killed and injured were sheltering in facilities run by the UN refugee agency, UNRWA.

Tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near Lebanon borders: Report

Border clashes between Lebanese Hezbollah movement and Israel, has left tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near borders, Axios has reported.

Sisi declared victorious in Egypt presidential election with 90% of votes

Egypt’s incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has secured a third term as the leader of the Middle East’s most populous nation, officials announced after the counting of votes in the presidential election, held between December 10 and 12.

Israel using starvation as weapon of war: HRW

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights Watch announced on Monday.

Charity organization warns Gaza water system ‘completely collapsed’

The lack of water or sanitation in Gaza could soon become equally “dangerous” amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to a member of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders.

Over 50% of Israelis oppose annexing and resettlement of Gaza after war: Poll

A recent survey conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) revealed that a majority of Israelis are opposed to the annexation of the Gaza Strip when the ongoing conflict in the enclave ends.

Gaza deadliest place for journalists in world: UN

The United Nations Office for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories announced it is alarmed by an unprecedented rate of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since early October.

Over 500 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in West Bank in 2023

At least 505 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank this year, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed.

Hamas says no prisoner swap deal with Israel under bombardment

A senior Hamas official has reaffirmed that the Palestinian movement will not enter into talks over a new prisoner exchange agreement with Israel until the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip comes to an end.

Western companies lost $103 billion from Russia exits: Report

Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame and sanction firms into leaving the Russian market have backfired, placing lucrative enterprises in Russian hands at discount prices and pumping more than a billion dollars’ worth of exit taxes into Moscow’s coffers, according to a report.

Yemen says Red Sea operations left significant economic impact on Israel

Spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Mohammed Abdul-Salam has stressed the Yemeni army's military operations against the vessels owned by Israel or bound for the occupied Palestinian territories have taken a big toll on the regime's economy.

Pope says no terrorists in Gaza parish where Israeli soldier killed 2 women

Pope Francis addressed the death of a mother and daughter who were sheltering inside the Holy Family Parish in the Gaza Strip, where church leaders say they were killed by an Israeli army sniper.

70% of Palestinians killed in Gaza war are women and children: Health Ministry

Approximately 18,800 Palestinians — 70% of them women and children — have been killed in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and December 15, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced in a statement Sunday.

British, German, French FMs call for Gaza ceasefire

The foreign ministers of the UK and Germany have called on Israel to stop bombing Gaza in a joint editorial published in the Sunday Times and Welt am Sonntag. Their French counterpart echoed the demand during a news conference with her Israeli counterpart.

Israel kills 5 Palestinians in drone strike in West Bank

At least five Palestinians were killed in a drone attack by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian media has reported.

Top Iranian commander: Destroying hospitals in Gaza no remarkable feat, Iran to stand up for Palestine

“The killing of children and destruction of hospitals in Gaza is not a military feat; rather, they are crimes,” says Major General Hossein Salami, the general commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

US weighing direct attack on Houthis: Report

US-based Semafor website has reported Washington is deliberating directly attacking the armed Houthis in Yemen in response to increased raids on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea.

Hamas brands Netanyahu as “Hitler of era”

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "the Hitler of our era", stressing Israel has failed and will continue to fail to achieve any of the objectives it pursued through its war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Half of young Americans want Israel given to Hamas: Survey

Over half of US adults from ages 18 to 24 believe the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip should be resolved by abolishing the state of Israel and turning it over to Hamas and the Palestinian people, a new poll has shown.

Iran renews call for lasting ceasefire in Gaza

Iran has reiterated its call for an end to Israeli atrocities in Gaza and for a ceasefire to take hold there.

Netanyahu hints new deal underway to release Hamas-held hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that new negotiations are underway to release hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Two more shipping firms suspend Red Sea passage amid Yemen’s attacks

Two more major international shipping companies have halted passage of their cargoes through a key Red Sea strait following attacks by Yemeni armed forces on vessels bound for the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel says Hamas-held captives shot while waving white flag

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday did everything in their power to demonstrate that they posed no threat, including holding a white flag, the chief of the general staff of Israel’s so-called Defense Forces (IDF) has announced.

US troops in Iraq, Syria attacked 100 times since mid-October: Report

American forces based in military installations in Iraq and Syria have been targeted dozens of times recently, as anti-American sentiments are rising across West Asia over Washington’s support for Israel’s military campaign against the Gaza Strip.

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