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Gaza, Oct 22 (UNI) The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 4,651, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Sunday. Meanwhile, 14,245 Palestinians were wounded in the coastal enclave, the ministry said in a statement. Among the victims, 1,873 were children and 1,023 were women, it added. At…

Tel Aviv, Oct 22 (UNI) The number of people held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has again increased to 212 despite efforts by a number of countries to ensure exchange of hostages and prisoners between the Palestinian movement and Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday. On Saturday, the…

Ankara, Oct 22 (UNI) Turkey will send a plane with medicines and medical specialists to Egypt on Sunday to help refugees from the Gaza Strip, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday. “To provide aid to Gaza, a plane belonging to our Presidency is leaving tomorrow morning for Egypt with medicine and medical consumables. There…

Jerusalem, Oct 22 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that it carried out an airstrike on an underground complex located under the Al-Ansar mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, adding that the site was used by members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements. “In a joint IDF and ISA [Israel…

United Nations, Oct 22 (UNI) The United States has distributed to the UN Security Council a draft resolution on the conflict in the Gaza Strip, condemning Hamas and recognizing Israel’s right to self-defense, but not calling for a ceasefire, a source in the Security Council told Sputnik. “The US has distributed a draft about an…

Gaza, Oct 22 (UNI) At least 10 people were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a cafe in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. On the same day, the news agency reported that 29 people were killed as a result of Israeli…

Moscow, Oct 21 (UNI) The Russian armed forces have repelled 10 attacks by the Ukrainian military in the Krasnyi Lyman direction over the past 24 hours, with Kiev losing up to 100 servicepeople in this direction as a result, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “Coordinated actions of the units of the central group…

Cairo, Oct 21 (UNI) An international peace summit kicked off Saturday at Egypt’s new administrative capital east of Cairo, where heads of state and ministers from several countries are discussing ways to de-escalate the ongoing Israel-Hamas armed conflict in the Gaza Strip. Dubbed the Cairo Summit for Peace, the conference was called by Egyptian President…

Islamabad, Oct 21 (UNI) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he is returning to Pakistan after “vindication” and added that his party is “competent enough” to steer the country of crisis. “I am returning to Pakistan after being vindicated with the grace of Almighty Allah,” he said…

Jerusalem, Oct 21 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday “the time has come for action” to put an end to the crisis in the Gaza Strip caused by the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “The time has come for action. Action to end this God-awful nightmare. And actions to build the future worthy…