HAMILTON, Dec 12  — The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution yesterday calling for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza as well as the release of all hostages held in the conflict, Anadolu Agency reported.

BERLIN, Dec 6 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) had no indication a warning was issued before Israel’s bombing early yesterday of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, the agency’s regional representative said today.

GENEVA, Dec 5 — Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday that US president-elect Donald Trump wants a ceasefire in Gaza before his upcoming inauguration on January 20, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Dec 3 — Israeli leaders hailed today a pledge by US president-elect Donald Trump that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East unless hostages held in the Gaza Strip were released ahead of his January 20 inauguration.

NEW YORK, Dec 2 — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned Sunday that Palestinians in Gaza are now entirely dependent on humanitarian aid "amid the ongoing erosion of the United Nations' ability to fulfill its mandate”, Palestine News and Info Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said economic considerations, although important, will not constrain Malaysia’s stance in speaking up for the rights of Palestinians, especially in Gaza.

CAIRO, Nov 23 — Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 120 Palestinians over the last 48 hours and hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said on Saturday.

GENEVA/CAIRO, Nov 18 — A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks in what aid workers said was one of the worst such incidents in the more than 13-month-old war, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid official told Reuters today.

GENEVA, Nov 15 — Aid access in Gaza is at a low point, with deliveries to parts of the besieged north of the enclave all but impossible, a United Nations humanitarian official said today.

BEIRUT, Nov 15 — An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut’s busiest traffic junctions today, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hezbollah-controlled areas of the city.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 — A Chinese envoy yesterday urged Israel to lift the restrictions on humanitarian access in Gaza and stop using humanitarian assistance as a bargaining chip, as the already dire humanitarian situation there is rapidly deteriorating, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Malaysia has channelled RM45 million in donations and humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza since Israel’s attack on the enclave on October 7, 2023, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and how Washington will respond, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday as Israel began to make its case.

RIYADH, Nov 12 — An Arab-Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to issue a binding resolution enforcing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and facilitating urgent access to humanitarian aid, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Malaysia and Egypt condemned the Israeli attacks and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon to avert further humanitarian catastrophe.

CAIRO, Nov 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has proposed that any country that refuses to acknowledge resolutions made by the United Nations (UN) be expelled from the world body.

DOHA, Nov 10 — Qatar has denied media reports that it has withdrawn as mediator in the Gaza ceasefire negotiation.

CAIRO, Nov 3 — Israeli forces stepped up bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people, Palestinian medics said, with over half the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says is to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

AMMAN, Nov 3 — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) said Saturday that a vast majority of journalist killings worldwide went unpunished, the Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.

ISTANBUL, Oct 29 — The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) condemned Israel’s decision Monday to ban it from operating in the country, calling the passage of the legislation “unprecedented” and warning of severe repercussions for Palestinians, particularly in Gaza.