GAZA, Dec 26 — Palestinian refugees in Gaza endured a night of horror on Christmas Eve as Israeli airstrikes hit residential areas, killing and wounding many.

ISTANBUL, Dec 26 — Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Monday voiced solidarity with the Gaza Strip amid a deadly Israeli onslaught that killed nearly 20,700 people since October 7, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 — It is a matter of great regret that Israel is scaling up its deadly attacks on Gaza even though the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted the resolution for humanitarian pauses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malaysia has expressed its disappointment over what it perceives as double standards exhibited in addressing the plight of the Palestinians.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Egypt welcomes the establishment of a United Nations (UN) mechanism for accelerating the provision of humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza, to address the dire situation in the besieged enclave.

GAZA CITY (Palestine), Dec 24 — The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October7 has risen to 20,258, with 53,688 injured, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Dec 22 — The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Thursday postponed for the fourth time this week a vote on a draft resolution on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

LONDON, Dec 22 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said "carnage must stop," in Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll has climbed to 20,000.

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NEW YORK, Dec 21 — The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the absence of safe drinking water in Gaza could lead to the tragic loss of "many more children" to disease.

BEIRUT, Dec 21 — At least 66 per cent of jobs have been lost in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct 7, according to data from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, Dec 21 — Pakistan and Iran have called for coordinated efforts by Islamic countries to end Israeli atrocities in Palestine.

NEW YORK, Dec 20 — United Nation's (UN) Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said 2023 ends as one of the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with the situation deteriorating on nearly all fronts.

JAKARTA, Dec 18 — Asean and Japanese leaders encouraged the widest access to humanitarian aid for Gaza residents during a summit chaired by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, reported Antara.

GAZA, Dec 15 — A complete outage of communications and internet services persists in central and southern Gaza, as well as part of Gaza City for the second consecutive day due to the ongoing Israeli offensive.

ISTANBUL, Dec 15 — At least 85 Palestinian athletes were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank between Oct 7 and Dec.

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 — The situation in the Gaza Strip is "increasingly desperate and chaotic", a UN food agency official said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 — After the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, an official of the assembly stressed on Wednesday that the resolution must be implemented.

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a draft resolution on Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

RAMALLAH (Palestine), Dec 10 — In the aftermath of Israeli aggression in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has soared to 17,674, with over 49,300 individuals wounded, Palestine News Agency (WAFA) reported.