DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon says.
BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Hezbollah vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and said Saturday that his militant group based in Lebanon already is “in the heart of the battle.”
The comments by Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, came as Israel shelled and made drone strikes in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets and missiles toward Israel. Hezbollah said six of its fighters were killed Saturday, the highest daily toll since the violence began two weeks ago.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who hosted the summit, again rejected any talk of driving Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula and warned against the “liquidation of the Palestinian cause.” Jordan’s King Abdullah II called Israel’s siege and bombardment of Gaza “a war crime.”
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago.
Just 20 trucks were allowed in, an amount aid workers said was insufficient to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis. More than 200 trucks carrying 3,000 tons of aid have been waiting nearby for days.
RIYADH, Oct 20 (APP): The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders on Friday came together to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) on the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
RIYADH, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Saudi crown prince and president of the United Arab Emirates met on Friday, state media reported, as the two Gulf states worked to overcome their differences amid a conflict between Israel and Hamas that threatens to engulf the Middle East.
Saudi state news agency SPA showed footage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, receiving UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Riyadh's airport.
AMMAN/CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza after nearly two weeks of intense air and artillery strikes that authorities there say have killed 4,100 people.
Israel is gearing up for a ground war in the tiny, crowded Palestinian enclave aimed at eradicating Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rampaged into Israeli towns on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people and seizing hostages.
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A top Iranian military official has warned the United States against its extensive support for Israel in the attacks against Gaza, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri gave the warning in a phone call with Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler on Thursday, in which the two sides discussed recent regional developments, particularly the situation in Gaza.
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf have discussed the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, denouncing Israeli attacks "against defenseless Palestinians" there.
In a phone call on Thursday night, the two foreign ministers also exchanged views on bilateral relations and other recent regional developments, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website on Friday.
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said that a funding shortfall is hampering its humanitarian response in Ethiopia.
"WFP is facing a funding shortfall of 219 million U.S. dollars until the end of the year. In effect, WFP has reprioritized 50 percent of the targeted beneficiaries under its nutrition activity," the WFP said in its latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation report issued late Thursday.
Ethiopia has faced conflict, displacement, and drought over the past few years, worsening food insecurity in the East African country.
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