GAZA -- At least 40 were killed or wounded on Wednesday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house adjacent to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, the media office of Hamas said in a statement.
The statement added that a journalist named Ahmed Badir was killed in the attack, calling on the international community to stop the "war waged by the Israeli army against civilians, children and women." (Israel-Gaza-Conflict)
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AMMAN -- Jordan, Egypt and Palestine stressed Wednesday their rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The rejection was reiterated during a trilateral summit held in Jordan's Aqaba, where King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also called for international condemnation of and actions against such plans. (Jordan-Egypt-Palestine Issue)
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BEIRUT -- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that his country respects all international resolutions to achieve permanent stability in the southern regions.
During his meeting with visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beirut, Mikati said it is time to find a way to settle the Palestinian issue, which is "the two-state solution." (Lebanon-Israel-Confrontations)
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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday stressed that Gaza was an integral part of the Palestinian state, and Israel's plans to separate it or cut off any part of it would not be accepted, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Abbas made the remarks when meeting with the visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, warning of the danger of Israeli measures to displace the Palestinians from their land, as revealed by statements from Israeli ministers and officials. (Blinken-West Bank-Visit) ■
