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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. The government of Palestine believes that Israel will launch a ground operation in the Gaza Strip sooner or later, Palestinian Ambassador to Moscow Abdel Hafiz Nofal told TASS.
"In our opinion, this attack will happen sooner or later. It will cause even more civilian casualties," the diplomat said. "It will be a huge catastrophe. If the global community finds a way to stop this war, it will be the best scenario for civilians in Gaza.".
17:58,
During the official opening, Minister Kerobyan highlighted the role of Mantashyants Entrepreneurs Union in strengthening Armenia-China business ties.
18:47,
Recently, the Balticconnector gas pipeline and the communication cable linking Estonia and Finland were damaged in the Baltic Sea. News later emerged that a communication cable between Sweden and Estonia had also been damaged.
Rinkēvičs, when asked what NATO's response should be, stressed that the results of the investigation should first be awaited.
19:10,
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. Security measures at the Capitol in Washington have been increased due to possible demonstrations.
"We have been warned that the terrorists sympathizers that waged the insurrection in Cannon building on Wednesday may be coming back today," Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green said in a post on X.
She also published a screenshot of the letter, from which it follows that security measures on the territory of the Capitol have been increased again due to possible demonstrations.
19:10,
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that more than one trillion hryvnias had already been spent on Ukraine’s defense this year.
"During nine months of 2023, UAH 2 trillion 119 billion has already been spent from the general fund of the state budget. Of these funds, 682 billion was spent on military salaries, 349 billion on support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This includes the purchase of military equipment, weapons, ammunition, defense products, and personal protective equipment. That is, this year we have already spent more than one trillion hryvnias on our defense," Ukrainian Prime Minister said at a government meeting on Friday, Ukrinform reports.
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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. On October 20, another 15,207 forcibly displaced persons (9,447 minors, 5,760 adults) from Nagorno-Karabakh received one-time support of 100,000 AMD.
As the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia informed, in general, more than 95 thousand 200 people have already received the one-time sum of 100 thousand AMD.
20:12,
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial in New York raised the possibility on Friday of putting the former president in prison after Trump failed to comply with a partial gag order requiring him to remove a post trashing the judge's law clerk on social media, NBC News informed.
Judge Arthur Engoron said in court on Friday morning that Trump had posted on his social media account "an untrue and disparaging post about my clerk" and that he spoke to the former president about the matter.
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This was stated by German Interior Minister Nancy Feser.
“In Berlin alone, more than 100 police officers were injured as a result of violent actions, as bottles and pyrotechnics were thrown at them,” she said.
21:16,
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. Recently it has been announced by Israel and by the United States that humanitarian aid will be allowed to enter Gaza.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the abovesaid in his speech on Friday visiting the Rafah border crossing. He spoke of the two million trapped without sufficient supplies for nearly two weeks.
“On this side, we have seen so many trucks loaded with water, with fuel, with medicines, with food.
Exactly the same things that are needed on this side of the wall. So these trucks are not just trucks. They are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza. And to see them stuck here makes me be very clear. What we need is to make them move, to make them move to the other side of this wall, to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible.
Now, recently it was announced by Israel and by the United States that humanitarian aid will be allowed to enter Gaza. And I know that there is also an agreement between Egypt and Israel to make it possible.
But these announcements were made with some conditions and some restrictions. And so we are now actively engaging with all the parties, actively engaging with Egypt, with Israel, with the US, in order to make sure that we are able to clarify those conditions, that we are able to limit those restrictions in order to have as soon as possible these trucks moving to where they are needed,” he announced.
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