Saudi FM discusses Gaza crisis with Dutch counterpart

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday. (File/AFP)
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Updated 15 August 2024
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Saudi FM discusses Gaza crisis with Dutch counterpart

  • During the call, the two ministers discussed the crisis in the Gaza Strip and the latest efforts to end the war in the territory and reduce escalation in the region

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday.

During the call, the two ministers discussed the crisis in the Gaza Strip and the latest efforts to end the war in the territory and reduce escalation in the region.

A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks is underway in the Qatari capital Doha, with Israel’s spy chief joining his US and Egyptian counterparts and Qatar’s prime minister for the closed-door meeting on Thursday.

Prince Faisal and Veldkamp also reviewed relations and cooperation between their countries.


KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

Updated 26 December 2025
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KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

  • Roza Al-Dreimli in Jordan because Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals
  • Under assessment, monitoring at the King Hussein Cancer Center

AMMAN: A cancer-stricken Palestinian girl from Gaza is now undergoing clinical observation prior to treatment at a specialist hospital in Jordan, thanks to Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief.

Roza Al-Dreimli was transported to Amman from the Gaza Strip through the initiative of KSrelief, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s continued medical support for Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

Al-Dreimli was prioritized because assessments indicated the need for advanced treatment of cancerous cells at the base of her brain. She is at the King Hussein Cancer Center, and being treated by a team of pediatricians.

She is currently undergoing “intensive clinical monitoring” to “ensure control of the condition, and prevent any potential neurological or visual complications resulting from the tumor’s location,” the SPA reported.

Al-Dreimli’s family expressed profound gratitude for KSrelief’s swift intervention, and hoped the specialized care would ensure a full recovery.

Such specialized care is currently unavailable in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s alleged genocidal destruction of hospitals and killing of medical workers since Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has systematically destroyed homes and commercial buildings and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, killing over 70,000 Palestinians, many of them unarmed men, women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.

Tel Aviv has stated that its actions were in retaliation to a raid by Hamas of Israeli border villages, during which the militant group reportedly killed more than 1,200 people and took 254 hostages.