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  • US tells Israel to ensure safety of journalists after Gaza strike

    Date: 2021-05-15 20:49:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8958580

    WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Saturday that the United States had told Israel to ensure the "safety and security of journalists" after the Israeli military destroyed a Gaza tower block housing media ....

  • Israeli defense minister extends state of emergency in Lod

    Date: 2021-05-15 20:30:02 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:8958575

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Saturday decided to extend the state of emergency in Lod. This came after his visit to the city with Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, the Jerusalem Post reported. (MENA) M M ....

  • Death toll from ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza rises to 145

    Date: 2021-05-15 19:55:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:8958554

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) – Two Palestinians succumbed to critical wounds they sustained during the ongoing airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. According to medical sources, 145 Palestinians have been killed in the ....

  • Palestinian killed in Gaza airstrike, settlers set ablaze Jerusalem olive farms

    Date: 2021-05-15 19:02:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8958450

    RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian man was killed after an Israeli missile hit his vehicle in northern Gaza city, WAFA reported. In Jerusalem, Israeli settlers torched olive trees in the Sahl area near the Ramat Shlomo settlement. (MENA) M S ....

  • Israeli forces storm houses of Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah

    Date: 2021-05-15 17:21:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8958411

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) – Israeli forces stormed on Saturday a number of houses in Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported. They also assaulted the residents of the neighborhood. Clashes erupted between the Israeli forces ....

  • Paris police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters

    Date: 2021-05-15 17:17:42 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8958437

    PARIS, May 15 (MENA) - Police in Paris on Saturday fired tear gas and aimed water cannons at protesters defying a ban on marching against Israeli attacks on Gaza, trying to disperse demonstrators gathering in groups of several hundred, France 24 ....

  • Palestinians shot, injured in various WB clashes

    Date: 2021-05-15 16:34:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8958377

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Clashes continued Saturday as Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters in various areas of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that its field crews dealt with 13 rubber bullet, live ....

  • Israeli jets bomb press building in Gaza; 7 injured in WB clashes

    Date: 2021-05-15 16:03:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8958358

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation warplanes destroyed the Galaa tower in Gaza City, which international media operating in the Gaza Strip. Seven rockets have crumbled to the ground the 12-storey tower that gathers many international ....

  • Palestine calls for urgent meeting of Middle East Quartet foreign ministers

    Date: 2021-05-15 13:42:41 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8958166

    MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - Palestine calls for an urgent meeting of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators (Russia, the United States, the UN and the EU) at the level of foreign ministers, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal ....

  • Palestinian presidency: Ongoing Israeli crimes harm interests of region, world countries

    Date: 2021-05-15 13:32:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8958055

    RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Palestinian presidency spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Saturday warned that the ongoing Israeli crimes would harm the interests of the region and the whole world. In statements to WAFA news agency, Abu Rudeineh stressed ....

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