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Israel carries out 15 airstrikes over Gaza

Date: 2021-05-12 20:04:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:8955032

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Israeli fighter jets carried out 15 airstrikes at the same time over different parts of Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Israeli jets targeted an inhabited house in Shejaiya district in Gaza, killing two Palestinians and ....

Palestinian amb. in Russia: Situation in al-Quds might go out of control

Date: 2021-05-12 19:34:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:8954857

MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafez Nofal voiced fear that situation in al-Quds (East Jerusalem) might go out of control, Sputnik reported. In a press conference Wednesday, the Palestinian diplomat expressed hope ....

Israel arrests 46 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2021-05-12 15:20:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8954695

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday at least 46 Palestinians in the West Bank. It is the highest arrest campaign since January 2021, the Palestinian Prisoners Club told WAFA. (MENA) M I E/M O H ....

Kremlin urges both parties to Palestinian-Israeli conflict to show restraint

Date: 2021-05-12 15:00:58 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8954585

MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Moscow is alarmed by the growing number of fatalities among civilians in the Arab-Israeli standoff and urges both parties to show restraint, TASS quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling journalists on ....

Boris Johnson urges Israel and Palestinians to ‘step back from brink’ as tensions rise

Date: 2021-05-12 12:51:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8954392

LONDON, May 12 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Israel and the Palestinians to “step back from the brink” and for both sides to show restraint, amid rising tensions and violence, said the Independent newspaper. "The UK is ....

Palestine: 43 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-05-12 11:35:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8954226

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Three days of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip left 43 Palestinians dead, including 13 children and three women, while 296 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in an update on the ....

UNRWA decries Israeli killing of four Palestinian children in Gaza

Date: 2021-05-12 11:30:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8954227

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the Israeli killing on Monday of four Palestinian children near Beit Hanoun refugee camp in the northern ....

Israeli forces arrest seven Palestinians in Hebron

Date: 2021-05-12 08:14:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8953934

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday seven Palestinians in Hebron, Palestinian security sources said. Among those arrested was a journalist covering the clashes that broke out on Tuesday in Hebron. (MENA) M N E ....

Israeli jets destroy residential tower in central Gaza

Date: 2021-05-12 06:56:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8953743

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) – The Israeli jets destroyed at dawn on Wednesday a multi-storey residential tower in central Gaza. The forces targeted the eight-storey building with three rockets, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. ....

UN envoy calls for Palestinian-Israeli de-escalation, warning of “full-scale war” in ME

Date: 2021-05-11 23:34:48 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:123 - ID:8953689

NEW YORK, May 11 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland urged both sides to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to de-escalate amid heightened tension after weeks of mounting violence in the occupied Al Quds (East ....