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Israeli warplanes bomb two locations in central Gaza

Date: 2021-05-09 11:00:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8949180

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes carried out two strikes that hit targets in the center of the Gaza Strip, casing damage but no casualties, according to WAFA on Sunday. Israeli F16 fighter jets fired missiles that hit two locations east ....

Fire at Syrian oil refinery contained

Date: 2021-05-09 09:40:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8948997

DAMASCUS, May 9 (MENA) - The huge fire that erupted on Sunday in a distillation unit at Homs Oil Refinery, one of Syria’s two oil refineries, came under control, said director of the refinery Soliman Mohamed. The fire was caused by crude oil ....

Pakistani president condemns Israeli aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2021-05-09 09:34:08 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8948965

ISLAMABAD, May 9 (MENA) - Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Sunday said it was a shame that the Israeli apartheid against the Palestinian people continued. On Twitter, the president said that the atrocious attack on peaceful praying Muslims in ....

10 Palestinians injured during Israeli aggression on worshippers in Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-05-09 08:00:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8948865

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinians were injured when the Israeli occupation forces assaulted them after attending prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque compound near Bab el Asbat gate, WAFA News Agency reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent ....

MWL deplores Israeli measures to evict Palestinians from their homes

Date: 2021-05-08 16:55:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8948208

RIYADH, May 8 (MENA) - The Muslim World League (MWL) condemned measures taken by Israel to evict Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem by force. In a statement on Saturday, MWL Secretary General Mohamed bin Abdel Karim stressed ....

ALU strongly condemns storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli police

Date: 2021-05-08 13:49:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8947870

CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - The Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) has strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and attacks on Palestinian worshippers by Israeli police. In a statement, ALU Secretary-General Mekkaoui Benaissa described the storming of ....

OHCHR urges Israel to immediately stop evictions in Jerusalem

Date: 2021-05-08 13:41:37 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8947905

GENEVA, May 8 (MENA) - The UN's human rights office (OHCHR) called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, as well as to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force ....

Arab Parliament urge immediate halt of Israeli escalations after storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-05-08 13:19:38 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8947967

CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament on Saturday strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and attack on Palestinian worshippers by Israeli police and Israel’s threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah ....

Mass arrests of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem

Date: 2021-05-08 10:56:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8947560

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces rounded up Saturday at least one dozen Palestinian youths from various neighborhoods of occupied East Jerusalem following three weeks of tense nights and confrontations between police and youths ....

COVID-19 kills 13 people in Palestine in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-08 10:54:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8947555

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 13 people in Palestine in the last 24 hours and 491 new cases were recorded, most of them in the Gaza Strip, according to the health minister’s daily report on coronavirus. Health ....