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Occupation forces infiltrate border with Gaza, raze lands

Date: 2021-04-11 10:32:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8903560

GAZA CITY, April 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday infiltrated into borderline Palestinian-owned lands north of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, razing agricultural lands and randomly shooting at shepherds. WAFA ....

45 Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2021-04-11 10:03:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8903415

AL QUDS, April 11 (MENA) - Forty-five Israeli settlers stormed into al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by the Israeli forces. The Israeli forces closed Magharba gate and allowed the settlers to conduct provocative tours in the mosque. (MENA) M H ....

U.S. defense secretary Austin lands in Israel

Date: 2021-04-11 08:55:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8903326

GAZA CITY, April 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin landed in Israel on Sunday and is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Haaretz newspaper reported. This is the first official ....

Israeli forces arrest 3 Palestinians in northern Quds

Date: 2021-04-11 06:00:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8903126

RAMALLAH, April 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in a village in northeastern Jerusalem, local sources said late on Saturday. Israeli forces stormed Isawiya village and engaged in clashes with the residents, firing tear gas ....

Palestinians appreciate CMEP's supportive stance: Fatah spox

Date: 2021-04-10 19:00:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8902760

RAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Fatah movement's spokesman and member of its Revolutionary Council Osama al-Qawasmi voiced Saturday the group's appreciation of the position adopted by the Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) organization in support of ....

Pfizer warns Israel: Pay up or go to the back of vaccine line

Date: 2021-04-10 10:25:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8901831

WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - Pfizer is threatening to delay further shipments of vaccines to Israel over a delay in payments, reportedly warning that the Jewish state could go the back of the line if it does not pay up. Pfizer said it had ....

Pakistan's FM stresses support for Iraq’s sovereignty, security

Date: 2021-04-09 19:49:36 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8901269

ISLAMABAD, April 9 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stressed his country's full support for Iraq’s sovereignty, political harmony and security. Qureshi's remarks came on the sidelines of his meeting with Under ....

9 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Al Quds

Date: 2021-04-09 19:05:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8901240

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces while they were protesting against Israeli settlements in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) on Friday. WAFA news agency quoted ....

Palestinian health min. discusses preventive measures against COVID-19 in Ramadan

Date: 2021-04-09 15:54:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8901012

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said that the committee in charge of following up the developments of the novel coronavirus discussed the epidemiological situation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and the ....

Palestine reports 2,418 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-04-09 12:13:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8900603

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - As many as 2,418 new coronavirus cases and 33 virus-related deaths were recorded in Palestine over the past 24 hours, Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said Friday. The ministry also registered 2,026 recoveries during the ....