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Netanyahu, heads of Mossad, NSC, MOH all in isolation after Litzman infected

Date: 2020-04-02 21:54:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8380494

GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad Director Yossi Cohen, National Security Council Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov entered quarantine on Thursday after ....

Lebanon files UN complaint against Israel over airspace violations

Date: 2020-04-02 18:38:24 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8380166

BEIRUT, April 2 (MENA) - Lebanon on Thursday filed a UN complaint against Israel after its warplanes used Lebanese airspace to fire missiles at targets in Syria’s Homs, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ....

Coronavirus deaths in Israel rise to 31

Date: 2020-04-02 08:55:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8379368

GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) - Five more Israelis died of the novel coronavirus in less than 24 hours, bringing the country's total dead to 31. As of Thursday morning, there are 6, 211 people with the virus in Israel, according to the Health ....

15 new coronavirus cases in WB brings up total to 134

Date: 2020-04-01 09:30:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8377931

RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Fifteen new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the West Bank on Wednesday, bringing the total number in the West Bank to 122 and in Palestine in general to 134, WAFA news agency quoted government spokesman Ibrahim ....

Israeli occupation forces pull down three houses in Jenin

Date: 2020-04-01 08:25:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8377865

RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday pulled down three Palestinian houses under construction in a village in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian news agency said that the forces stormed the village and ....

Coronavirus cases in Israel reach 5,591

Date: 2020-04-01 08:04:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8377847

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced on Wednesday an increase in the number of coronavirus cases to reach 5,591. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted a statement by the Israeli Health Ministry as saying that ....

Palestinian gov't: Two new cases of Covid-19 reported in Gaza

Date: 2020-04-01 07:29:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8377807

RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Two new cases of coronavirus were confirmed last night in the Gaza Strip, bringing total there to 12 and 119 total in Palestine, according to government spokesman Ibrahim Milhem, WAFA News Agency reported. He said in a ....

Coronavirus death toll in Iran reaches 2,898, infections top 44,606

Date: 2020-03-31 17:45:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8377368

TEHRAN, March 31 (MENA) - Iran on Tuesday said 141 more have died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll in one of the world’s worst-affected countries to 2,898. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 3,111 new ....

No new coronavirus cases in Palestinian territories -- Spokesman

Date: 2020-03-31 09:26:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8376609

RAMALLAH, March 31 (MENA) - Palestinian Government Spokesman Ibrahim Melhem on Tuesday said that no new coronavirus cases were registered in the Palestinian territories today. He added in statements published by the Palestinian news agency that ....

Israel virus death toll reaches 18

Date: 2020-03-31 08:41:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8376451

GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - A 50-year-old woman has died at the Sheba Medical Center and a 49-year-old person has passed away at the Assaf Harofeh Hospital from coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the tally of deaths related to the virus to 18, Ynet ....