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Israeli occupation forces detain 22 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-06-09 11:03:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8462324

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - The Israeli army detained Tuesday at least 22 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). It said seven Palestinians were detained from the Hebron area ....

Palestinians call on Canada to press Israel to stop annexation

Date: 2020-06-09 10:29:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8462239

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki on Tuesday called on Canada to pressure Israel to stop the annexation of Palestinian lands. This came in a telephone conversation between Malki and his Canadian counterpart ....

Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-06-09 08:24:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8462099

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 13 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank on Tuesday. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the arrested Palestinians are from Al Quds, Nabuls, Bethlehem and ....

Scores of Israeli settlers thrust into Aqsa mosque

Date: 2020-06-08 12:44:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8461008

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Nearly 70 Jewish settlers stormed on Monday Al Aqsa mosque compound from Bab Al Magharba gate, amidst tight security measures by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers took provocative tours of the compound ....

2,043 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: Health Ministry

Date: 2020-06-08 12:21:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8461022

TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 2,043 new coronavirus cases and 70 deaths have been confirmed in Iran during the past 24 hours, according to MEHR news agency. The total number of infections and ....

COVID-19: 87 active cases reported in Palestine

Date: 2020-06-08 10:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8460954

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al Kaila said on Monday that the number of active coronavirus cases has reached 87, representing 13.3 percent of the total registered COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed ....

Israeli forces detain 27 Palestinians in occupied WB

Date: 2020-06-08 10:09:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8460823

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained Monday 27 Palestinians from various districts of the West Bank, most of them from Al Quds, Wafa news agency quoted the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as saying. Israeli police ....

Israel reports 61 new cases, one death from COVID-19

Date: 2020-06-08 10:06:50 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8460878

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) -The Israeli Health Ministry on Monday recorded 61 news cases of coronavirus and one death, raising the total of infections to 17,925, the Jerusalem Post reported. Among a total of 2,523 active infections, there are 29 ....

Hebron governor imposes lockdown on Halhoul town after 8 new coronavirus infections detected

Date: 2020-06-08 08:59:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8460824

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Hebron Governor Jibrin al-Bakri imposed a lockdown on the town of Halhoul, near the city of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, after eight new infections of coronavirus were detected, Wafa news agency reported. He ....

OIC to hold ministerial meeting Wednesday on Israeli threats to annex parts of Palestine

Date: 2020-06-07 17:38:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8460494

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 7 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a virtual open-ended extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers on Wednesday to discuss ....