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AIPU chief decries Israeli attack on Lebanon

Date: 2019-08-26 13:50:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8077532

AMMAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) and Speaker of the Jordanian Lower House Atef Tarawneh vehemently condemned on Monday the Israeli aggression that targeted southern Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Sunday ....

25 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank

Date: 2019-08-26 12:43:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8077432

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 25 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that 21 Palestinians were arrested in Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Salfit and Abu ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians

Date: 2019-08-26 09:49:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8077171

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Monday Israel's installing of military barricades at the entrances of cities, camps and villages to hamper Palestinians' movement. The ministry said this collective ....

Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-08-26 08:54:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8077037

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Monday at Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza shores. Palestinian fishermen committees in the Gaza Strip said in a press statement that Israeli gunboats opened their machine-gun fire ....

Israeli warplanes strike Palestinian base in Lebanon

Date: 2019-08-26 08:41:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8077008

BEIRUT, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel targeted Palestinian positions near the Lebanese-Syrian border in the early hours of Monday, launching three strikes on the group, Lebanon's An-Nahar website reported. The target, located west of Zahle, belonged to ....

Extremist rabbi storms Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-08-26 08:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8077014

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Under protection by Israeli police, extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque from al Maghreba gate earlier Monday. Glick was accompanied by dozens of Israeli settlers who conducted provocative tours inside ....

Trump: 'Deal Of Century' may be revealed before Israeli election

Date: 2019-08-26 08:32:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8077040

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - The peace deal known as the "deal of the century" may be revealed before the Israeli election on September 17, US President Donald Trump said on Monday while attending the G7 summit in France, The Jerusalem Post reported. ....

Israel cuts Gaza fuel delivery in half after rocket fire

Date: 2019-08-26 07:41:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8076983

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel reduced by fifty percent the amount of fuel which it will allow into Gaza as a response to Sunday night's rocket fire against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. It's a move that will likely also reduce by ....

Israel shells Palestinian resistance post north of Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-08-26 07:16:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8076920

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel fired at least one rocket at a Palestinian resistance post north of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said an F16 aircraft fired a rocket at a post north of Beit Lahia, causing severe ....

Israel launches air strikes targeting PFLP site in Lebanon near Syrian borders

Date: 2019-08-26 02:49:06 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8076835

BEIRUT, August 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched air strikes targeting a site of the general command of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Quosaya in eastern Lebanon near the Syrian borders. The raids caused ....