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Israeli forces compel Palestinian to demolish his own house

Date: 2019-08-24 11:48:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8074957

RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces compelled on Saturday a Palestinian citizen to demolish his own house in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). The house owner, Mohamed al Abasy, said he made the move after receiving a demolition ....

127 Palestinians injured at Gaza border

Date: 2019-08-23 18:29:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8074376

GAZA CITY, Aug 23 (MENA) - At least 127 Palestinians were injured today when Israeli soldiers stationed on the Gaza border cracked down on the weekly March of Return protest activities on the Gaza eastern border with Israel, according to medical ....

Turkey's prosecution orders arrest of 86 civilians, army men over Gulen links

Date: 2019-08-23 11:37:50 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8073776

ANKARA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Turkey's public prosecutor issued on Friday arrest warrants for 86 civilians and military men over links to the Fetullah Gulen organization, Sky News channel reported. The country's chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of ....

Teen girl killed as Israeli family hit by bomb at West Bank spring

Date: 2019-08-23 11:12:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8073774

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - An Israeli teenage girl was killed and her father and brother were seriously injured in a bombing at a spring outside the central West Bank settlement of Dolev on Friday morning, Israeli officials said. Rina Shnerb, 17, ....

Palestinian president to visit Germany on Thursday

Date: 2019-08-23 11:04:49 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8073839

BERLIN, Aug 23 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Markel is set to receive Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on August 29, according to Spokesperson for the German Federal Government, Stephen Seibert. In a statement on Friday, Seibert said the ....

Israeli family wounded in bomb explosion in West Bank

Date: 2019-08-23 10:14:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8073762

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Three Israelis were seriously wounded in an explosion near the West Bank settlement of Dolev on Friday caused by an improvised explosive device, the Israeli army said. According to the statement, it remains unclear ....

Israel strikes several targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

Date: 2019-08-22 06:43:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8072126

GAZA CITY, Aug 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip an the back of rocket firing from the enclave to Israel. Israeli warplanes launched several raids on the Gaza Strip and its surroundings shortly after midnight on ....

Pentagon: Alleged Houthi attack against US drone probed

Date: 2019-08-21 18:23:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8071802

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has said that investigations are underway by a security team on reports that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels shot down a US drone over Yemen. "We are investigating reports of an ....

Israeli forces detain Palestinians from WB including two girls

Date: 2019-08-21 12:49:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8071332

RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - Israel forces have detained eight Palestinians from the West Bank, including two women and a 13-year-old girl, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). WAFA news agency quoted PPS as having said soldiers detained the ....

OIC reiterates support to Palestine's right to have sovereignty over Al Quds

Date: 2019-08-21 12:28:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8071199

RIYADH, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has renewed its support for the State of Palestine's right to have full sovereignty over Al Quds city, the capital of the State of Palestine, protect its Arab identity, preserve ....