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Israeli troops storm into archaeological site north Nablus

Date: 2019-08-05 12:25:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8052549

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces stormed into and closed an archaeological site in Sebastia village north Nablus in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli military vehicles made a limited incursion into eastern Gaza and four army bulldozers were ....

Israeli navy attacks fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-08-05 10:23:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8052382

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Israeli navy attacked on Monday fishermen off Gaza shores causing a child to lose consciousness and leaving a number of boats damaged, according on Zakaria Baker, a fisherman. He told WAFA that the Israeli navy ....

Israel detains 9 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-08-05 07:52:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8052230

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians on Monday from the West Bank. In Hebron, the forces detained five Palestinians including a child. The forces also detained a Palestinian and his son from Tulkarm along with two ....

Israeli forces attack Palestinian prisoners at Ofer prison

Date: 2019-08-04 21:16:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:8051933

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces have fiercely attacked Palestinian prisons at Ofer prison, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Sunday. In a statement, the club said the Israeli forces was attempting to move prisoners leaders. By ....

Palestinian foreign ministry deplores Israeli settlement

Date: 2019-08-04 11:30:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8051171

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian foreign ministry renewed on Sunday its condemnation of Israeli steps to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement, the ministry decried anew "the unlimited US support" for ....

Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Jenin

Date: 2019-08-04 11:13:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8051204

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Saturday night detained at least 11 Palestinians during raids across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank district of Jenin, WAFA quoted local sources as saying. Israeli police raided the ....

Report: 3 martyrs, 345 injured among Palestinians in July

Date: 2019-08-04 11:01:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8051211

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - International Relations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said Sunday that the Israeli occupation forces killed three Palestinians and injured as many as 345 persons during the month of July. As ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque compound

Date: 2019-08-04 10:26:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8051139

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers forced their way into Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday. About 84 Jewish settlers and Israeli occupation policemen, have forced their way into the ....

Fighter jet crashes in southern Iran

Date: 2019-08-04 10:22:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8051163

TEHRAN, Aug 4 (MENA) - An Iranian Air Force fighter jet crashed near Tangestan County in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr on Sunday noon, Mehr reported. According to Governor of Tangestan Abdol-Hossein Rafieepour, the aircraft crashed at ....

Iran seizes foreign vessel for smuggling 700k liters of fuel

Date: 2019-08-04 10:14:21 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8051138

TEHRAN, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy seized a foreign vessel near the Farsi Island in the Gulf for carrying 700,000 liters of smuggled fuel, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. According to an IRGC public ....