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Israel apprehends 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-05-06 13:14:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7930650

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained late Sunday night 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank (WB), the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) was quoted by WAFA news agency as saying. Israeli forces detained five ....

Emboldening settlements jeopardizes two-state solution: Palestine

Date: 2019-05-06 12:14:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7930522

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Emboldening the Israeli settlements casts doubt on the ability of the international community to uphold the two-state solution, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned. In a statement issued on Monday, the ....

Iraq denounces Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2019-05-06 12:03:50 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7930592

BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) - Iraq denounced on Monday Israel's unabated shelling on the Gaza strip, urging the UN to take a swift action to stop this assault, Alsumaria news channel quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmad al Sahaf as saying. The ....

Two bodies retrieved following Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Date: 2019-05-06 10:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7930448

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - The bodies of two Palestinian martyrs, killed in an Israeli airstrike, have been recovered in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. The bodies were retrieved from the rubble of a building ....

UN chief urges all parties in Gaza to exercise maximum restraint

Date: 2019-05-06 10:25:30 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7930441

CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said he is following with deep concern the latest security developments in Gaza, and the risk of yet another dangerous escalation and further loss of life on the eve of the holy ....

Palestinian PM urges intl intervention to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2019-05-06 09:22:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7930331

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Ashtiya has called for immediate intervention to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Addressing a Cabinet meeting earlier Monday, Ashtiya called for securing international ....

Cautious calm prevails Gaza after ceasefire

Date: 2019-05-06 09:19:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7930313

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Cautious calm prevailed various parts of the Gaza Strip after reaching a ceasefire deal between the Palestinian resistance factions and Israel. Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees Spokesman Mohamed Abu Mujahid ....

Trump says US supports Israel '100%'

Date: 2019-05-06 07:08:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7930181

WASHINGTON, May 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said that the United States supports Israel "100%", in response to a current Israeli escalation on the Gaza Strip. "Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist ....

6 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes, including pregnant woman

Date: 2019-05-05 18:28:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7929862

GAZA, May 5 (MENA) – Six more Palestinians were killed in two Israeli air strikes in northern and southern the Gaza Strip this afternoon including a woman in the ninth month of her pregnancy, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported Sunday. The ....

Israeli airstrikes kill two more Palestinians, death toll hits 13

Date: 2019-05-05 16:48:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7929382

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaeya as Israel’s fighter jets carried out more airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in continuation of an Israeli onslaught on the enclave which entered its third ....