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Israel targets office of Hamas leader

Date: 2019-03-25 21:15:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7865890

GAZA CITY, March 25 (MENA) - Several Israeli airstrikes rocked the Gaza Strip on Monday night, including an explosion that destroyed the office of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh west of Gaza City, the movement-affiliated Aqsa radio station reported. ....

Israeli cities open shelters in light Gaza airstrikes

Date: 2019-03-25 20:56:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:7865857

RAMALLAH, March 25 (MENA) - Following Tel Aviv, the Israeli government ordered bomb shelters opened in the cities of Rishon Lezion, Beersheba, Petah Tikva and Kiryat Gat in light of Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack ....

UN concerned over Gaza developments, urges restraint

Date: 2019-03-25 20:10:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7865855

NEW YORK, March 25 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "gravely concerned" by the recent developments in Israel and the Gaza Strip and urges all sides to exercise maximum restraint, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. "We ....

Trump's proclamation on Golan triggers Arab ... 5 Cairo/Capitals

Date: 2019-03-25 19:15:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:7865851

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "clear that the status of Golan has not changed," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said after Trump recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. "The UN's policy on Golan is reflected in ....

Trump's proclamation on Golan triggers Arab .. 4 Cairo/Capitals

Date: 2019-03-25 19:13:29 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7865804

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs decried on the US proclamation on the Golan Heights. "The Golan Heights is a Syrian Arab territory and no decision could change this fact nor may any state falsify the history of this territory" said a ....

Trump's proclamation on Golan triggers Arab ... 3 Cairo/Capitals

Date: 2019-03-25 19:04:11 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7865808

Speaker of the Arab Parliament (AP) Mashal bin Fahm al Salmi has strongly condemned Trump's proclamation, which officially recognizes the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as part of Israel. The decree signed by Trump earlier in the day has no legal ....

Trump's proclamation on Golan triggers Arab ... 2 Cairo/Capitals

Date: 2019-03-25 19:01:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7865800

The Palestinian presidency expressed its absolute rejection of the series of decisions issued by the US administration on Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights, WAFA reported. "Sovereignty is not decided by either the US or Israel no matter how ....

Syria rejects Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

Date: 2019-03-25 19:00:36 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7865805

DAMASCUS, March 25 (MENA) - Syria has stressed its categorical rejection of US president Donald Trump’s resolution which recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. "The step represents the highest degree of contempt ....

Israeli jets strike several posts in Gaza

Date: 2019-03-25 17:57:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7865661

RAMALLAH, March 25 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes raided several posts in the Gaza Strip Monday following a rocket attack that targeted central Israel earlier in the day. Local sources said the Israeli airstrikes targeted resistance factions-affiliated ....

OIC condemns Afghanistan terror attack

Date: 2019-03-25 16:34:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7865380

RIYADH, March 25 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the twin bombing that took place on Saturday at an agricultural exhibition in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and killed at least four civilians, ....