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  • Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-01-09 12:32:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7749247

    RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces carried out multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and detained 11 Palestinians, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained five Palestinians, including four teens, aged ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns failure of int'l community to assume responsibilities towards Palestinians

    Date: 2019-01-09 12:06:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7749202

    RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the international community's failure to assume its political and legal responsibilities towards the Palestinian people contributes to emboldening the apartheid regime ....

  • Israeli girl lightly injured in E. Jerusalem stabbing

    Date: 2019-01-09 09:10:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7748864

    RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - A 15-year-old Israeli girl suffered light injuries to her neck and hand in a stabbing on Wednesday morning in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of East Talpiot, an area commonly known as Armon Hanatziv, the Israeli newspaper ....

  • Palestinian Cabinet denounces Israeli escalation

    Date: 2019-01-08 11:51:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7747707

    RAMALLAH, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Cabinet on Tuesday denounced the Israeli escalation in Palestinian townships and villages in Area A that is under the administrative and security control of the Palestinian Authority according to Oslo ....

  • Libyan authorities seize arms coming from Turkey

    Date: 2019-01-08 11:38:39 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7747627

    TRIPOLI, Jan 8 (MENA) - Libyan customs authorities in the coastal city of Misrata have seized arms that were hidden inside a container in a ship coming from Turkey. According to Sky News channel, the container was loaded with 20,000 Turkish-made ....

  • Israel storms into northern Gaza

    Date: 2019-01-08 08:43:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7747379

    GAZA CITY, Jan 8 (MENA) - Israeli vehicles stormed on Tuesday into some lands owned by Palestinians in Beit Lahia in northwestern Gaza. Eight bulldozers guarded by reconnaissance planes scooped lands near the security fence, eyewitnesses said. ....

  • Israel detains 16 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-01-08 08:39:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7747344

    RAMALLAH, Jan 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Tuesday 16 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. Liberated prisoner Assem el Barghouthi was among the detainees. He is accused of killing three Israeli soldiers on December ....

  • Israeli soldiers return to al Bireh city; confrontations break out

    Date: 2019-01-07 17:24:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7746892

    RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers returned to al Bireh, Ramallah's twin city, and took over rooftops of buildings in the vicinity of the municipality, according to witnesses. The soldiers, they said, searched buildings for video footage ....

  • Palestinian president leaves Cairo after witnessing inauguration of mosque, cathedral

    Date: 2019-01-07 12:56:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7746513

    CAIRO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left Cairo after a visit to the country where he met his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El Sisi and participated in the inauguration of El Fattah El Alim Mosque and the Nativity of the ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-01-07 09:11:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7746095

    RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers on Monday stormed the vicinity of Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate guarded by Israeli forces. The settlers conducted provocative tours inside the holy site, eyewitnesses said. As many as ....

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