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  • Israeli warplanes shell Palestinian resistance site in northern Gaza

    Date: 2019-01-07 07:06:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7745953

    GAZA CITY, Jan 7 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes shelled at dawn Monday a Palestinian resistance site in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said that a helicopter fired a rocket at a position affiliated to the ....

  • Israeli ‘Jewish terror’ incidents targeting Palestinians tripled in 2018 - Haaretz

    Date: 2019-01-06 12:07:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7744955

    GAZA CITY, Jan 6 (MENA) - About 482 politically motivated crimes by Jews were reported in the West Bank last year, including assault and property damage, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday. Last year saw a steep rise in “nationalist ....

  • Palestinian boy critically injured in Israeli raid

    Date: 2019-01-06 10:34:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7744780

    RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian boy was injured by Israeli troops, who raided Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources. The military operation followed an armed attack on a car of a settler near a military ....

  • Orthodox churches start Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-01-06 10:23:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7744796

    RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (MENA) - Patriarchs of the various Orthodox churches in Jerusalem led processions to Bethlehem on Sunday for the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity. In anticipation of Christmas Eve, police are on high alert and deployed ....

  • Israeli bus driver injured in shooting near Ramallah

    Date: 2019-01-06 08:10:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7744596

    RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (MENA) - An Israeli bus driver was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a bus carrying settlers in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The incident took place Saturday night on a road between near Beit El settlement ....

  • Israeli forces carry out limited incursion into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2019-01-04 11:01:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7742521

    GAZA CITY, Jan 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday carried out a limited incursion into eastern Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the incursion was implemented by three Israeli bulldozers. (MENA) I S N/A S E ....

  • Palestine calls for protection of journalists against Israeli crimes

    Date: 2019-01-03 13:29:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7741447

    RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Information Ministry on Thursday sent an open letter to UN Security Council President and Dominican Republic Ambassador José Singer, to implement the UN resolution no.2222 on the protection of ....

  • PLO member urges int'l community to put in force UNSC resolution no. 2334

    Date: 2019-01-03 13:09:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7741472

    RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Ahmed Majdalani urged the international community to put in force UNSC's resolution no. 2334 and recognize the Palestinian state. The Israeli settlement activity increased ....

  • Palestinian journalist, medic injured as Israeli forces secure site in Nablus for settlers

    Date: 2019-01-03 10:19:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7741065

    RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - A Palestinian journalist and a medic were injured early Thursday during confrontations between residents and Israeli soldiers who were trying to secure a site in the northern West Bank city of Nablus for Jewish settlers, ....

  • Syrian troops kill 23,000 militants in 2018, says Russian General Staff

    Date: 2019-01-03 09:33:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7741032

    MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - Syrian troops in 2018 killed 23,000 militants in Syria, Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Wednesday at a briefing for foreign military attaches. According to him, Syrian government troops, who had ....

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