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2 Palestinians killed in Israeli rocket attack in southern Gaza

Date: 2019-08-27 21:44:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:8079780

GAZA CITY, Aug 27 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed when an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired a rocket at a motorcycle in Tel al Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday. A third Palestinian was seriously ....

Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese skies

Date: 2019-08-27 14:36:21 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8079262

BEIRUT, Aug 27 (MENA) - Israeli reconnaissance planes continued for the second day to breach Lebanon's airspace after Hezbollah's threats to down any Israeli aircraft entering the Lebanese airspace. The planes circled, around the clock, over ....

Netanyahu tells Hezbollah's Nasrallah to 'calm down' after drone incident

Date: 2019-08-27 11:36:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8078879

GAZA CITY, Aug 27 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to "calm down" after he said his group would retaliate for Israeli attacks in Syria and the Lebanese capital of Beirut, JPost reported ....

Palestine Foreign Ministry blasts US administration blackmail policies

Date: 2019-08-27 11:05:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8078802

RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday stressed that the Palestinian people categorically refuse the blackmail polices adopted by the US administration which bargains on the fundamental rights of Palestinians, ....

Fierce clashes flare up between Syrian army, opposition in Idlib countryside

Date: 2019-08-27 10:03:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8078741

LONDON, Aug 27 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted in eastern Idlib countryside between troops of the Syrian regime's army and factions of the armed opposition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday. Factions of the ....

30 Israeli armored vehicles storm West Bank village

Date: 2019-08-27 09:50:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8078722

RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (MENA) - Thirty Israeli armored vehicles stormed on Tuesday a Palestinian village in southern the West Bank and Israeli soldiers took photos for three homes and searched others. The occupation forces stormed the homes of ....

Moscow warns of large-scale conflict in ME: TASS

Date: 2019-08-26 21:13:23 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:8078310

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (MENA) - Moscow is worried over the escalation of the Middle East conflict following an Israeli drone attack on the Hezbollah press center in Lebanon, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement TASS quoted on Monday. "Moscow ....

AIPU chief decries Israeli attack on Lebanon

Date: 2019-08-26 13:50:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8077532

AMMAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) and Speaker of the Jordanian Lower House Atef Tarawneh vehemently condemned on Monday the Israeli aggression that targeted southern Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Sunday ....

25 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank

Date: 2019-08-26 12:43:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8077432

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 25 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that 21 Palestinians were arrested in Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Salfit and Abu ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians

Date: 2019-08-26 09:49:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8077171

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Monday Israel's installing of military barricades at the entrances of cities, camps and villages to hamper Palestinians' movement. The ministry said this collective ....