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Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-08-26 08:54:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8077037

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Monday at Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza shores. Palestinian fishermen committees in the Gaza Strip said in a press statement that Israeli gunboats opened their machine-gun fire ....

Israeli warplanes strike Palestinian base in Lebanon

Date: 2019-08-26 08:41:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8077008

BEIRUT, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel targeted Palestinian positions near the Lebanese-Syrian border in the early hours of Monday, launching three strikes on the group, Lebanon's An-Nahar website reported. The target, located west of Zahle, belonged to ....

Extremist rabbi storms Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-08-26 08:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8077014

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Under protection by Israeli police, extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque from al Maghreba gate earlier Monday. Glick was accompanied by dozens of Israeli settlers who conducted provocative tours inside ....

Trump: 'Deal Of Century' may be revealed before Israeli election

Date: 2019-08-26 08:32:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8077040

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - The peace deal known as the "deal of the century" may be revealed before the Israeli election on September 17, US President Donald Trump said on Monday while attending the G7 summit in France, The Jerusalem Post reported. ....

Israel cuts Gaza fuel delivery in half after rocket fire

Date: 2019-08-26 07:41:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8076983

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel reduced by fifty percent the amount of fuel which it will allow into Gaza as a response to Sunday night's rocket fire against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. It's a move that will likely also reduce by ....

Israel shells Palestinian resistance post north of Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-08-26 07:16:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8076920

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israel fired at least one rocket at a Palestinian resistance post north of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said an F16 aircraft fired a rocket at a post north of Beit Lahia, causing severe ....

Israel launches air strikes targeting PFLP site in Lebanon near Syrian borders

Date: 2019-08-26 02:49:06 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8076835

BEIRUT, August 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched air strikes targeting a site of the general command of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Quosaya in eastern Lebanon near the Syrian borders. The raids caused ....

Removing all reference to Palestinians serves Israel's far-right agenda: PA

Date: 2019-08-25 21:42:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8076743

RAMMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - The US removal of any reference to the Palestinians from the list of countries is "consistent with the ideas of the Israeli extreme Right," Spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidency Nabil Abu Rudaineh ....

Israel says rocket fired from Gaza hit its southern borders

Date: 2019-08-25 21:37:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8076745

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Israeli army has said that a rocket fired from Gaza fell in southern Israel on Sunday. According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s security cabinet is expected to meet Monday to discuss the security ....

3 Turkish soldiers killed, 7 injured in northern Iraq

Date: 2019-08-25 14:51:32 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8076228

ANKARA, Aug 25 (MENA) - At least three Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others injured in clashes with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added that Turkish warplanes ....