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6 Israelis injured in shooting attack near Ramallah - reports

Date: 2018-12-09 21:56:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7707363

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - At least six Israelis were injured in a Palestinian drive-by shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Ofra, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli reports claimed. Shots were fired from a ....

Israel captures 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-12-09 10:19:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7706071

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested eight Palestinians at dawn on Sunday from Bethlehem, Nablus and al Quds. Four Palestinians were captured from Nablus, two from Bethlehem and two from al Quds, including a child. They referred ....

Israeli occupation forces open fire at fishermen in GS

Date: 2018-12-09 09:56:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7706054

GAZA CITY, Dec 9 (MENA) - Israeli gun boats opened fire on Sunday at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Rafah and Khan Yunis in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said the gun boats targeted the fishermen boats ....

Israeli minister performs provocative tour in Aqsa

Date: 2018-12-09 08:22:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7705907

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel on Sunday headed a group of extremist Israeli settlers in a provocative tour inside al Aqsa Mosque compound in al Quds, WAFA reported. Ariel and dozens of settlers toured the holy ....

Abbas not to cede rights of Palestinians

Date: 2018-12-09 07:57:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7705789

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that he will not give up on the rights of Palestinians. Abbas' remarks came in the inauguration of an international conference to boost the role of private sector in governing ....

Palestinian family forced to demolish own homes in Al Quds

Date: 2018-12-08 11:41:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7704914

RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - A Palestinian family started to tear down its two-apartment building in order to avoid paying exorbitant costs if the Israeli West Jerusalem municipality goes ahead and demolish its house in Silwan under the pretext of lack ....

Palestinian FM hails failure of passing US-drafted resolution against Hamas at UNGA

Date: 2018-12-07 11:22:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7703567

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Malki said on Friday that yesterday’s voting against the US-proposed resolution to condemn Palestine’s Hamas movement at the United Nations General Assembly ....

Israeli forces storm into print house in Ramallah

Date: 2018-12-06 14:22:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7702110

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces stormed into a print house in central Ramallah and seized some publicity equipment and substances. Eyewitnesses said that confrontations ensued between the Israeli troops and residents in the ....

Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-12-06 14:14:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7702379

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday detained 14 Palestinians during multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) as saying in a statement. The occupation forces detained six people ....

Three minors injured during military raid in Jenin

Date: 2018-12-06 10:21:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7702025

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday dawn shot and injured four Palestinians during a wide-scale inspection raid in the northern West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, WAFA reported. Israeli armored military vehicles raided the camp, where ....