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Scores of Palestinians suffocated by Israeli tear gas bombs fired at worshipers

Date: 2019-08-11 08:27:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8060446

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were suffocated on Sunday from tear gas bombs fired by the Israeli occupation forces at the precincts of Aqsa Mosque complex to disburse worshipers who gathered earlier in the day to perform Eid Al ....

Palestinian youth martyred by Israeli fire in northern Gaza

Date: 2019-08-11 07:43:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8060418

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was martyred on Sunday by Israeli occupation fire in Beit Hanoun town in northern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the Israeli occupation forces, stationed at the military towers set up at the border ....

Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinians on charges of killing soldier

Date: 2019-08-10 22:32:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8060236

GAZA CITY, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians suspected of the murder of an Israeli soldier over the weekend, the Jerusalem Post reported on Saturday. The two Palestinians were identified as 24-year-old Nazir Saleh Khalil ....

Al Aqsa mosque facing real threat: AL

Date: 2019-08-10 11:31:36 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8059621

CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli occupation underway plans and preparations to storm al Aqsa mosque pose a real threat to Islam's third holiest site and necessitate firm international Arab and Muslim action to put an end to Israeli occupation's ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 8 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-08-10 11:25:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8059515

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Saturday detained eight Palestinians during confrontations in Al-Issawiya town in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and the Southern West Bank city of Al Khalil (Hebron). In Al Quds, one ....

Israel kills four Palestinians near border fence, shells posts in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-08-10 08:10:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8059394

GAZA CITY, Aug 10 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces near the eastern borders of the central Gaza Strip, an Israeli military spokesman said. The spokesman claimed that the Israeli forces opened fire at the four Palestinians ....

Eid prayers in Al Aqsa to be delayed for 60 minutes

Date: 2019-08-09 20:27:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8059167

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohamed Hussein announced Friday that Eid al-Adha (Greater Bairam) prayers in the holy mosque of Al Aqsa would be delayed for an hour to start at 7:30 Local Time Sunday. During his Friday sermon, ....

UNICEF: Nearly 15 million children are out of school in ME, North Africa

Date: 2019-08-08 16:01:42 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8057848

NEW YORK, Aug 8 (MENA) - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 15 million children are out of school due to a combination of poverty, discrimination, poor quality learning, violence in schools and ....

OIC condemns Israel's decision to build new settlement units

Date: 2019-08-08 14:21:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8057584

RIYADH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Thursday Israel's decision to endorse a plan for building new 2,300 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories. OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen ....

Israeli occupation forces step up military measures in Hebron

Date: 2019-08-08 13:45:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8057321

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces stepped up military measures on Thursday in areas northern Hebron and streets leading to Bethlehem city in southern West Bank. The occupation forces set up several military roadblocks at the ....