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10 Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-11-05 19:42:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7656384

GAZA CITY, Nov 5 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were wounded Monday after Israeli naval forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at a peaceful rally in northwestern Gaza Strip. According to medical sources, the injured protesters were moved to nearby ....

Israeli forces raid elementary school, order demolition

Date: 2018-11-05 13:11:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7655726

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces raided an elementary school in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills, kicked its students and teachers out and informed the administration of the intention to demolish it under the pretext it was built ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against int'l silence on Israeli crimes

Date: 2018-11-05 11:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7655361

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against the repercussions of the international silence on the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. In a press release on Monday, the ministry said that there is ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 17 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2018-11-05 11:16:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7655438

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces early Monday detained 17 Palestinians from various West Bank districts and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said in a statement the Israeli army detained five people ....

Palestine sends letter of protest to UNESCO over Hebron violations

Date: 2018-11-04 13:25:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7653924

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Palestine's Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Mounir Anastas said that his country's delegation sent a letter of protest a week ago to the UNESCO general director on ....

Palestine's gov't warns of dangerous Israeli escalation in Al Quds

Date: 2018-11-04 13:24:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7654000

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Palestinian government on Sunday warned of the dangerous Israeli escalation in Al Quds, especially after Israeli occupation forces stormed the headquarters of the Ministry of Al Quds Affairs and the building of Al Quds ....

Palestinian ministry condemns Israel's ethnic cleansing in Area C

Date: 2018-11-04 12:24:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7653790

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called for immediate moves by the international community to end the ethnic cleansing exercised by Israeli forces in Al Aghwar, East Jerusalem and Hebron Mount. For years, Israeli ....

Israeli troops detain 5 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-11-04 11:17:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7653758

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops detained last night and early on Sunday five Palestinians, said the Prisoners' Club said in a statement. The detainees are from Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Khalil and Qalqilya in the occupied West ....

Kurdish leader says any Turkish offensive to be repelled

Date: 2018-11-04 07:16:58 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7653318

DAMASCUS, Nov 4 (MENA) - A senior Kurdish leader has warned that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) would not stand idle if a possible Turkish-led offensive was conducted on the east of Euphrates River. Ankara has been threatening it will attack ....

West Bank city sealed off by Israeli forces - WAFA

Date: 2018-11-03 10:48:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7652422

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Saturday set up checkpoints in all entrances to the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm and prevented its residents from leaving it in a step seen as a collective punishment measure against the city’s ....