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Jordan denies border infiltration into Israel

Date: 2019-03-17 13:02:09 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7852276

AMMAN, March 17 (MENA) - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry denied on Sunday infiltration of people over the Jordanian border into Israel, Petra news agency quoted the ministry's spokesman Sufian Qudah as saying. "Members of the [Jordanian] Civil ....

3 Israeli soldiers killed in WB shooting attack

Date: 2019-03-17 12:50:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7852176

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Three Israeli soldiers were killed and two wounded on Sunday morning in a shooting near the settlement of Ariel in Salfit, northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN). According to the ....

4 Palestinians arrested from Al Quds, Bethlehem

Date: 2019-03-17 11:51:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7851799

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Sunday four Palestinians from Al Quds and Bethlehem, Maan News Agency reported. According to the Palestine Prisoners Club, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian in the southern West Bank ....

Gun shots heard near Barkan settlement

Date: 2019-03-17 11:49:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7851864

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Gun shots were heard near the Barkan settlement Industrial Zone in Salfit, northern the West Bank, on the back of a shooting near the settlement of Ariel in Salfit. This may be a fire exchange between the Israeli army ....

Two Israeli soldiers killed in shooting near Ariel settlement

Date: 2019-03-17 11:48:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7851737

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Two Israeli soldiers were killed and two others wounded on Sunday morning in a shooting near the settlement of Ariel in Salfit, northern the West Bank, according to the Palestinian News Network. According to the ....

Israeli troops open fire at residents in Gaza's Rafah city

Date: 2019-03-17 10:35:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7851779

GAZA CITY, March 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops opened fire Sunday towards Palestinian farmers in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Forces stationed near the border with the enclave have often used such a tactic to prevent residents from ....

Fatah urges Egypt's intervention to restore Palestinian unity

Date: 2019-03-17 09:14:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7851725

GAZA CITY, March 17 (MENA) - Fatah Spokesman Atef Abu Seif called on Egypt to intervene to realize Palestinian reconciliation and unity. In an interview with Al Arabiya news channel on Sunday, Abu Seif said Hamas insists on not evading the ....

Palestinian citizen, his wife injured in Israeli aggression against Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-03-15 07:38:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7848893

GAZA CITY, March 15 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen and his wife were injured in the air strikes launched by the Israeli occupation against their home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The remarks were made by spokesperson for the Ministry of Health ....

Israeli army launches overnight intensive strikes at targets in Gaza

Date: 2019-03-15 04:22:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7848821

GAZA, March 15 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation army launched intensive strikes at a number of targets in the Gaza Strip Thursday overnight. The US-funded Alhurra channel said explosions were heard in the southern part of the Palestinian ....

Six students among 16 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in WB raids

Date: 2019-03-14 12:49:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7847882

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 16 Palestinians, including six university students, during multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). In a press release, the PPS confirmed that ....