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Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under police protection

Date: 2019-02-21 11:17:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7814485

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers stormed on Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque, guarded by Israeli police forces. The settlers stormed into the mosque's courtyards from Al-Rahma Gate and performed their Talmudic rituals. The ....

30 Palestinian children suffer suffocation after Israeli attack on school

Date: 2019-02-21 10:49:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7814564

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Thirty Palestinian children suffered suffocation after an attack by Israeli forces and settlers on an elementary school in the old town in the city of Hebron in southern the occupied West Bank. One of the children is ....

Israel arrests four Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2019-02-21 08:22:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7814390

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested early Thursday four fishermen and confiscated their two boats off the southern coast of the Gaza Strip amid continuing escalations by the occupation authorities against Palestinians. The forces ....

5 Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-02-20 20:12:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7814139

GAZA CITY, Feb 20 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were injured Wednesday when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters in Khan Yunis city in southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources. The victims were participating in a night anti-siege protest, ....

Israeli warplanes target camp in Gaza

Date: 2019-02-20 19:31:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7814055

RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli fighter jets targeted the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, according Palestinian sources on Wednesday. No casualties were reported in the raid which involved at least two missiles, said the ....

Israeli forces detain 18 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2019-02-20 11:57:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7813387

RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday detained 18 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. According to a statement by the Prisoner Club, four Palestinians were detained in Al Quds while eight were ....

Ten Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli forces

Date: 2019-02-20 09:13:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7812996

RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were injured early Wednesday by Israeli fire as hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Medical sources said they suffered rubber-coated ....

AL chief participates in meeting in Dublin on Middle East peace

Date: 2019-02-20 09:13:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7812986

CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit participated in a meeting held in Dublin on reviving the Middle East peace process. The meeting also took up means of implementing the two-state solution as the only and ....

Waqf officials announce reopening Al Aqsa Mosque gate

Date: 2019-02-19 11:58:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7811481

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Palestinian Muslim Waqf officials announced Tuesday that recently-sealed gate inside Al Aqsa Mosque compound was reopened, WAFA reported. Acting Supreme Judge of Jerusalem Sheikh Wasef al Bakri announced that Israeli ....

16 Palestinians detained from West Bank

Date: 2019-02-19 09:57:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7811569

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday overnight conducted multiple raids across the West Bank and detained 16 Palestinians, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a statement. Israeli military vehicles raided Jenin refugee camp, ....