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Israel detains 8 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2018-08-15 13:02:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7534492
RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Wednesday eight Palestinians, including a journalist, from different governorates of the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the forces detained the ....
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PLO executive committee member praises Egyptian-Palestinian relations
Date: 2018-08-15 11:48:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7534497
RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmed al Tamimi praised the Egyptian-Palestinian relations and continued coordination between the leaders of the two countries. The remarks by ....
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Israel fires at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores
Date: 2018-08-15 10:12:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7534175
GAZA CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired on Wednesday morning at boats of Palestinian fishermen sailing off the northern shores of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that the gunboats fired at several boats but none was harmed. This ....
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Israel reopens Karm Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2018-08-15 09:50:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7534266
GAZA CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli authorities reopened on Wednesday Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing with Gaza to allow fuel, construction materials, food and other goods into the besieged Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency reported according to Raed ....
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Israel to open Karam Abu Salem border crossing Wednesday
Date: 2018-08-14 18:39:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7533581
GAZA CITY, Aug 14 (MENA) - Israel said it would reopen the Karam Abu Salem border crossing with the Gaza Strip and extend the strip’s permitted fishing zone on Wednesday morning, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. Israeli Defense Minister ....
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Palestinian cabinet condemns Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-08-14 15:09:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7533206
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet has strongly condemned the continued Israeli aggression and military escalation against the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian cabinet asserted that the Israeli targeting of the innocent civilians in the ....
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Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-08-14 13:15:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7533081
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab al Magharibah gate under strong protection by Israeli occupation forces. Some 80 settlers, including 23 Jewish students, broke into the mosque and ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry deplores Israel's confiscation of lands in W. Bank
Date: 2018-08-14 11:25:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7532769
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned in the strongest terms the scooping and confiscation of lands in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry lashed out at the ruling right-wing party's ....
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29 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank
Date: 2018-08-14 09:02:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7532593
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - Twenty-nine Palestinians were arrested on Tuesday by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that eight Palestinian citizens, including two women, were arrested in ....
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Russian military downs 5 drones near Syria's Hmeymim air base
Date: 2018-08-13 20:18:25 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7532237
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (MENA) - Russian air defenses at the Hmeymim airbase shot down on Monday five attack drones launched by militants operating in Syria's de-escalation zone of Idlib, Sputnik quoted Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, head of the Russian Center ....