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Limited Israeli incursion into northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-12-13 15:55:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7713198

GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - Four Israeli bulldozers on Thursday conducted limited incursions into Palestinian lands on the outskirts of Beit Lahia city in northern the Gaza Strip. The Israeli bulldozers forced their way into the borders of Beit ....

Israel detained 53 Palestinians and killed three in one night

Date: 2018-12-13 15:03:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7713210

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Israeli military forces detained 53 Palestinians in overnight raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday and killed three Palestinians in three separate incidents, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoners ....

Arab League urges int'l pressures on Israel over Golan Heights

Date: 2018-12-13 14:47:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7713069

CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Arab League has called on the United Nations Security Council to apply pressures on Israel, as an occupation power, to respect international resolutions including resolution 497 of 1981 which demands Israel to backtrack on ....

4 Israeli soldiers killed, injured in Ramallah shooting

Date: 2018-12-13 12:34:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7713082

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Two Israeli soldiers were killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting near the settlement of Geva Binyamin in eastern Ramallah city of the West Bank, Israeli emergency services reported on Thursday, according to ....

Palestinian youth killed in Nablus

Date: 2018-12-13 12:30:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7712863

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israel killed a Palestinian youth in Nablus over allegations that he opened fire at two settlers in Burkan settlement in October. Troops of the Israeli Special Forces besieged Ashraf Walid Naaloh's house under heavy fire ....

Israel kills Palestinian youth from Qalandia

Date: 2018-12-13 09:46:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7712669

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian youth over allegedly attacking two Israeli officers in a street in the Old City of Jerusalem. The two Israeli officers, one male and one female, suffered moderate wounds in the ....

Israeli forces arrest seven Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-12-12 11:19:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7711111

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces Wednesday arrested seven Palestinians from several districts in the occupied West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners Club (PPC) as saying. The occupation forces held three Palestinians, including ....

US sets up new monitoring centers in northern Syria

Date: 2018-12-12 07:13:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7710869

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - The US forces established new monitoring centers in northeastern Syria to maintain stability along the borders with Turkey, office of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. The Pentagon is committed to secure the Syrian ....

Turkish security official injured in terrorist attack in Rize

Date: 2018-12-11 14:36:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7710066

ANKARA, Dec 11 (MENA) - The security director of the northern province of "Rize" was injured on Tuesday after being shot in a terrorist attack on the directorate's building, local media reported. Turkish ambulances rushed to the scene after ....

Israel arrests 28 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-12-11 12:12:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7709420

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested overnight 28 Palestinians from the West Bank. According to a statement by the Prisoner Club, the forces captured 11 from Nablus, four; all brothers, from Tobas and five others from ....