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Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coastline

Date: 2018-08-05 08:27:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7519147

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats on Sunday fired at Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the scared fishermen rushed ashore after being fired at by the Israeli naval vessels twice since ....

Palestinian presidency: Issues of Jerusalem, refugees basis for any future solution

Date: 2018-08-04 20:16:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7518858

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency reaffirmed on Saturday the constant position of President Mahmoud Abbas and the leadership towards the issues of Jerusalem and the refugees as the basis for any future peace solution, WAFA ....

Palestinian teenager succumbs to wounds in Gaza

Date: 2018-08-04 09:16:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7517869

GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - A Palestinian teenager on Saturday died of wounds he had sustained from Israeli army gunfire during yesterday's Gaza border protests, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said ....

Palestinian killed, 220 injured in Gaza border clashes

Date: 2018-08-03 19:04:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7517600

GAZA CITY, Aug 3 (MENA) - A Palestinian was killed and 220 others injured, including 90 by gunfire, after Israeli occupation quelled the continuing Great March of Return protests at Gaza border, WAFA reported Friday. The deceased was identified ....

Russia urges Armenia to boost cooperation in humanitarian aid in Syria

Date: 2018-08-03 17:23:19 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7517469

MOSCOW, Aug 3 (MENA) - Russia expects Armenia to take further practical steps to contribute to the humanitarian operation in Syria, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said at a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Zograb Mnatsakanyan, ....

Israel opens fire at farmlands in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-03 08:11:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7516633

GAZA CITY, Aug 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Friday morning at the farmlands in the east of Maghazi camp, in central Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported, according to eyewitnesses. The attack comes hours before the ....

Israeli Embassy in Moscow: Russian MP deployment to Golan Heights coordinated with Israel

Date: 2018-08-02 20:16:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7516466

MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - The deployment of the Russian military police to the Golan Heights took place following coordination with the Israeli authorities, Sputnik reported quoting the Israeli Embassy in Moscow as saying Thursday. Chief of the Main ....

Iran starts naval exercise in Strait of Hormuz, US closely monitors it

Date: 2018-08-02 20:03:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7516459

TEHRAN, Aug 2 (MENA) - Iran began a large-scale exercise in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday involving more than 50 small boats, practicing “swarming” operations that could potentially shut down the vital water way if ever deployed for real, FOX ....

Israel extends detention of four Palestinian journalists

Date: 2018-08-02 18:01:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7516308

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday extended the detention of four Palestinian journalists who were recently arrested by the Israeli forces in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society ....

EU switches on biggest solar energy field in Gaza Strip to fuel projects providing drinking water

Date: 2018-08-02 17:24:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7516237

BRUSSELS/GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) – The European Union has completed the biggest photovoltaic solar field in Gaza. It will provide 0.5 Megawatts of electricity per day to fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant, the EU said in a press ....