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Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2018-08-06 11:05:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7520939

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday from Bab al Magharba guarded by Israeli police. Some 90 settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the mosque, eyewitnesses said. Consul General of Israel in ....

Fuel crisis threatens closure of Gaza health facilities

Date: 2018-08-06 10:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7520712

GAZA CITY, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry has warned against the repercussions of fuel shortage that might threaten the closure of health facilities at the Gaza Strip. In a brief statement released on Monday, Palestinian Health ....

Palestinian teen dies of wounds during Gaza border protests

Date: 2018-08-05 20:44:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7520331

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man died on Sunday of his wounds when Israeli occupation forces shot him at the protests of the Great March Return, eastern Bureij, central Gaza Strip. In a statement by the Palestinian Health ....

3 Palestinians injured along Gaza borders

Date: 2018-08-05 20:25:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7520269

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - At least three Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli forces’ fire to the east of Al-bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, medical sources were quoted by WAFA news agency as saying on Sunday. Israeli forces ....

12 Palestinians arrested in WB, East Jerusalem

Date: 2018-08-05 13:45:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7519494

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians on Saturday and early Sunday in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In a press release on Sunday, the club said seven Palestinians were arrested ....

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, ....