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Palestinian Health Ministry: 152 Palestinians killed, 16,750 injured in March Return protests

Date: 2018-07-26 18:11:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7506385

GAZA CITY, July 26 (MENA) – As many as 152 Palestinians were killed while 16,750 injured and suffocated in the weekly Great March of Return protests that started on March 30, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday. The ministry ....

Israel halts constructing Gaza separation barrier

Date: 2018-07-26 14:39:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7505830

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - The Israeli army said that it halted construction work of Gaza separation barrier built by Israel along the border with the enclave for fear of the Gazan snipers. Israel stopped building the barrier separating it of ....

China asserts support for Palestinians' right to establish their independent state

Date: 2018-07-26 11:35:34 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7505637

BEIJING, July 26 (MENA) - China asserts its clear and firm stance towards the Palestinian cause, voicing its support to the legitimate right of the Palestinians to establish their independent state, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang ....

Dozens of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-07-26 11:16:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7505682

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli extremist settlers stormed Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi Gate under tight security measures imposed by Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said that the Jewish extremists carried out provocative tours in the ....

Israeli settlers perform Talmudic rituals in vicinity of Nabi Yunus mosque

Date: 2018-07-26 08:06:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7505293

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Halhul town, north of Hebron, and performed Talmudic rituals in the vicinity of Mosque of Nabi Yunus. In statements on Thursday, media activist Mohamed Awad said Israeli forces ....

Israeli artillery attack kills three Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2018-07-25 19:54:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7505020

GAZA CITY, July 25 (MENA) – Three Palestinians were killed and a fourth was critically injured in an Israeli artillery attack on a location in the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying on ....

US Pastor placed under house arrest in Turkey

Date: 2018-07-25 13:30:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7504472

ANKARA, July 25 (MENA) - A Turkish penal court on Wednesday issued a ruling to place under house arrest US Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who was behind bars since December 2016, in Turkey, Al Hurra TV reported. Brunson has been facing up to 15 ....

China calls for holding int'l conference to resume Palestinian-Israeli peace talks

Date: 2018-07-25 10:10:22 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7504007

BEIJING, July 25 (MENA) - China called for holding an international conference to resume peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis as soon as possible, Chinese media reported. While urging to stop violence against civilians and take steps ....

Israel demolishes kindergarten in Bedouin community east of Jerusalem

Date: 2018-07-25 07:44:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7503802

RAMALLAH, July 25 (MENA) - The Israeli army destroyed on Wednesday a kindergarten in Jabal al Baba Bedouin community east of Jerusalem, according to WAFA correspondent. He said an army force and a bulldozer raided the village and proceeded to ....

32 killed in blasts targeting Sweida, its southern countryside

Date: 2018-07-25 06:15:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7503705

LONDON, July 25 (MENA) - Thirty two persons were killed in a series of blasts targeting the Syrian city of Sweida and its southern countryside, the London-base Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the ....