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Israeli warplanes target several Palestinian civilians in Gaza

Date: 2019-04-02 15:40:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7878185

GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes targeted on Tuesday a number of Palestinian civilians east of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses said an Israeli reconnaissance drone fired a rocket towards several civilians east of Gaza, noting that ambulances ....

2 Palestinians injured in Qalandia refugee camp

Date: 2019-04-02 14:18:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7878238

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were wounded by Israeli rubber bullets after clashes in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Al Quds city, according to local sources. Israeli troops fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israel's killing of Qalandia youth

Date: 2019-04-02 10:55:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7877686

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned Israel's killing of a Palestinian youth in Qalandia camp, north of the occupied East Jerusalem city. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry slammed the crime as ....

Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-04-02 10:38:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7877706

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 10 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. According to a statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner Club, seven Palestinians were detained from Al Quds while ....

Israel destroys under-construction building in E.Jerusalem, Bethlehem

Date: 2019-04-02 09:36:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7877540

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israel destroyed on Tuesday an under-construction building in Shufat camp in the occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian sources said Israeli bulldozers demolished the building amid tight security measures. In the West ....

Netanyahu set to hold talks with Putin in Moscow

Date: 2019-04-02 09:19:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7877541

GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesperson Anna Jonathan-Leus told TASS news agency. "The prime minister will fly to ....

Israel detains 45 Waqf employees for opening door to Bab al Rahma prayer area

Date: 2019-04-02 08:33:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7877430

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli police have detained two employees of the Muslim Waqf department, which is in charge of Muslim property in Jerusalem, because they opened the door to Bab al-Rahma prayer area within Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in ....

Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Qalandia camp

Date: 2019-04-02 08:13:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7877373

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian youth and injured two others in an overnight military raid on the refugee camp of Qalandia, north of Jerusalem city, WAFA news agency reported Tuesday. Local sources said that ....

US suspends delivery of F-35 jet equipment to Turkey

Date: 2019-04-01 21:38:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7877150

WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - The Pentagon has halted the delivery of equipment related to the F-35 jet to Turkey due to Turkey's decision to purchase the Russian-made S-400 missile system, CNN reported Monday. "Pending an unequivocal Turkish ....

Israel allows fishing zone off Gaza to be expanded

Date: 2019-04-01 16:03:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7876707

GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Gaza fishermen's committee said it has received Israel's approval through Egyptian mediators to extend the permitted fishing zone from 22 km to 28 km, a range unseen since the second intifada, Ynet reported Monday. The ....