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Palestinian Mufti slams Israeli aggression

Date: 2018-11-13 11:26:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7667775

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohamed Ahmad Hussein has condemned the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. In press statements, he added that this aggression adds to the record of the crimes of ....

53 Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli forces protection

Date: 2018-11-13 11:16:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7667753

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday and performed religious Jewish prayers under the protection of heavily armed Israeli forces. The Islamic Endowment Department (Waqf) in Al Aqsa said ....

Lebanon Mufti condemns Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-13 10:46:50 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7667592

BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) - Lebanon's Grand Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian condemned on Tuesday the Israeli aggression on Gaza, terming it a recurrent Israeli crime against innocent people. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Grand Mufti asserted that ....

Palestinian foreign ministry calls for int'l stance to stop Israeli excavations

Date: 2018-11-13 09:55:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7667464

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to shoulder its responsibilities and honor its obligations to protect Al Quds city and its religious and ....

Palestinian farmer martyred in Israeli shelling on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-13 08:59:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7667466

GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that a Palestinian farmer was martyred in the Israeli shelling on Gaza, bringing the death toll among Palestinians since the start of the Israeli escalation to five, and ....

Number of Palestinian martyrs from Israeli shelling on Gaze rises to 4

Date: 2018-11-13 07:43:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7667371

GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - The number of Palestinian martyrs who were killed in Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip rose to four, while 15 others were injured as Israeli warplanes continued their shelling of the enclave till dawn of Tuesday, ....

Palestinian gov't: Israel fully responsible for attacks on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-13 07:31:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7667350

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Accord Government on Tuesday held Israel occupation forces fully responsible for attacks on residents of the Gaza Strip. In a press statement, Government Spokesman Youssef al Mahmoud said the ....

Israel destroys hotel in Gaza in fresh raid

Date: 2018-11-12 22:38:06 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7667177

GAZA CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - A hotel in Gaza City has been destroyed in a fresh Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. F-16 jet fighters targeted the five-storey-building with several rockets, razing it to the ground, said the ....

Fresh escalation round in Gaza

Date: 2018-11-12 22:13:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:7667160

GAZA CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - An Israeli airstrike destroyed Monday Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV building in the Gaza Strip after a series of warning shots. Local sources said Israeli reconnaissance planes fired three missile alerts, before F16 planes ....

Abbas urges int'l community to act to halt Israeli attack on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-12 21:53:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7667163

RAMALLAH, Nov 12 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has made regional and international contacts in a bid to halt an ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The fresh attack on the enclave was decried by Abbas, who arrived in ....