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Israeli forces besiege Khan al Ahmar community amid demolition plans

Date: 2018-07-04 08:09:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7472414

RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces besieged early Wednesday Khan al Ahmar Bedouin community, east of Jerusalem, amid Israel's plans to demolish the community. Israel plans to demolish Khan al Ahmar in violation of the international law. The ....

Palestinian ministry lambastes Australia's suspension of direct aid to PA

Date: 2018-07-03 14:46:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7471374

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Information regretted a decision by Australia to cease direct aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over fears that the funds would end up in the hands of the Palestinians detained in Israeli ....

11 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W. Bank

Date: 2018-07-03 08:12:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7470741

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - Eleven Palestinian civilians were arrested at dawn Tuesday in different areas in the West Bank. Local sources said that two Palestinians from Dheisheh Refugee Camp were arrested in the southern West Bank city of ....

Israel fears Iran may target senior officials abroad -- paper

Date: 2018-07-02 21:52:19 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:118 - ID:7470534

GAZA CITY, July 2 (MENA) - Israel's security officials are concerned that Iran might try to target senior Israeli officials while they are abroad, a newspaper reported on Monday. Director of the Shin Bet security services, Nadav Argaman, met last ....

Toxic gas leak, fire kill 5 workers in Iran

Date: 2018-07-02 20:26:47 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:7470481

TEHRAN, July 2 (MENA) - A toxic gas leak and a fire have killed five workers in two separate incidents at plants near the Iranian capital, Tehran, ABC News reported, quoting local media. The official IRNA news agency said four of the workers were ....

Israeli forces, shoot, injure four Palestinians for approaching fence along Gaza borders

Date: 2018-07-02 16:46:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:7470110

GAZA CITY, July 2 (MENA) - At least four Palestinians were shot and injured after they allegedly approached a barbed-wire fence between Gaza and Israel to the east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, said medical sources. The Israeli forces ....

Israel killed 25 Palestinian children since beginning of year, says rights group

Date: 2018-07-02 13:17:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7469417

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - The Israeli military shot and killed 25 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year, 21 of them in the Gaza Strip, compared to nine killed during the same period of last year, the Palestine section of Defense for ....

Palestinian foreign ministry slams Israeli practices in Khan al Ahmar

Date: 2018-07-02 11:46:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7469398

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the ethnic cleansing practices committed by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinians in Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem). In a statement on ....

Israeli army removes tourist tent in West Bank village on UNESCO list

Date: 2018-07-02 10:52:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7469258

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - The Israeli military removed by force on Monday a tent a Palestinian had set up on his land in Battir, a village on UNESCO's renowned list of world heritage sites, which he used to receive tourists coming to visit, ....

Israel arrests 17 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-07-02 09:24:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7469124

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 17 citizens, including two women, in the West Bank, the Palestinians' Prisoners Club said. In a statement on Monday, the club said the arrests took place in Hebron, Qalqiliya, Ramallah and East ....