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Palestinian shot by Israeli gunfire succumbs to wounds in Gaza

Date: 2018-06-28 14:10:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7463891

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) – A Palestinian teen Thursday succumbed to wounds he sustained several hours earlier when Israeli artillery shelled two Palestinians to the east of Rafah city in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Mustafa ....

Erekat: Palestine is not for sale

Date: 2018-06-28 13:59:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7463985

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) - Commenting on news that the United States intends to freeze its financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, Wafa quoted Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization ....

Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian property in West Bank village

Date: 2018-06-28 11:17:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7463850

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) - Israeli settlers vandalized on Thursday Palestinian property in the village of Urif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring Israeli settlement ....

Israel detains 17 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-06-28 08:42:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7463612

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians from the West Bank overnight, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Thursday. The detainees included four from Halhul, five from Nablus, three from Bethlehem, three from Tubas and ....

Prince William visits Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-06-28 08:11:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7463556

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) – Duke of Cambridge Prince William on Thursday toured Al Aqsa Mosque, where he was accompanied by a delegation from the Jerusalem’s Department of Awqaf (religious endowment). The Prince got acquainted with the situation ....

4 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2018-06-27 20:57:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:7463336

GAZA CITY, June 27 (MENA) – Four Palestinians were injured Wednesday when Israeli forces fired against them in southern the Gaza Strip. Witnesses said the Israeli forces, located east of Rafah, opened fire against a group of citizens who were ....

Abbas welcomes Britain’s Prince William to Palestine

Date: 2018-06-27 15:22:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7462791

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Britain’s Prince William to Palestine and affirmed his full commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace with Israel. He said that the Palestinian side is serious in ....

Israeli Knesset finally approves bill to stop payments of Palestinian martyrs, their families

Date: 2018-06-27 15:00:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7462475

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority for Prisoners and Liberated People Affairs on Wednesday denounced the Israeli knesset approval of a bill to deduct the salaries paid to the families of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs from the ....

8 civilians killed in Daraa - opposition

Date: 2018-06-27 07:25:10 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7461843

DAMASCUS, June 27 (MENA) - Eight civilians were killed in an attack by the Assad regime on the Syrian city of Daraa over the past 24 hours, said Syrian opposition sources on Wednesday. The regime forces are attacking the south of the city, a ....

Israeli drone targets Palestinian vehicle, resistance retaliates attack

Date: 2018-06-27 06:54:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7461779

GAZA CITY, June 27 (MENA) - An Israeli drone targeted a Palestinian vehicle in central Nuseirat camp in the Central Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported. The Palestinian resistance retaliated the attack by firing a barrage of rockets at ....