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  • Gaza naval units rescue six Egyptian fishermen

    Date: 2019-01-17 12:08:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7761518

    GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - Naval units from the Gaza Strip managed at dawn Thursday to rescue six Egyptian fishermen off the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Gaza Strip. High waves and strong winds washed the boat, which was carrying seven ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-01-16 11:42:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7759765

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Thirty-four Israeli settlers and 35 students from extremist Talmudic institutes on Wednesday broke into Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate guarded by Israeli occupation forces. The settlers listened to explanations ....

  • 2 Palestinian youths wounded, 13 arrested in West Bank

    Date: 2019-01-16 10:20:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7759596

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Two Palestinian youths were wounded and 13 others arrested in different areas of the West Bank. The two young people were wounded by Israeli forces during confrontations in Jenin. One of them got an expanding bullet ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-01-15 15:01:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7758558

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Seventy-one Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate guarded by Israeli occupation special forces. The settlers carried out provocative tours inside the holy mosque, local sources ....

  • Spanish FM stresses his country's continued support to two-state solution

    Date: 2019-01-15 12:33:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7758218

    CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) - Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation Josep Borrell confirmed that his country is committed to supporting the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Spanish foreign ....

  • Palestine ready to take over presidency of G77

    Date: 2019-01-15 12:27:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7758153

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said that they are ready to take over the presidency of the UN G77+China. In a statement, the ministry said it formed, in coordination with the Palestinian UN mission in New ....

  • Israel arrests 28 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2019-01-15 11:16:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7757958

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday and early Tuesday 28 Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said nine Palestinians were arrested in Jenin, five in ....

  • Israeli hands out administrative demolition orders in East Jerusalem's Silwan

    Date: 2019-01-15 11:16:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7757925

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli authorities handed out administrative demolition orders to residents in occupied East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood, under the pretext that the homes have no permits. Palestinian sources said that the orders ....

  • UN: Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria

    Date: 2019-01-15 10:39:14 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7757959

    NEW YORK, Jan 15 (MENA) - Freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care have killed at least 15 displaced Syrian children in recent weeks, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said eight of them had died ....

  • Palestinian Movement urges sit-in at social security authority in Birah

    Date: 2019-01-15 09:49:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7757791

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The United Palestinian Movement on Tuesday called for a sit-in at the social security authority in al Birah city in the West Bank. In a statement, the movement urged a general strike in all companies and departments that ....

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