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Israel releases 14 Palestinians who were on board 'Freedom Flotilla'
Date: 2018-05-30 07:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7422515
GAZA CITY, May 30 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces released on Tuesday evening 14 Palestinians who were on board "Freedom Flotilla" that was intercepted and towed to the port of Ashdod by the Israeli navy. The vessel set sail from Gaza port to ....
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Further rocket sirens sounded in southern Israel, Negev
Date: 2018-05-29 20:49:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7422326
GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Further rocket sirens were sounded in southern Israel on Tuesday, likely signaling a launch of projectiles from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. The siren's background is under investigation, The Jerusalem Post ....
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3 Israelis lightly injured from rocket shrapnel
Date: 2018-05-29 18:56:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7422012
GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Three Israelis are lightly injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel this afternoon, The Times of Israel reported. According to reports, the men were in the Eshkol region, adjacent to the southern ....
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Liberman: Every place where rocket is fired remains legitimate target for Israel
Date: 2018-05-29 18:44:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7422175
GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Every place from which terror organizations fire on Israeli territory is a legitimate target for an Israel Air Force strike, with all that that implies, The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman ....
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Israeli navy stops boat attempting to break Gaza naval blockade
Date: 2018-05-29 16:38:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7421867
GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - The Israeli Navy stopped a protest flotilla disembarking from the Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon with the intention of reaching the port of Limassol in Cyprus, Ynet reported. Previously, Hamas prevented some of the boats ....
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Palestinians urge UNSC to put end to occupation crimes
Date: 2018-05-29 14:34:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7421416
RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called on the UN Security Council to provide protection for the Palestinian people against Israel's occupation crimes, to defend what remained of the council's credibility. In a ....
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Israeli forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2018-05-29 09:38:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7421132
RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained early Tuesday 9 Palestinians in the West Bank. Two girls in their early twenties were arrested east of Tulkarm and Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement on Tuesday, adding ....
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Israel arrests two Palestinians after infiltrating into Har Brakha settlement
Date: 2018-05-29 09:01:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7421087
RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday two Palestinians after infiltrating into Har Brakha settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Hebrew media outlets said that one of the arrested ....
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Israeli artillery shells sites in Gaza, causing severe damage
Date: 2018-05-29 07:44:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7420976
RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Israel shelled on Tuesday posts and agricultural lands east of Gaza City, causing severe structural damage. Eyewitnesses said the Israeli artillery deployed along the Gaza Strip borderline fired at least 10 missiles east ....
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Israeli Supreme Court 'greenlights state to commit war crime' -- rights group
Date: 2018-05-28 21:52:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7420814
GAZA CITY, May 28 (MENA) – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem) said that a recent verdict issued by the Israeli Supreme Court would "spell ruin for the Palestinians’ lives". It will "constitute a ....