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Israel storms central Gaza, gunboats fire at Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2018-11-20 11:38:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7678263

GAZA CITY, Nov 20 (MENA) - Several Israeli vehicles stormed central Gaza Strip on Tuesday and scooped lands of Palestinians, eyewitnesses said. Also, the Israeli gunboats fired at the boats of Palestinian fishermen and no injuries were reported. ....

Israeli settlers vandalize playing ground in West Bank village

Date: 2018-11-20 11:09:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7678217

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - Israeli settlers vandalized on Tuesday a children playing ground built on land belonging to the village of Burqa on the Nablus-Jenin road in the north of the West Bank damaging a room and furnishings, the Palestinian WAFA ....

Israel detains Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-11-19 13:15:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7676726

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday a number of Palestinians during raids in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club. It said the Israeli army detained four people from Ramallah and Beirah, four others ....

3 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces in Nablus

Date: 2018-11-19 11:44:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7676490

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured and scores others suffered from tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli forces in Auref village in southern Nablus city in the West Bank on Monday. A local source said the clashes ....

4 Palestinians wounded near Ramallah

Date: 2018-11-19 06:30:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7676210

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli forces in a village near Ramallah late on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The wounded were ambulanced to Salvit public hospital. The occupation forces opened fire at the ....

Israeli forces attack school in southern Hebron area with tear gas

Date: 2018-11-18 18:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7675937

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian students and teachers suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces toward an elementary school in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas ....

Dozens of settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-18 09:59:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7674889

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Dozens of Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli security troops forced their way into Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, according to local sources. The extremist Israeli settlers and students of Talmudic ....

Israeli forces suppress protest of journalists in West Bank

Date: 2018-11-17 18:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7674437

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Several Palestinian and international journalists suffered severe tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful march at Qalandiya checkpoint north of Al-Quds. The demonstrators called on Israeli ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US pro-Israel bias

Date: 2018-11-17 14:43:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7674049

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed on Saturday the US administration’s policy for the Middle East describing it as blindly biased towards the Israeli occupation regime. In a statement ....

5.1-magnitude quake hits southeastern Iran

Date: 2018-11-17 07:35:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7673524

TEHRAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's Anbarabad, the southeastern province of Kerman with no casualties reported, managing director of Kerman crisis management office announced. Majid Saeedi said that immediately after the ....