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Palestinian succumbs to wounds in Gaza as protests continue

Date: 2018-05-25 18:24:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7416602

RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds, which he sustained from Israeli army gunfire days ago during the Great March of Return protests at the Gaza border with Israel, according to medical sources. Yasser Sami ....

Two Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire at Gaza border

Date: 2018-05-25 15:59:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7416370

GAZA CITY, May 25 (MENA) - Two Palestinian protesters were injured by gunfire and others suffocated from teargas after Israeli soldiers attacked them while they were partaking in the continuing Great March of Return protests along the Gaza-Israel ....

Palestinian presidency condemns Israeli plan to uproot Jordan valley community

Date: 2018-05-24 21:23:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7415632

RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency condemned on Thursday an Israeli court’s decision to demolish and uproot the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the Jordan Valley, about 15 kilometers to the east of Jerusalem. “This policy ....

Palestinian dies of wounds in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-24 19:00:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7415482

GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) – A Palestinian citizen succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli army gunfire during the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, Health Ministry in Gaza spokesman Ashraf el Qodra said Thursday. This ....

PLO deplores Israel's new settlement units plans, calls for ICC investigation

Date: 2018-05-24 18:52:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7415461

RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Hanan Ashrawi denounced on Thursday Israeli plans to build thousands of illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank. Such acts demands that ....

Syrian army attacks Nusra militants in Hama countryside

Date: 2018-05-24 13:11:35 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7414846

DAMASCUS, May 24 (MENA) - Syrian army units attacked positions of Nusra militants in Hama countryside, inflicting heavy damage on them. The army units clashed with armed militants who tried to infiltrate through the direction of al Zalaqiyat ....

Erekat urges int'l community to oblige Israel to halt settlement activities

Date: 2018-05-24 13:09:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7414871

RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat urged the international community to oblige the Israeli cabinet to abide by international law and halt all settlement ....

Israeli settlements on Palestinian territories illegal - official

Date: 2018-05-24 12:02:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7414774

RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah stressed on Thursday that all settlements are illegal and contrary to all international legitimacy resolutions. Sooner or later settlements will be removed, Abu ....

Israeli forces detain nine Palestinians from West Bank, Gaza

Date: 2018-05-24 11:20:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7414581

RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday detained at least nine Palestinians from the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Club (PPS) and WAFA. The Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, including a ....

Israeli navy detains 2 Palestinian fishermen in northern Gaza

Date: 2018-05-24 10:53:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7414543

GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - The Israeli navy detained on Thursday two Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the sea in northern Gaza. The fishermen are brothers, said head of fishermen union Nizar Ayyash. The Israeli gunboats confiscated the ....