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Huge tunnel, including sub-tunnels beneath Old City of Al Quds discovered

Date: 2018-11-12 14:45:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7665782

RAMALLAH, Nov 12 (MENA) - A tour by Palestinian public figures to the Old City of Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) in Silwan neighborhood, south of al-Aqsa Mosque compound led to the discovery of a new huge tunnel that includes three sub-tunnels ....

Two minors among 8 Palestinians Israeli forces detain in West Bank

Date: 2018-11-12 11:33:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7665957

RAMALLAH, Nov 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday eight Palestinians, including two minors, from the occupied West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) as saying. It said soldiers detained Mufeed Mohammad Taqatqa, 14 ....

Israeli PM cuts short visit to Paris after Gaza violence

Date: 2018-11-12 06:44:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7665494

GAZA CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a visit to Paris Sunday night and returned to Israel after violence erupted along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported. At least six ....

4 Palestinians killed, 6 injured in Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza

Date: 2018-11-12 06:42:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7665490

GAZA CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed and six others injured in Israel's shelling of Khuza'a town in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medical sources. Spokesman for the Palestinian Interior Ministry ....

6 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 2 leaders

Date: 2018-11-11 22:01:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7665418

GAZA CITY, Nov 11 (MENA) - Six Palestinians, including two leaders of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas's military wing, were killed in Israeli strikes on Khuza'a town, southern Gaza Strip. Seven Palestinians were wounded, a source at the ....

Iran arrests ex-minister of welfare over financial fraud

Date: 2018-11-11 20:40:28 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7665387

TEHRAN, Nov 11 (MENA) – Iranian authorities have arrested the former minister of welfare and social security for financial fraud, ABC News reported. The Sunday report says Parviz Kazemi was taken to Tehran's Evin prison two days ago, according to ....

Iranian foreign ministry official handed down 10-year jail sentence over spying

Date: 2018-11-11 15:10:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7665003

TEHRAN, Nov 11 (MENA) - An Iranian court sentenced Sunday an employee at the Foreign Ministry to 10 years in prison after convicting him of spying, Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said in a statement. Kamal Amirbeik had also been ....

Palestine urges UNICEF, UNWTO to open investigation into Israel's stealing of antiquities

Date: 2018-11-11 14:12:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7664606

RAMALLAH, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called on the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to launch an investigation into the ....

Israeli settlers storm village in WB

Date: 2018-11-11 13:17:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7664615

RAMALLAH, Nov 11 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the archaeological area in Sebastia village in northwest Nablus in the West Bank (WB) guarded by Israeli forces. Clashes erupted between some 150 settlers and village's residents, ....

Israeli army attacks students with teargas in Hebron, Bethlehem

Date: 2018-11-11 11:54:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7664355

RAMALLAH, Nov 11 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian students suffocated from teargas on Sunday after Israeli forces attacked them by gas canisters in three separate incidents in Hebron and Bethlehem districts in the West Bank, Palestinian news agency ....