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Palestinian killed during Israeli shelling on Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-05-27 13:03:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7418687

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed Sunday to injuries he sustained during the Israeli shelling on east Rafah, south Gaza Strip, that took place in the morning. The young man is 25-year-old Nassim Marwan el Amor, said the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa compound

Date: 2018-05-27 12:19:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7418280

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers and students broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday. Seventy-five Israeli extremists and 26 students made provocative tours of the courtyards under strict protection by the Israeli ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli court authorization to demolish Bedouin village in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-27 11:47:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7418410

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned a decision by Israel’s Supreme Court permitting the demolition of a Palestinian village in the occupied Jerusalem. The court ruled that the Khan al Ahmar village was built ....

Former Mossad chief: Israel is no superpower

Date: 2018-05-27 11:29:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7418370

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Former Israeli Mossad Chief Shabtai Shavit said Israel is no superpower and “we cannot be the second country” in the world to use a nuclear weapon [following the US during World War II], stressing an Israeli preemptive ....

Palestinian Information Ministry slams Israeli bill banning photographing soldiers

Date: 2018-05-27 10:55:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7418362

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Information Ministry slammed an Israeli bill banning photographing soldiers. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said the bill will legitimize terrorism and encourage Israeli soldiers to kill and be ....

Israel detains seven Palestinians in West Bank, Al-Quds

Date: 2018-05-27 10:04:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7418234

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Israeli troops detained seven Palestinians in the wee hours of Sunday in the West Bank and Al-Quds, said the Palestinian Prisoners Club. The arrests came during Israeli raids in Khalil (Hebron) and Al-Quds, where the ....

British arms exports to Israel reach record level

Date: 2018-05-27 08:29:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7418124

LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - British defense contractors are selling record amounts of arms to Israel, new figures reveal, just days after it was confirmed that Prince William will represent the UK government on a visit to the country next month, The ....

2 Palestinians killed, 1 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-05-27 06:49:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7418014

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed and one was injured in an Israeli artillery shelling of Gaza Strip early Sunday, Palestinian sources said. Israeli artillery fired two shells at Palestinian resistance positions in southern ....

Israeli warplanes launch raids on Gaza

Date: 2018-05-26 21:20:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7417901

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes bombed several targets in southern Gaza Strip, local sources said on Saturday. The F-16 fighters struck two positions of the Palestinian resistance in western Rafah and western Khan Yunis in the ....

Israeli soldier badly wounded in West Bank arrest raid dies

Date: 2018-05-26 21:07:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7417899

GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) – The Israeli military said a soldier who was seriously wounded in action this week has died, Fox News reported on Saturday. The military said Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky of an elite undercover commando unit succumbed to his ....