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Israel renews shelling of Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-09 10:14:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7525689

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes renewed early Thursday the shelling of the Gaza Strip. Israel also fired a number of rockets at targets in Rafah city. Palestinian sources said no casualties were reported. In a statement on ....

PLO official urges world countries to reconsider their relations with Israel

Date: 2018-08-09 09:26:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7525612

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Secretary of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat on Thursday called on world countries to reconsider their bilateral relations with Israel. The PLO official asserted that as ....

Palestinian Awqaf min. urges mass Friday prayers at Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2018-08-09 09:01:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7525607

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Yousef Adeis urged Palestinians to flock to the Ibrahimi Mosque for a mass Friday prayer in order to protect the holy shrine from Israeli violations. In a statement on ....

3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-09 08:50:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7525556

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed early Thursday and 12 others injured in Israeli shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip. Gaza's Health Ministry identified those killed in the airstrikes as 30-year-old man Ali ....

Israel arrests seven Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-08-09 08:49:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7525606

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said that Israeli soldiers arrested late Wednesday and early Thursday seven Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In a press release, the club said Israeli forces ....

Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2018-08-08 23:29:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7525347

GAZA CITY, Aug 8 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man was killed and six others were injured in heavy airstrikes launched by Israeli warplanes against agricultural lands and 12 posts of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Health ....

Israel launches series of airstrikes against Gaza

Date: 2018-08-08 21:36:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7525271

GAZA CITY, Aug 8 (MENA) – Israeli military aircraft Wednesday carried out a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Israeli F16 warplanes and drones raided targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, the western part of Gaza city, and Rafah ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-08-08 12:07:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7524167

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Wednesday 11 Palestinians from West Bank and Al Quds. The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement on Wednesday that six Palestinians, including a child, have been rounded ....

UN humanitarian coordinator urges Israel to allow entry of badly-needed fuel into Gaza

Date: 2018-08-08 11:52:02 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7524470

GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - Jamie McGoldrick, the Humanitarian Coordinator, on Wednesday called on the Israeli authorities to immediately allow the entry of UN-purchased emergency fuel into the Gaza Strip, according to press statement by the United ....

Israel adopts settlement policy as substitute for international law -- Palestinian statement

Date: 2018-08-08 10:48:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7524345

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that Israel is adopting the Jewish settlement policy as a substitute for international law. In a released statement, the ministry added that the Israeli government is ....