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Palestinian gov’t blames Israel for burning mosque in Nablus

Date: 2018-04-13 13:34:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7347919

RAMALLAH, April 13 (MENA) – The Palestinian government on Friday held Israel accountable for torching a mosque in Aqraba village, south of Nablus, at the hands of Jewish settlers. Spokesman for the Palestinian government Youssef Mahmoud renewed ....

Three Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-13 11:27:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7347811

GAZA CITY, April 13 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were shot and injured on Friday after Israeli occupation forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinian citizens who rallied near the borderline in southeastern Gaza city. The Israeli troops fired ....

Israeli aircraft fly over southern Lebanon

Date: 2018-04-13 10:58:35 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7347707

BEIRUT, April 13 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft flew over Marjayoun town in southern Lebanon at a medium altitude. Sky News channel carried the news Friday without giving further details. Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced, during a ....

Palestinian ministry urges UNESCO to prevent Israeli attacks on mosques

Date: 2018-04-13 10:13:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7347657

RAMALLAH, April 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Information called on the UNESCO and all parties concerned to prevent the Israeli escalating violence against Palestinian mosques and churches. In a statement on Friday, the ministry ....

Palestinian president deplores burning mosque in Nablus by Israeli settlers

Date: 2018-04-13 09:15:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7347526

RAMALLAH, April 13 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned setting fire to a mosque in Aqraba town in the east of Nablus in northern West Bank by a number of Israeli settlers who also wrote racist slogans on its walls. "This is ....

Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in Nablus

Date: 2018-04-13 08:02:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7347453

RAMALLAH, April 13 (MENA) - Israeli settlers set fire on Friday to a mosque in Aqraba town in the east of Nablus in northern West Bank, after throwing highly flammable substances on it and writing racist slogans on its walls. A number of Israeli ....

Palestinian shot dead at Gaza border

Date: 2018-04-12 18:11:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7347099

GAZA CITY, April 12 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man identidied as Abdullah Mohammad Shahri, 28, died of his wounds on Thursday evening after he was shot and critically injured by Israeli forces near the Gaza-Israel border fence, to the east of Khan ....

Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-04-12 11:30:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7345941

RAMALLAH, April 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Thursday 14 Palestinians from several West Bank governorates. The detainees include six from Jenin, two from Tubas, one from Qalqilya and another one from Nablus in northern the ....

Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast

Date: 2018-04-12 10:30:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7345746

GAZA, 12 April (MENA) - Israeli gunboats on Thursday fired at Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the coast of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. None was harmed. Israeli military aircraft also mounted several mock raids on the ....

Palestinian killed as Israeli warplanes shell Gaza post

Date: 2018-04-12 06:48:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7345553

GAZA CITY, April 12 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man was killed and another seriously injured when Israeli warplanes shelled a military post of Hamas movement in eastern Shuja'iyya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip, Spokesman for the Palestinian ....