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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 ....

Israel detains 14 Palestinians from Quds, West Bank

Date: 2018-04-11 09:59:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7344011

RAMALLAH, April 11 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Wednesday 14 Palestinians, including a woman and two children, from the West Bank and al Quds. Five of the detained are from Hebron, four from Qalqiliya, three from Nablus and three from ....

Trump parades his generals as destroyer loaded with cruise missiles arrives off Syrian coast

Date: 2018-04-11 08:11:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7343894

WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump flexed his military muscle Tuesday by tweeting an Oval Office image of 19 of his most senior military commanders, as a guided missile destroyer moved inside strike range of Syria. The USS ....

Palestinian information ministry slams Lieberman's praise of Israeli sniper as inciting killing

Date: 2018-04-11 07:45:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7343837

RAMALLAH, April 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Information Ministry slammed Israeli defense minister's praise of an Israeli sniper who shot a Palestinian across the border in Gaza. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry considered this as a call ....

Israeli strikes Gaza target after infiltration attempt in eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-04-11 06:54:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7343767

GAZA CITY, April 11 (MENA) - The Israeli warplanes struck a Palestinian resistance target in the northern Gaza Strip after an explosion took place near an Israeli bulldozer during its storming of the Palestinian territories near al Mintar ....

UN rejects 2nd Russian resolution on chemical attack in Syria

Date: 2018-04-11 06:19:03 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7343764

NEW YORK, April 11 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has rejected a Russian resolution that would have created a new expert body to determine responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The resolution needed at least nine "yes" votes in ....

Iranian leader's top aide warns of response to Israeli strikes on Syria

Date: 2018-04-10 18:01:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7343334

DAMASCUS, April 10 (MENA) - Iranian Supreme Leader's top aide for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati cautioned that Israel should be waiting for a powerful response to its Sunday night airstrikes on the T4 airbase in the Syrian province of ....

Russian Embassy in Israel criticizes Israel's condemnation of 'fake' Syria chemical attack

Date: 2018-04-10 16:15:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7343268

GAZA CITY, April 10 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in Israel criticized Israel's Foreign Ministry's condemnation of the chemical attack in Syria, Ynet reported Tuesday. In a statement published by the embassy on its Facebook account, it was stated ....

Palestinian min. briefs British official on Israeli violations

Date: 2018-04-10 14:47:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7343035

RAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Adeis briefed Sadeq Ahmed, the member British House of Lords, on the repeated Israeli violations at the places of worship. In attendance of British Consul-General ....