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UN chief follows Gaza protests 'with concern' - spokesman

Date: 2018-04-06 20:44:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7337318

NEW YORK, April 6 (MENA) - UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the protests in Gaza "with concern" and is urging all parties to exercise maximum restraint and avoid confrontation, ABC News ....

Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi ballistic missile over Najran

Date: 2018-04-06 20:41:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7337327

RIYADH, April 6 (MENA) - The Saudi air defense has intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias from Yemen over Najran, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. The Dubai-based television gave no details. Meantime, dozens of Houthi militants ....

Palestinian presidency denounces Israeli violence against peaceful Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-06 20:32:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7337319

RAMALLAH, April 6 (MENA) – The Palestinian presidency condemned on Friday the Israeli violence against peaceful Palestinian rallies at the border with the Gaza Strip, where eight people were killed on Friday. In a press release, the presidency ....

Death toll of Gaza-Israel border clashes rises to 8

Date: 2018-04-06 19:02:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7337250

GAZA CITY, April 8 (MENA) - The death toll of clashes between Israeli forces and protesters on the Gaza Strip-Israel border has risen to eight, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said in a statement Friday. Over ....

Palestinian death toll from Israel's fire on Gaza rises to three

Date: 2018-04-06 16:32:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7337077

GAZA CITY, April 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian child was killed by the Israeli gun fire in eastern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll of today's protests to three, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday. Palestinian protesters faced ....

2 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli soldiers at Gaza border

Date: 2018-04-06 14:44:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7336928

GAZA CITY, April 6 (MENA) - At least two Palestinian protesters were on Friday shot dead by Israeli occupation forces as the Israeli forces continued to attack non-violent protesters on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, according to the ....

Palestinian killed in Gaza border protesters

Date: 2018-04-06 14:43:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7336880

GAZA CITY, April 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that one Palestinian killed by the Israeli gunfire in west of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza strip, raising the death toll since last week's major protests to 21. In a statement ....

UN high commissioner says Israeli forces used excessive force

Date: 2018-04-06 12:49:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7336628

GENEVA, April 6 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell said on Friday there are strong indications that Israeli forces used excessive force last Friday, resulting in the killing of 16 Palestinians and the ....

14 PKK elements killed in Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-04-06 11:10:39 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7336379

BAGHDAD, April 6 (MENA) - As many as 14 elements of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed Friday in Turkish airstrikes launched in northern Iraq, Alsumaria news channel reported, citing reports by Iraqi media outlets. The airstrikes, ....

Four Palestinians injured by Israeli fire on Gaza border

Date: 2018-04-06 11:01:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7336430

GAZA CITY, April 6 (MENA) - Four Palestinian young men were injured on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire at them in eastern Jabalia near the Gaza-Israel border a week after the Great March of Return that was organized to mark the 42nd anniversary ....