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Israeli bombing on Khan Younes kills Palestinian young man

Date: 2018-03-30 09:39:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7324128

RAMALLAH, March 30 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed and another one injured on Friday morning when Israeli artillery bombed a location in the town of al-Qarara, to the northeast of Khan Younes in southern Gaza Strip, according to medical ....

12 Turkish troops killed, injured by Kurdish Workers' Party

Date: 2018-03-30 09:27:05 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7324175

ANKARA, March 30 (MENA) - Five Turkish troops have been killed and seven wounded in an attack launched by Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on a military base in the southeast of the country. Sky News channel carried the news on Friday, without giving ....

Israeli police arrest 2 Palestinians on alleged terror charges in Beersheba

Date: 2018-03-29 19:18:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:128 - ID:7323543

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - The Israeli police arrested on Thursday two Palestinian young men in Beersheba city over an alleged attempt to carry out a terrorist operation in a shopping mall. Haaretz said the Israeli police blocked entrances and ....

PLO denounces US, Israeli official statements on Abbas as irresponsible

Date: 2018-03-29 14:51:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7323194

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced statements by US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman who attacked President Mahmoud Abbas, considering their ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-03-29 12:16:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7322834

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday amid high Israeli security alert on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the "Earth Day". Today Israeli incursion into Al Aqsa Mosque ....

Health Ministry places Gaza hospitals on alert for Friday's planned march

Date: 2018-03-28 12:02:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7320279

GAZA CITY, March 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Minister announced on Wednesday placing all hospitals in the Gaza Strip on alert in preparation for the "Great Return March" slated for Friday. Hospitals and medical units in the enclave were ....

Israeli settlers storm Aqsa mosque

Date: 2018-03-28 11:05:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7320066

RAMALLAH, March 28 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed the holy Mosque of Al Aqsa amid tight security measures imposed by Israeli police, according to eyewitnesses on Wednesday. About 35 Israeli settlers broke into the courtyards of the ....

Palestinian Awqaf min. urges flocking to Aqsa

Date: 2018-03-28 10:29:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7320189

RAMALLAH, March 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Sheikh Yousef Adeis called on Palestinians as well as people from Arab and Islamic states to flock to Aqsa Mosque despite mounting restrictive and nagging Israeli ....

Habbash urges Arab, Islamic overtures to save Quds

Date: 2018-03-28 10:15:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7320064

RAMALLAH, March 28 (MENA) - Chief Justice of Palestine, Dr. Mahmoud al Habbash called for launching Palestinian, Arab and Islamic initiatives to save al Quds in view of the war waged by Israel against the holy city. In statements to Palestine ....

Israeli forces detain 20 Palestinians from West Bank, Al Quds

Date: 2018-03-28 08:45:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7319907

RAMALLAH, March 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Wednesday 20 Palestinians from across the West Bank during predawn raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said in a statement that Israeli troops detained five ....