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Israeli settler runs over Palestinian in southern Nablus

Date: 2018-02-07 22:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7233676

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) – A Palestinian man driving a motorcycle was injured when an Israeli settler plowed his car into him near Aqraba town in southern Nablus city, a first aid officer said on Wednesday. The injured Palestinian, aged 27 from ....

Israeli settler shots Palestinian youth in Hebron

Date: 2018-02-07 18:06:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7233312

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) – A Palestinian youth was injured Wednesday when an Israeli settler shot at him in eastern Hebron, the West Bank. The identity of the Palestinian young man has not been identified yet, security sources said. (MENA) M G ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli escalations against Palestinians

Date: 2018-02-07 13:00:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7232618

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday the bloody Israeli escalations against unarmed Palestinian people. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said although the United Nations secretary general and ....

Israeli troops arrest 18 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2018-02-07 10:06:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7232073

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - Eighteen Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli campaigns in the West Bank. In Bethlehem, Israeli troops stormed houses of three Palestinian youth and arrested them. Two other Palestinians were arrested in the ....

10 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Hebron

Date: 2018-02-07 08:08:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7231985

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinians were injured in clashes that erupted earlier Wednesday with Israeli troops in Halhul district of Hebron. The confrontation took place after the Israeli troops stormed the house of Youssef Zamara ....

Washington 'deeply disturbed' by Iran's return of ailing US citizen to prison

Date: 2018-02-07 07:22:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7231847

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein, in charge of US public diplomacy, said the United States was "deeply disturbed" that the Iranian government has returned 81-year-old Baquer Namazi to prison, Alhurra news channel ....

Palestinian killed by Israeli fire north of Al Khalil

Date: 2018-02-07 06:53:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7231815

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed on Wednesday by Israeli fire under the pretext of committing a stabbing attack near Israel's settlement of Karmei Tzur. In a statement released by Hebrew media outlets, the Israeli military ....

Syria's air defenses intercept Israeli raid on Rif Dimashq

Date: 2018-02-07 06:22:18 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7231844

DAMASCUS, Feb 7 (MENA) - Syrian air defenses intercepted on Wednesday a new Israeli attack against an outpost in Rif Dimashq, the Syrian news agency reported. In January, the Syrian air defense repelled three consecutive attacks by Israeli army ....

Iran's Rouhani urges Turkey to halt military offensive in Syria’ Afrin

Date: 2018-02-06 22:19:28 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7231459

TEHRAN, Feb 6 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Turkish military assault on Afrin region in northwest Syria should come to an end, Tasnim News Agency reported. “The Afrin (military) operation should end soon because ....

Israeli soldiers raid Nablus, kill Palestinian, injure dozens others

Date: 2018-02-06 21:28:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7231706

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers on Tuesday killed a Palestinian man and injured at least 40 others, half a dozen of them reported in critical condition, during clashes in Nablus, north of the West Bank, WAFA reported. The clashes broke ....