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  • Palestinian youth killed in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-04-23 07:40:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7364787

    GAZA, April 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said that a 20-year-old Palestinian youth succumbed to his wounds which he had sustained in clashes with Israeli occupation forces on Friday in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The ....

  • Israeli army shoots three youths in Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-22 20:08:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7364336

    GAZA CITY, April 22 (MENA) – Israeli snipers stationed at the Gaza borders Sunday fired live ammunition at two Palestinian youths during ongoing protests east of Khan Younes, south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Medical sources said Israeli ....

  • 2 Israelis arrested on suspicion of selling arms to Palestinian

    Date: 2018-04-22 15:46:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7364130

    GAZA CITY, April 22 (MENA) - Israeli police arrested two Israelis from Aroer in the northern Negev and a Palestinian from Yatta in the West Bank on Sunday on suspicion of arms trade, said Ynet news. The police suspect that some of the arms were ....

  • Maliki says dropping reference of "occupied" territories won't change legal status quo of Palestinian lands

    Date: 2018-04-22 10:55:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7363217

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki has said that a US report that for the first time since 1979, drops reference to the Palestinian territories as "occupied" will not change the legal status quo of the lands. ....

  • Israeli forces detain 17 Palestinians from WB

    Date: 2018-04-22 10:41:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7363179

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Sunday 17 Palestinians including a child from several West Bank governorates. Thirteen citizens were arrested from Ramallah and Al Bireh, according to a statement by the ....

  • Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm into archaeological zone in Sebastia village

    Date: 2018-04-22 08:32:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7363010

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into the archaeological zone in Sebastia village north Nablus in northern the West Bank. The settlers were guarded by the Israeli army, Mayor of Sebastia Mohamed Azem said. The ....

  • Macron: Egypt-brokered reconciliation essential to establish unifed Palestinian state

    Date: 2018-04-21 21:25:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7362756

    PARIS, April 21 (MENA) – French President Emanuel Macron hailed efforts led by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, with the support of Egypt, for an inter-Palestinian reconciliation necessary to build the foundations of a united state, the Elysee ....

  • Palestinian UN envoy urges probe into Israeli Gaza killings

    Date: 2018-04-21 09:41:06 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7361467

    NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour has called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish a commission to carry out an independent investigation into the Israeli killing and wounding of Palestinians during ....

  • Turkish lawmakers approve early elections in June

    Date: 2018-04-20 21:56:30 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7361264

    ANKARA, April 20 (MENA) – Turkey's parliament has approved holding the country's presidential and parliamentary elections a year-and-half early, a change President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said is needed because of uncertainties over Syria, ABC News ....

  • Death toll of Gaza-Israel border clashes rises to 4

    Date: 2018-04-20 18:03:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7361047

    GAZA CITY, April 20 (MENA) - The death toll of clashes between Israeli forces and protesters at the Gaza Strip-Israel border has risen to four, including a teenager, the spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said in a ....

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