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3 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel, one falls in Israeli territory

Date: 2017-12-29 11:19:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7164700

GAZA CITY, Dec 29 (MENA) - Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Friday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported. It added that two of the rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. Israel ....

Strict Israeli measures in WB ahead of Friday's protests

Date: 2017-12-29 11:10:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7164693

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stepped up security measures in the occupied West Bank and Al Quds city ahead of the fourth "Friday of Rage" protests against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of ....

52 arrested during gathering in Iran’s Mashhad

Date: 2017-12-29 10:17:59 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7164634

TEHRAN, Dec 29 (MENA) - Over 50 people have been arrested during a protest in the northeastern city of Mashhad against recent rises in some commodity prices, Press TV quoted Local Judiciary Official Hassan Heidari as saying on Friday. Thursday’s ....

Last batch of Eastern Ghouta patients evacuated: Syrian activists

Date: 2017-12-29 07:36:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7164359

DAMASCUS, Dec 29 (MENA) - The third and last batch of Damascus Eastern Ghouta patients has been evacuated to hospitals in the capital through Alwafdeen camp, Syrian activists quoted the Red Crescent as saying on Friday. Under a deal reached ....

Israel plans to demolish school, mosque, 7 houses southern Hebron

Date: 2017-12-28 20:11:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7164180

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities issued orders to demolish a school, a mosque, seven houses and a warehouse of batteries of solar energy in Birayn area in southern Hebron. The European Union had renovated and built rooms ....

Protesters arrested in Iran after rally against price hikes

Date: 2017-12-28 16:54:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7163948

TEHRAN, Dec 28 (MENA) - Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says people have been detained following protests in a major city over price hikes. The report Thursday quotes the governor of the northeastern city of Mashhad, Mohammad Rahim ....

Israel suppress protest in support of Ahed Tamimi in Ramallah

Date: 2017-12-28 14:30:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7163537

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested Thursday Manal Tamimi, one of Ahed Tamimi's relatives, during a protest by women activists outside Ofer prison near Ramallah, in support for Ahed. The Israeli forces fired tear gas ....

Several Palestinian students suffer suffocation after settlers storm school in Nablus

Date: 2017-12-28 12:41:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7163049

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - A number of Palestinian students suffered suffocation because of teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces to disperse clashes between students and a group of Israeli settlers. The clashes ensued after nearly 15 settlers ....

Hundreds of settlers storm Kifl Haris town

Date: 2017-12-28 09:46:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7162855

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed on Thursday Kifl Haris town in the northern West Bank under the guard of a large force of the Israeli occupation army. Nearly 700 settlers barged into the town and proceeded to ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest two Palestinians on outskirts of Al Quds

Date: 2017-12-28 08:33:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7162833

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested two Palestinians after the eruption of violent clashes on the outskirts of the occupied city of Al Quds (Jerusalem). Eyewitnesses said the troops fired tear gas and canister ....