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4 Palestinians killed, hundreds injured in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2017-12-15 20:42:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7142493

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Four Palestinian youths were killed and hundreds were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces dispersed protests in Al-Quds, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In a press release, the Palestinian Health Ministry ....

172 injured as Israel suppresses protests in West Bank

Date: 2017-12-15 19:59:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7142412

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) – As many as 172 Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces dispersed protests in Nablus of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli troops fired live and rubber bullets at the protesters, Ahmad Jibril, ....

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian young man in Gaza

Date: 2017-12-15 16:10:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7142227

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces killed Friday a Palestinian amputee in eastern Gaza Strip. Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, 29, was shot in the head while he was attempting to fix a Palestinian flag in the ground near the separation wall ....

Israeli troops shoot Palestinian dead in Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-12-15 15:25:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7142169

GAZA CITY, Dec 15 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was shot dead Friday during clashes with Israeli forces at Nahal Oz neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Yasser Najy, 32, breathed his last after Israeli troops opened fire at him, medical sources ....

Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2017-12-15 14:15:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7142075

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinian youths were injured in clashes with Israeli troops across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Friday. Fifty-four Palestinians have been injured in the occupied West Bank so far, according to the ....

Palestinian youth killed in Ramallah after stabbing Israeli soldier

Date: 2017-12-15 13:42:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7142020

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed on Friday after stabbing an Israeli soldier at a security checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah. An Israeli Border Police officer was lightly wounded after being stabbed by the ....

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrate against Trump's Jerusalem decision

Date: 2017-12-15 13:03:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7141904

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of various districts in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip after Friday prayers in a "Day of Rage" to protest against US President Donald Trump's recognition of ....

Muslims in Japan protest against Trump Al Quds decision

Date: 2017-12-15 11:05:32 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7141740

TOKYO, Dec 15 (MENA) - Dozens of Muslims have protested in Tokyo against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Al Quds as the capital of Israel, Japan's NHK radio reported Friday. About 50 people who gathered outside the US Embassy in Tokyo, ....

6 Turkish soldiers killed in attempt to cross Iraqi borders

Date: 2017-12-15 10:48:59 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7141670

ERBIL, Dec 15 (MENA) - At least six Turkish soldiers were killed after attempting to cross the Iraqi borders, sources with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Friday. A security chief in Dohuk governorate said that Turkish forces drove five ....

Netanyahu begins seventh round of questioning in corruption probes

Date: 2017-12-15 09:14:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7141537

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - A seventh round of questioning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began in the ongoing bribery investigation involving Israeli billionaire Arnon Milchan (Case 1000) and conversations that took place between the ....