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Israel sets up watchtower at Bab Al Amoud gate's entrance in Old Jerusalem

Date: 2018-02-15 11:00:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7246693

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - The Israeli army erected a security watchtower at the entrance of Bab Al Amoud gate (Damascus Gate), one of the main entrances to the Old City of Al Quds (Jerusalem). Eyewitnesses said Thursday the watchtower is adjacent ....

Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-15 10:29:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7246779

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces arrested 19 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank and Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner's Club said in a statement on Thursday. Eight Palestinians were apprehended in Hebron and ....

Israeli military force storms farmland in Tulkarm

Date: 2018-02-14 22:23:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7246340

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) – A large Israeli military force on Wednesday stormed northern farmland in Illar town of Tulkarm in northern West Bank. Loud explosions were heard in the town after the Israeli force had pushed its way into the northern ....

5 Israeli soldiers wounded in mine explosion in Jordan Valley

Date: 2018-02-14 19:43:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7246102

GAZA CITY, Feb 14 (MENA) - Five Israeli soldiers were lightly injured Wednesday after a military jeep in which they were travelling drove over a mine in the Jordan valley, The Jerusalem Post reported. According to an initial investigation, ....

Aqsa Mosque guards, Jewish settlers clash near Al Rahma Gate

Date: 2018-02-14 09:08:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7244793

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - Al Aqsa Msoque guards clashed on Wednesday with Jewish settlers near Al Rahma Gate of the holy site. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces besieged the site and police kept Muslim worshipers away. The clashes erupted when ....

US drone destroys Russian-made tank in Syria

Date: 2018-02-14 06:21:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7244623

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (MENA) - A US military drone aircraft destroyed a Russian-made T-72 tank in Syria over the weekend in the second defensive strike against pro-Syrian government forces in less than a week, U.S. officials said as quoted by Sky news ....

Israeli MK accuses Israel of collaborating with Daesh

Date: 2018-02-13 21:39:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7244344

GAZA CITY, Feb 13 (MENA) - Member of Knesset Aida Touma-Suleiman accused Israel during a Knesset plenum speech Monday evening of collaborating with the Daesh terrorist group, on the heels of her claim that Israel was intentionally escalating the ....

5 Palestinians injured in clashed with Israeli forces in eastern Nablus

Date: 2018-02-13 19:46:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7244276

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were wounded in clashes with the Israeli forces in Salim town in eastern Nablus. In a statement by director of emergency at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus Ahmed Jibril on Tuesday, he ....

Palestinian Ahed Tamimi's case draws criticism of Israel - paper

Date: 2018-02-13 17:07:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7244175

LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The high profile trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi who slapped and kicked two Israeli soldiers in December has been adjourned until next month after a military judge ordered it take place behind closed doors. The ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-02-13 12:19:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7243140

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Magharba gate on Tuesday guarded by Israeli forces. The settlers conducted provocative tours all around the holy site. Meanwhile, Israeli forces ....