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Israeli warplanes shell posts in northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-02-02 11:28:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7223387

GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes at dawn Friday shelled a site belonging to the Palestinian resistance near Abraj Al Nada area, northeastern Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza Strip without causing any casualties The Israeli bombardment ....

Israeli settler shoots Palestinian youth northwest of Ramallah

Date: 2018-02-02 11:08:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7223388

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - An armed Israeli settler shot and injured a Palestinian young man in northwest of Ramallah early Friday, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. Mohamed Kamal Misfr, 25, who was on his way home in Mazari' al-Nubani ....

Israeli settlers storm Ottoman-era site in Nablus

Date: 2018-02-02 08:47:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7223295

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli Jewish settlers stormed early Friday an Ottoman-era site in the outskirts of Burqa village, north of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement construction in the northern West Bank, said that ....

Israel decides to close several Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-02-01 22:52:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7223172

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan issued Thursday a decision to close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem. The decision includes the chamber of commerce, higher council for tourism, Palestinian ....

Israeli soldiers fire live bullets at Gazan demonstrators not endangering them

Date: 2018-02-01 20:48:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7223118

GAZA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in in the Israeli-occupied territories "Btselem" said Israeli soldiers fired live bullets at Gazan demonstrators near fence with Israel, killing eight Palestinian demonstrators ....

BBC: Loud explosion heard in Turkey's Ankara

Date: 2018-02-01 18:54:34 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7223042

ANKARA, Feb 1 (MENA) - A loud explosion was heard in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday and ambulances were heard rushing to the scene, the BBC reported. The explosion occurred in the boiler room of Ankara Tax Chamber in the Cukurambar ....

Palestine: 7 killed, 20 injured in Gaza explosion

Date: 2018-02-01 16:42:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7222829

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were killed and at least 20 others injured in an explosion in a house in the densely populated Sabra neighborhood in Gaza city on Thursday evening, WAFA news agency reported, citing reports by the ....

PLO deplores US decision to list Hamas leader as terrorist

Date: 2018-02-01 14:13:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7222195

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat denounced on Thursday the decision taken by the US Department of Treasury to add Hamas movement leader Ismail Haniyeh to the terror list. In ....

Palestinian endowments min. condemns Israeli violations in Ibrahimi mosque

Date: 2018-02-01 13:35:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7222159

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Yousef Ideis said on Thursday that Israeli occupation escalates its violations against Islamic sanctities and rituals in Palestine. Israeli authorities banned up to ....

26 Palestinians killed since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital - Al Quds center

Date: 2018-02-01 13:32:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7222164

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) – Al Quds center for Israeli and Palestinian studies said that 26 Palestinians were killed since US President Donald Trump announced his recognition to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on December 6, 2017. In a new study, the ....