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Israeli forces arrest 6 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-07-30 08:09:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10278967

RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested six Palestinians in different parts of the West bank on Sunday, Palestinians sources said. Three Palestinians were arrested in Salfit after raiding their houses while three others were seized in ....

Palestinian forced to self-demolish own house in Jerusalem

Date: 2023-07-29 21:38:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10278694

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities forced on Thursday a Palestinian owner to self-demolish his own house in occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, citing unpermitted construction as a pretext. Witnesses told WAFA ....

Palestine urges int’l community to press Israel to dismantle settler militias

Date: 2023-07-29 18:08:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10278614

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) – Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called on Saturday on the international community to press the Israeli occupation authorities to dismantle the organized and armed terrorist settler militias and to ....

Israeli navy opens fire at Gaza fishing boats

Date: 2023-07-29 12:31:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10278281

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) – Israeli navy ships today opened fire at fishermen’s boats sailing in the northern and southern coasts of the Gaza Strip, reported WAFA correspondent. He said the navy opened fire at fishing boats sailing three nautical ....

Israeli settlers set lands on fire south of Nablus

Date: 2023-07-29 12:28:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10278278

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Extremist Israeli settlers set large swathes of Palestinian-owned lands on fire today near the village of Burin, in the West Bank province of Nablus, the Palestinian nes agency WAFA reported, quoting local sources. The ....

Israeli occupation forces wreak havoc in a school in Beita

Date: 2023-07-28 10:09:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10276701

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces wreaked havoc after raiding a school in the town of Beita, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported Friday. Dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Bir Quza Mixed School in ....

Israel: Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against govt's contentious judicial overhaul

Date: 2023-07-28 08:46:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10276571

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters streamed into Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street on Thursday evening for a mass demonstration against the Israeli government’s contentious judicial overhaul, the first part of which was passed this week, the ....

AL submits written pleading to ICJ on nature of occupation of Palestinian territories

Date: 2023-07-27 12:47:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10275609

CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) said it submitted a written pleading with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague pertaining to issuing an advisory legal opinion on the nature of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers break into Jerusalem's Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-07-26 21:11:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10274692

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers on Wednesday broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police, state news agency WAFA reported. The extremist settlers, divided into groups, ....

Israeli forces storm Tira neighborhood in Ramallah

Date: 2023-07-26 20:27:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10274679

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces broke into Al Tira district in Ramallah on Wednesday, triggering off clashes between Palestinians and occupation forces, security sources said. The forces fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the ....