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  • 36 Palestinians detained by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank

    Date: 2023-11-17 11:57:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10446328

    RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continued last night their mass detention campaign in the West Bank, detaining at least 36 Palestinians in a series of raids into Palestinian cities, towns, villages and refugee camps across the ....

  • US calls on Israel to de-escalate tensions in West Bank

    Date: 2023-11-17 11:40:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10446230

    WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli War Cabinet member Minister Benny Gantz to discuss efforts to augment and accelerate the transit of critical humanitarian assistance into Gaza, the US Department of ....

  • Three Palestinians killed in a wide-scale Israeli raid of Jenin

    Date: 2023-11-17 09:48:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10446193

    RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) – Three Palestinians were killed and several others sustained injuries in the early hours of this morning as Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of people in Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, with a ....

  • Israeli occupation besieges Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, orders its immediate evacuation

    Date: 2023-11-17 06:26:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10445965

    RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces besieged on Friday "Ibn Sina" Hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and ordered its immediate evacuation. Medical and security sources in Jenin said that the Israeli forces searched ....

  • Israel’s opposition leader calls to remove Netanyahu: ‘The time has come’

    Date: 2023-11-16 22:59:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:10445874

    GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called for the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, saying “the time has come” for a new governing coalition in Israel, the Hill reported. In a thread on X, the ....

  • MWL condemnes targeting Al Shifa, Jordanian hospitals in Gaza

    Date: 2023-11-16 18:16:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10445508

    RIYADH, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Muslim World League (MWL) has condemned in the strongest possible terms raiding Al Shifa hospital by Israeli troops and shelling the environs of the Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip. The MWL welcomed the ....

  • Arab Parliament welcomes UNSC resolution approving 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza

    Date: 2023-11-16 16:53:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10445206

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament welcomed a resolution by the UN Security Council for "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to help deliver relief aid and save civilians and children amid the raging Israeli aggression on the coastal enclave. ....

  • UN official: What is taking place in Gaza is 'humanitarian crisis'

    Date: 2023-11-16 15:59:44 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10445401

    GENEVA, Nov 16 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk asserted Thursday that what is taking place in the Gaza Strip is a humanitarian and human rights crisis. In an informal briefing to UN member states after visiting the ....

  • New Russian aid plane arrives at Arish airport for Gaza

    Date: 2023-11-16 15:58:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10445392

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in Cairo announced on Thursday the arrival of a new plane at Arish Airport carrying 21 tons of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the embassy said its staffers together with ....

  • Palestine declares complete blackout of telecom services in Gaza

    Date: 2023-11-16 15:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10445506

    GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel Group), the largest provider of telecom services in Palestine, announced Thursday a total disruption of communication services, including both landline and mobile networks, ....

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