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ICRC calls on Israeli authorities to return body of Palestinian prisoner to his family

Date: 2023-05-02 18:16:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10138085

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has extended its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who had been on a hunger strike in an Israeli jail. In an ....

Palestine to present a progress report on the reform plan and economy to the upcoming donors meeting

Date: 2023-05-02 14:32:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10137703

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Tuesday that Palestine will present the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) of donor countries meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, in Brussels to discuss aid to Palestine a progress report on the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under police protection

Date: 2023-05-02 10:17:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10137104

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound earlier Tuesday under tight protection by Israel's police. Dozens of settlers conducted provocative tours around the halls of the Mosque and performed ....

Israeli forces seal off two northern entrances of Jericho city with metal gate, cement blocks

Date: 2023-05-02 10:04:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10137105

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - For the 11th day in a row, the ancient city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank remains under a suffocating Israeli military siege, with checkpoints stifling Palestinian traffic at all the entrances to the city, according ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 13 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2023-05-02 09:55:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10137103

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained at least 13 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, including a former cabinet minister and two minors, WAFA reported Tuesday. Israeli forces rounded five Palestinians ....

3 rockets fired from Gaza after death of hunger-striker Adnan

Date: 2023-05-02 06:47:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10136709

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel on Tuesday morning, just hours after Palestinian had official Khader Adnan died after a three-month-long hunger strike in Israeli custody, according to ....

Syrian defenses intercept several Israeli missiles fired in vicinity of Aleppo

Date: 2023-05-02 06:04:08 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10136665

DAMASCUS, May 2 (MENA) - Syrian air defenses responded an Israeli attack over the vicinity of Aleppo, state media reported late on Monday. SANA reported that the Syrian air defenses intercepted several incoming missiles. The Israeli attack ....

Palestinian PM accuses Israel of assassinating prisoner Adnan

Date: 2023-05-02 05:31:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10136659

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh Tuesday accused Israel of deliberately assassinating the hunger-striker prisoner Khader Adnan, according to Palestinian news agency Wafaa. “The Israeli occupation and its ....

Palestinian prisoner dies after 86 days of hunger strike in Israeli jail

Date: 2023-05-02 05:11:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10136656

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Palestinian detainee in Israel, Khader Adnan, 44, is dead after 86 days of hunger strike in protest against his detention, today said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said that the Israel Prison Services (IPS) ....

Dozens of Palestinians injured by toxic gas during confrontations with occupation troops in Hebron

Date: 2023-05-01 18:09:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10136451

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Confrontations erupted on Monday between Palestinians and Israeli forces at the entrance to Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, local sources said. They added that soldiers fired live bullets, toxic gas canisters, and ....