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Israeli forces demolish shrine near Bethlehem

Date: 2023-03-05 15:49:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:10050882

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces Sunday demolished a shrine southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, under the pretext of not having a permit, WAFA news agency reported. According to Hassan Brijieh, an activist, an occupation ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-03-05 10:47:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10050289

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque yards on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The settlers carried out provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals at the yards. The ....

IAEA. Iran agree to closer cooperation

Date: 2023-03-05 08:20:15 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10049899

GENEVA, March 5 (MENA) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he agreed with the Iranian side on maintaining close cooperation in accordance with the safeguards agreements. He said he held ....

Israeli forces arrest 6 Palestinians in West bank

Date: 2023-03-05 07:55:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10049887

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested six Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Sunday, security sources said. The arrest took place in Hebron and Ramallah. A liberated prisoner is among the arrestees. (MENA) S R ....

US warns escalation blocks stability, security between Palestinians, Israelis

Date: 2023-03-05 07:43:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10049797

WASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dana Stroul warned that the current escalation blocks reaching stability and security between Palestinians and Israelis. The US encourages resuming security ....

Israeli forces storms Yatma village in west Bank

Date: 2023-03-04 22:58:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10049738

RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) – Israeli occupation troops stormed on Saturday the village of Yatma, southern Nablus, in the West Bank. According to eyewitnesses, occupation troops stormed the village and the house of citizen Ismail Ibrahim Najjar and ....

Child injured, arrested by Israeli forces near Hebron

Date: 2023-03-04 22:29:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10049723

RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) – A Palestinian child was shot, injured and arrested by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Arroub refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank province of Hebron, according to Palestinian security and local sources. The sources ....

PLO official welcomes European call for stopping promoting settlement in WB

Date: 2023-03-04 17:07:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10049469

CAIRO, March 4 (MENA) - Secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein Al Sheikh on Saturday welcomed a statement by the foreign ministers of six European states calling on the Israeli government ....

Israeli occupation troops raid funeral in WB, leaving dozens injured

Date: 2023-03-04 16:37:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10049426

RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - Confrontations erupted Saturday between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian civilians in the town of Beit Ummar, south of the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens of Palestinians suffocated from tear gas. The ....

Iranian president calls for preserving IAEA independence

Date: 2023-03-04 15:46:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10049356

TEHRAN, March 4 (MENA) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called for independent activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at a meeting with visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran on Saturday, IRNA news agency ....