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Israeli occupation forces raid Jericho city

Date: 2023-02-03 15:03:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10000710

RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces raided Friday Jericho city, which is still under military siege for the seventh consecutive day. The Israeli forces raided the city and fired a barrage of tear gas canisters toward the citizens' ....

Israeli forces detain six Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2023-02-03 09:33:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10000144

RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday detained at least six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Tubas, according to local and security sources. They said that Israeli forces rounded up two ....

Arab League condemns settlers' attack on church in Jerusalem

Date: 2023-02-02 16:54:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9999450

CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) - The Arab League condemned Jewish settlers' attack on a church in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem earlier Thursday. Three extremist Jewish settlers stormed the Church of the Condemnation, located at the Second Station of ....

Israeli forces arrest 27 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-02-02 12:13:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9999052

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 27 Palestinians in different parts of the West bank on Thursday. The arrest took place in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm and Hebron. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers vandalized a church in the occupied ....

Israeli warplanes bomb sites in Gaza

Date: 2023-02-02 07:08:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:9998398

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes early on Thursday bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA correspondent said that the warplanes fired three rockets at a site central Gaza, destroying ....

Jordanian king reiterates importance of pushing forward peace process between Palestinians, Israelis

Date: 2023-02-01 21:49:53 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:9998229

AMMAN, Feb 1 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II underlined the importance of working with the international community to support efforts aiming at bringing about peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This came on Wednesday during the ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-02-01 12:57:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:9997166

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli occupation police, broke into Aqsa Mosque yards on Wednesday. WAFA news agency reported that the settlers barged into the courtyards of the mosque from the side of Bab ....

US to offer $50 mln in new funding for UNRWA -- Blinken

Date: 2023-01-31 19:21:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9996109

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced $50 million in new funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which provides food assistance and essential services to registered Palestinian refugees and their ....

US, Israeli defense minister discuss Iranian threats, security situation in WB

Date: 2023-01-31 11:10:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9995185

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, the second and final day of the top US diplomat's trip to Israel, Ynet reported. The discussion centered on security ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque in Quds

Date: 2023-01-31 08:06:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9994713

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers have stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police protection, according to WAFA news agency Tuesday. The settlers made provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals. Local ....