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115 settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque in Quds

Date: 2023-01-29 11:52:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9991686

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) – As many as 115 settlers stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound Sunday under protection of Israeli police. The Israeli settlers made provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals, according to the Palestinian news agency. ....

Israeli paper: Police investigating arson in WB village as possible hate crime

Date: 2023-01-29 11:31:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9991685

GAZA CITY, Jan 29 (MENA) - The police on Sunday said they were investigating a fire set to a home and car in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah, as a possible hate crime after Palestinians reported masked settlers were seen setting ....

Occupation forces arrest Palestinians in Al Quds, West Bank

Date: 2023-01-29 10:29:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9991433

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of Palestinians Sunday in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and the West Bank, Wafa reported quoting local sources. Israeli forces carried out a large-scale arrest campaign raiding ....

Israeli occupation seals home of Palestinian ahead of demolition -- paper

Date: 2023-01-29 09:44:08 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:9991251

GAZA CITY, Jan 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops on Sunday sealed the home of a Palestinian who killed seven in a shooting attack on Friday, reported Yedioth Ahronoth. The move was decided during the meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin ....

US reiterates Israel's self-defense right

Date: 2023-01-29 09:42:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9991297

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin renewed on Sunday Israel's right to defend itself against acts of terrorism. This came in a phone call between the US official and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant. Austin ....

De-escalation of tensions between Palestine, Israel a pressing priority: China

Date: 2023-01-29 08:46:44 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:9991267

BEIJING, Jan 29 (MENA) - Regarding the recent escalation of tensions between Palestine and Israel, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday that the pressing priority is to do everything possible to de-escalate the situation and call on ....

Palestinian gunned down in eastern Qalqiliya

Date: 2023-01-29 06:47:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:9991090

RAMALLAH, Jan 29 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was gunned down by a settler in eastern Qalqiliya on Sunday, security sources said. The 18-year-old was shot by a settler near Kdumim settlement, the sources added. (MENA) S R E/ ....

UN secretary strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue

Date: 2023-01-28 11:30:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:9989991

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (MENA) – The UN Secretary-General strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack by a Palestinian man outside a synagogue in a Jerusalem neighborhood which has left at least seven Israelis dead, and three others injured. According ....

Two Israelis injured in another attack in East Jerusalem

Date: 2023-01-28 11:24:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9990028

GAZA CITY, Jan 28 (MENA) - Two Israeli people were injured in an attack at the City of David archaeological site in Jerusalem in the second attack in Jerusalem in the past 24 hours, The Jerusalem Post reported. The shooter opened fire on Ma'alot ....

Israeli soldiers open direct fire at Palestinian journalists in Nablus

Date: 2023-01-28 11:23:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:9990030

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation soldiers opened Saturday direct fire in the direction of Palestinian journalists while covering an event at the entrance to the town of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. No one was ....