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Israel detains 11 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2022-11-10 10:57:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:9868445

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 11 Palestinians on Thursday from different parts of the West Bank. The detained include four from Hebron, three from Qalqiliya, one from Bethlehem, two from Ramallah, one from Nablus and one from ....

1 Palestinian killed, 5 injured by Israeli occupation soldiers in Jenin, Hebron

Date: 2022-11-09 19:23:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9867627

RAMALLAH, Nov 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian man when he was near the apartheid barrier west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin and killed him, WAFA reported Wednesday. Rafat Ali Ayyaseh, 29, was killed ....

UNRWA calls for providing more funds to serve Palestinian refugees

Date: 2022-11-08 08:34:01 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9864029

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) urgently required a substantial capital injection to lift it out of a chronic budget deficit, its head told the Fourth Committee ....

Blinken holds phone call with Abbas

Date: 2022-11-05 15:37:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:9859535

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to the US State Department. The Secretary discussed joint efforts to improve the quality of life for the ....

Palestinian detainee ends 19-day hunger strike after reaching deal

Date: 2022-11-05 13:42:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:9859319

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) – Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Sabea al-Titi, ended on Saturday his hunger strike which lasted for 19 days after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to end his solitary confinement within a ....

Palestinian president, US state secretary discuss Israeli attacks against Palestinians

Date: 2022-11-04 22:56:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9858501

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call on Friday from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to discuss Israeli attacks against Palestinians, WAFA reported. Abbas briefed the US Secretary of State on the ....

US secretary of state warns of spiraling West Bank violence

Date: 2022-11-04 16:31:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:9858147

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday phoned outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid to voice alarm about rising tensions in the occupied West Bank. Blinken voiced his deep concern over the situation in the ....

Israeli drones fly at low altitude over Gaza Strip

Date: 2022-11-03 22:59:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:9857316

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Israeli drones flew at a low altitude over Gaza Strip on Thursday night, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. The Israeli drones scared Palestinians that the Israeli planes would launch air raids on the Strip. ....

4 rockets fired from Gaza; one intercepted, others fall short in Strip

Date: 2022-11-03 22:58:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9857315

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) – Four rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, one of which was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, the Times of Israel quoted the Israeli army as saying on Thursday. The Israel army ....

Israel's escalation on the ground will lead to an explosion: Palestinain presidency

Date: 2022-11-03 15:28:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:9856782

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency held the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for the escalation against the Palestinian people in the West Bank, the latest of which was the killing of four Palestinians within 24 hours ....