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Israel closes river crossing with Jordan, all checkpoints around Jerusalem

Date: 2023-10-07 08:04:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10379075

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation authorities Saturday morning closed the Allenby/King Hussein/al-Karama Bridge crossing with Jordan for Palestinian travelers and also closed all checkpoints around occupied East Jerusalem, according to ....

2 killed in Gaza in Israeli shelling as life came to standstill following exchange of gunfire

Date: 2023-10-07 06:21:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10378955

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed Saturday morning and many others were injured, some seriously, in an Israeli shelling east of Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, following an exchange of gunfire between factions in ....

Palestinian PM urges int'l community to stop settlers' terrorism

Date: 2023-10-06 19:19:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10378572

RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called on the international human rights institutions to intervene to stop the organized terrorism by colonial gangs, in partnership with Israeli occupation soldiers, against the ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers attack Palestinian town

Date: 2023-10-06 07:59:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10377666

RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday broke into the town of Huwara, 7 kilometers, south of the northern West Bank of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. According to eyewitnesses, the settlers ....

Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian in Huwara, the third in less than 24 hours

Date: 2023-10-05 22:01:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10377421

RAMALLAH, Oct 5 (MENA) - A young Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces tonight in the town of Huwara, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local and medical sources, WAFA News Agency reported. The ....

Drone attack on Syria's Homs military college causes large number of casualties

Date: 2023-10-05 13:16:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10376965

DAMASCUS, Oct 5 (MENA) - The Syrian Defense Ministry on Thursday announced that a large number of people were killed and injured in a drone attack on a military college in Syria's Homs province. In a statement carried by SANA news agency, the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards on 6th day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday

Date: 2023-10-05 07:28:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10376319

RAMALLAH, Egypt, Oct 5 (MENA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque complex Thursday to observe the sixth day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, under the protection of Israeli police. Sukkot is a weeklong holiday, ....

Israeli forces storm Tulkarm refugee camp

Date: 2023-10-05 06:14:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10376212

RAMALLAH, Oct 5 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces stormed the Palestinian refugee camp in Tulkarm, northwest of the occupied West Bank, on Thursday morning. Violent confrontations erupted between the large Israeli force and Palestinian youth ....

Jordan sends protest note to Israeli embassy over violations of al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-10-04 14:27:23 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10375534

AMMAN, Oct 4 (MENA) - Jordan sent on Wednesday a formal letter to the Israeli Embassy in Amman, expressing its objection to the incursion of extremist settlers and Israeli Knesset members into the al-Aqsa Mosque/Haram al-Sharif area under the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa compound on 4th day of Sukkot holiday

Date: 2023-10-03 08:01:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10373045

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into Al Aqsa Mosque complex in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) under protection of Israeli troops to celebrate the fourth day of Sukkot holiday. According to eyewitnesses, ....