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Israeli forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2023-05-17 09:05:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10162165

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 11 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank earlier Wednesday. Eight persons were nabbed in the city of Selfit in the northwestern West Bank, security sources said. A ....

Israeli navy attacks Palestinian fishermen off Gaza

Date: 2023-05-17 08:58:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10162050

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip in Northern Gaza Strip Wednesday. Local sources said the navy ships chased the Palestinian boats and ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli occupation troops

Date: 2023-05-17 07:34:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10162047

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque Wednesday under protection of Israeli occupation troops, Palestinian sources said. Israeli settlers broke into the mosque from Bab al-Maghariba Gate, performed Talmudic ....

Six Palestinians injured during Israeli raid near Nablus

Date: 2023-05-17 07:31:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10162039

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were early Wednesday injured by Israeli gunfire during an Israeli forces and settlers raid to the site of Joseph’s Tomb, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, WAFA reported. Ahmad Jibril, the ....

Dozens of Palestinians suffocate by teargas while preventing settlers' incursion into Joseph's Tomb

Date: 2023-05-16 21:55:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10161745

RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians sustained suffocation injuries during confrontations with Israeli occupation troops who were preparing the scene for a Jewish settlers’ incursion into the area of Joseph's Tomb, to the east of the ....

ALU chief lauds Palestinian president's speech at UN

Date: 2023-05-16 16:56:48 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10161426

CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) Makkawi Benaissa has commended a speech delivered by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly in New York. In a statement Tuesday, Benaissa said that ....

Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-05-16 12:23:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10160023

RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday arrested at least 19 Palestinians from different areas in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian sources, the arrests were made in the West Bank cities of Jericho, Jenin, ....

Six Palestinians wounded, detained in WB, scores suffer suffocation

Date: 2023-05-16 05:37:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10159909

RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - One Palestinian was wounded by Israeli bullets and scores of Palestinians suffered suffocation when Israeli police fired tear gas at them while confronting occupation forces at Aqaba Jabr refugee camp in Jericho. Sources ....

AP urges int'l community to abandon its double standards on Palestine

Date: 2023-05-15 17:08:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10159374

CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AL) has reaffirmed its support for the people of Palestine in face of the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation regime. In a statement released Monday on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of ....

Turkey faces unprecedented election runoff

Date: 2023-05-15 09:58:36 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10158525

ANKARA, May 15 (MENA) - Turkey’s presidential election could be headed for an unprecedented runoff, as neither incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu had secured an outright win Monday morning, CNBC reported. A candidate ....