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Palestinian PM Shtayyeh holds Israel responsible for killing of Palestinians in occupied territories

Date: 2022-04-27 11:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9542288

RAMALLAH, April 27 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned Israel’s killing earlier Wednesday of Ahmad Massad, 18, in Jenin refugee camp during an army raid, and held the Israeli government responsible for the killings. He said in a ....

Syria intercepts Israeli missile attack

Date: 2022-04-27 05:18:15 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:9541631

DAMASCUS, April 27 (MENA) - Syrian Air defenses have intercepted an Israeli missile strike near the capital, AlArabiya News reported Wednesday. “Our air defenses confronted an Israeli aggression over the outskirts of Damascus,” state media said. ....

Palestinian youth succumbs to wounds sustained by Israeli army gunfire

Date: 2022-04-26 13:16:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:9540844

RAMALLAH, April 26 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth today succumbed to the wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the refugee camp of Aqabat Jabr in the eastern occupied West Bank district of Jericho, according to the Ministry of ....

UNIFIL head urges calm, restraint on Lebanon-Israel border

Date: 2022-04-25 08:12:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9538548

BEIRUT, April 25 (MENA) - Aroldo Lazaro, head of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), has urged "calm and restraint" in the volatile and ongoing situation on the Lebanon-Israel border, the mission said on Twitter. A rocket was ....

Israeli artillery targets southern Lebanon after rocket fire

Date: 2022-04-25 05:17:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:9538413

RAMALLAH, April 25 (MENA) - The Israeli army targeted sites in southern Lebanon with artillery fire after a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, JPost reported Monday. The Israeli artillery fired dozens of shells towards ....

Biden plans to visit Israel in the coming months: Israeli PM

Date: 2022-04-24 19:45:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:9538222

GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to visit Israel and intends to make the trip in the coming months, Bennett’s office said in a statement on Sunday. During ....

Israel arrests five Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2022-04-24 09:59:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9537130

RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Sunday five Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the arrests took place in Bethlehem, Nablus, Qalandia Refugee Camp and al Bireh. Meanwhile, ....

Jordan condemns Israel restrictions on Christians in Quds

Date: 2022-04-24 09:07:52 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:9537085

AMMAN, April 24 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday Israel's restrictions in Al Quds that banned thousands of Christians from going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday to mark Holy Saturday. A large number of police and ....

UN Chief Discusses Jerusalem Tensions With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders

Date: 2022-04-24 08:53:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:9536997

NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the ongoing flare-up of tensions around Jerusalem's holy sites in separate calls with the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president, Voice of America ....

3 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire northwest of Hebron

Date: 2022-04-23 21:00:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9536645

RAMALLAH, April 23 (MENA) –Three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli settlers’ gunfire Saturday outside the town of Surif, to the northwest of Hebron in the southern West Bank, WAFA reported. Witnesses told WAFA that a group of Israeli settlers ....