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At least 10 Palestinians detained by Israel in occupied territories

Date: 2022-01-11 14:00:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:9361789

RAMALLAH, Jan 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, according to various sources. Israeli forces detained two Palestinians after breaking into and ....

WH warns Iran of 'severe consequences' if American citizens attacked

Date: 2022-01-09 19:43:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:9358701

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday warned Iran that it would face "serious consequences" if any US citizens are attacked after Iranian officials sanctioned multiple Americans. "Yesterday, Iran ....

Israel records surge in serious patients, 115,000 active cases

Date: 2022-01-09 12:47:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:9358048

RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - The number of serious patients in Israel continued to surge on Sunday, as the country registered 205 such patients, 37 more than on the previous day and more than double than on the previous week, while active cases also ....

Scores of Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa

Date: 2022-01-09 12:22:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:9358022

RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli police, broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem Sunday and performed rituals throughout its courtyards, according to witnesses. Located in ....

Bahrain, Israel discuss regional, int'l developments

Date: 2022-01-09 11:07:04 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9357784

MANAMA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Sundsy received the newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Eitan Na’eh, at Riffa Palace. According to Bahrain News Agency, ....

Israel registers 29,000 coronavirus cases in 2 days

Date: 2022-01-08 20:14:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:9357208

RAMALLAH, Jan 8 (MENA) - Israel registered around 29,000 new coronavirus cases over the weekend, the Health Ministry said Saturday evening, with 18,780 diagnosed Friday and another 10,109 by Saturday afternoon. The number of seriously ill ....

Armed Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village

Date: 2022-01-07 19:43:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:9355810

RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) – Armed Israeli settlers on Friday attacked with gunfire the village of Susiya, to the southwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, and terrified its residents, local sources said. Fouad Emour, a local anti-settlement ....

Palestinian journalist injured by Israeli gunfire in WB clashes

Date: 2022-01-07 18:00:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:9355658

RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) - A Palestinian photojournalist was injured by an Israeli rubber-coated round Friday while covering clashes near the north entrance of Al-Bireh city of the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. The clashes erupted amid reports ....

17 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Nablus

Date: 2022-01-07 16:45:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:9355651

RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) - At least 17 Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces during the weekly protests against colonial Israeli settlement activities in the village of Kafr Qaddum and Beit Dajan in Nablus of the occupied West Bank, ....

Palestine declares day of mourning for 7 workers killed in traffic accident

Date: 2022-01-06 19:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:9354611

RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Thursday that a day of mourning will be observed on Friday across Palestine in honor of seven Palestinian workers who died in a tragic traffic accident near the village of ....