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Israel plans to raze two mosques, eight houses in Al Quds, Bethlehem

Date: 2022-01-03 14:50:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:9349268

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have ordered the demolition of two unfinished mosques and eight houses in Issawiya village near Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and Bethlehem. Mohammed Abol Homos, head of the follow-up committee ....

Scores of Israeli settlers organize provocative march in Jerusalem

Date: 2022-01-03 05:31:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:9348423

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers on Sunday night organized a provocative tour of the old city of Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said scores of settlers pushed deep into Al Qatanien ....

Israeli police crush a protest in support of a striking administrative detainee

Date: 2022-01-03 05:08:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:9348417

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli police attacked and forcibly dispersed a protest held Sunday night in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahem in northern Israel in support of hunger-striking Palestinian administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash, WAFA News ....

Israeli health expert says up to a third of Israelis predicted to get Covid in next 3 weeks

Date: 2022-01-02 23:01:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9348367

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - A leading health expert advising the government predicted Sunday morning that one out of every three or four Israelis will be infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus over the next three weeks, cautioning that ....

Israel hits Gaza with airstrikes

Date: 2022-01-02 05:50:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:9346964

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Israel launched strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip late on Saturday, a day after rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled territory against Tel Aviv. Three huge explosions were heard in the coastal enclave but with ....

85 Palestinians wounded in clashes in Nablus

Date: 2022-01-02 05:46:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:9346960

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Some 85 Palestinians were wounded in clashes with occupation forces at the entrance of Baraq town in western Nablus late on Saturday. Israeli forces fired tear gas cylinders at a group of Palestinians, causing some to ....

Israeli navy attacks Palestinian fishermen off Gaza

Date: 2022-01-01 21:09:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9346891

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) – The Israel occupation's navy Saturday opened fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen as they were sailing off the coast of Gaza City, forcing them to return to shore, according to local sources. WAFA reported the Israeli ....

Palestinian young man killed by Israeli occupation in Salfit

Date: 2021-12-31 16:07:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:9345323

RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was shot dead on Friday by Israeli occupation forces at Hares junction in the occupied West Bank province of Salfit, according to Israeli reports. The young man, who was identified as Ameer ....

Clashes erupt between Israeli forces, Silwan residents in Jerusalem

Date: 2021-12-30 21:58:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:9344482

RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Clashes erupted Thursday night between Israeli forces and Silwan residents after the Israeli occupation authorities demolished 69 homes belonging to Palestinians in the East Jerusalem town, and issued 172 other home ....

Abbas, Putin discuss latest developments in Palestine over phone

Date: 2021-12-30 14:20:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9343729

RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call on Thursday the latest developments on the Palestinian cause, WAFA news agency reported. The pair also probed ways ....