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Arab League condemns Israeli aggression on Aqsa, plans to change status of holy site

Date: 2021-09-30 17:41:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9194891

CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) - The Arab League general secretariat has strongly denounced the Israeli occupation authorities’ aggression on Al Aqsa Mosque and recent recurrent systematic escalations targeting the holy site. In a statement released on ....

Palestine confirms 1,461 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

Date: 2021-09-30 11:10:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:9194282

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - Palestine confirmed on Thursday 1,461 new Covid-19 cases and 18 death cases, WAFA quoted Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila as saying. She announced that 1,461 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious ....

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian bird hunter east Gaza border

Date: 2021-09-30 11:01:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9194176

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian bird hunter east al-Bureij refugee camp in the central besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that 41-year-old Mohammad Abdul-Karim Ammar was ....

Israel detains 5 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2021-09-30 07:56:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9193767

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) – The Israeli forces detained five Palestinians, including two freed prisoners, in the West Bank. Two young Palestinians were detained from Aida Camp in Bethlehem, security sources said. The forces detained one ....

Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth, injure two others near Jenin

Date: 2021-09-30 07:33:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9193729

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - Israeli forces early Thursday killed a Palestinian youth and injured two others in the village of Burqin, southwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported, quoting medical ....

Israel kills Palestinian woman at one of Aqsa gates

Date: 2021-09-30 07:30:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:9193718

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) – The Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman on Thursday at Bab al Silsila, one of Aqsa gates. The forces shot the woman claiming that she was trying to conduct a stab operation, local sources said. (MENA) M H K/M N ....

Israel detains 8 Palestinians from Quds, Ramallah, Hebron

Date: 2021-09-29 08:45:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9192056

RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained Wednesday eight Palestinians from al Quds and Hebron. The forces detained five from Quds, one from Ramallah and two from Hebron. There were clashes with the Israeli forces until dawn last ....

Scores of Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque compound

Date: 2021-09-28 16:04:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:9190833

RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers stormed on Tuesday Al Aqsa Mosque compound, under the protection of the Israeli police. As many as 153 settlers broke into the mosque's yards via Bab al-Maghariba gate, performed talmudic ....

17 people Palestinians die after contracting COVID-19 in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-09-28 14:10:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9190983

RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said today that 17 people have died of COVID-19 in Palestine in the last 24 hours while 1703 new cases were recorded. The minister, quoted by WAFA news agency, said in her daily ....

2 Palestinians injured during Israeli military campaigns in Jenin

Date: 2021-09-28 09:19:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9190105

RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces continued its military campaign against the northern West Bank Jenin governorate with a raid early this morning of the town of Qabatya, south city of Jenin, breaking into, searching and ....