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ALU decries killing of Palestinian prisoner Abu Hmaid

Date: 2022-12-20 22:45:19 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9932321

CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) El Mekawy bin Eisa has categorically denounced the killing of Palestinian prisoner Naser Abu Hmaid, who was declared dead on Tuesday after years of battling with cancer as a ....

Palestinians injured in clashes in West Bank

Date: 2022-12-20 21:45:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:9932313

RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) – Several Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition and rubber-coated-steel bullets, while many others suffocated by tear gas fired by Israeli forces during clashes that broke out in multiple areas in the Hebron ....

180 Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-12-20 16:23:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9931847

RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - As many as 180 Jewish settlers stormed on Tuesday Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. The settlers provocatively toured Islam's third holiest site. Israeli occupation forces ban Muslims from ....

Abbas holds Israel accountable for Abu Hmaid's death

Date: 2022-12-20 09:48:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9930966

RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held Israel responsible for the death of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hmaid, who was declared dead in an Israeli hospital this morning after battling cancer for several years. Abu ....

UN envoy reports ‘sharp increase’ in violence this year in Israel-Palestine conflict

Date: 2022-12-20 09:17:08 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:9930911

NEW YORK, Dec 20 (MENA) - More than 150 Palestinians and over 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel so far in 2022 - the highest number of deaths in years, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland told the Security Council. He ....

Palestinian killed, 12 detained from different parts in WB

Date: 2022-12-19 13:54:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:9929581

RAMALLAH, Dec 19 (MENA) - A Palestinian from Jenin Camp died Monday of Israeli gunfire wounds he sustained a few days ago, said the Palestinian health ministry. Tamer Azmi was receiving treatment in a Ramallah hospital where he was pronounced dead ....

Jewish settlers storm Aqsa, Ibrahimi mosques

Date: 2022-12-19 13:49:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:9929594

RAMALLAH, Dec 19 (MENA) - Jewish settlers stormed on Monday the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and Ibrahimi Mosque in al Khalil (Hebron) on the occasion of Jewish festival "Hanukkah". The Islamic Awqaf Department in Al ....

Security Council to convene Monday on Israeli settlements, escalated violence

Date: 2022-12-18 22:27:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9928721

NEW YORK, Dec 18 (MENA) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold a special session on Monday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian issue. The open consultative session will be followed by a closed door one to debate ....

Palestinian man gets life plus 32 years in prison

Date: 2022-12-18 22:01:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:9928726

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) – An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced a Palestinian man to life in prison plus an additional 32 years. Bilal Abu Zeid was convicted of supplying a gun and driving three Palestinian men from the West Bank into ....

Israeli occupation forces attack funeral of Palestinian child in Hebron

Date: 2022-12-18 20:30:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:9928687

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces attacked on Sunday a funeral of a Palestinian child in Hebron, southern West Bank. The occupation forces blocked the mourners from reaching the cemetery, resulting in clashes between the ....