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UN envoy calls for resuming talks between Palestinians, Israelis

Date: 2021-08-31 09:28:53 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:9139932

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (MENA) - Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General Tor Wennesland urged Palestinians and Israelis to resume talks to advance unresolved issues including the political ....

Israeli forces detain 18 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-08-31 09:19:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9139938

RAMALLAH, Aug 31 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday overnight detained at least 18 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to local and security sources. WAFA news agency quoted Director of the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-08-31 08:55:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9139879

RAMALLAH, Aug 31 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqasa Mosque on Tuesday under police protection. The settlers infiltrated the mosque in groups through the Maghareba Gate and made provocative tours then performed Talmudic rituals. ....

Palestinian president meets Israeli defense minister

Date: 2021-08-30 16:14:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:9138906

RAMALLAH, Aug 30 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Ramallah. They discussed all aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli relations, Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister ....

Three COVID-19 deaths in Palestine in 24 hours, 2411 new cases and 558 recoveries

Date: 2021-08-30 10:40:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:9138274

Ramallah, Aug 30 (MENA) - Three people died of coronavirus in Palestine in the last 24 hours as 2411 new cases were recorded, and 558 patients recovered, WAFA quoted Minister of Health Mai Alkaila as saying in her daily report on COVID-19 in ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards

Date: 2021-08-30 09:17:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9138097

RAMALLAH, Aug 30 (MEN) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Monday pushed deep into the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The settlers stormed the holy site from Bab el Maghreba and carried out ....

Palestine logs nearly 1,700 COVID cases, 3 deaths

Date: 2021-08-29 13:19:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9136782

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al-Kaileh said Sunday that 1,696 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths and 478 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the last 24-hour reporting period. In her daily report on the ....

Israel reports 7,071 new Covid cases

Date: 2021-08-29 11:03:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:9136570

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Some 7,071 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 726 patients in serious condition, according to a Sunday morning update by the Israeli Health Ministry. Some 7.09% of tests returned ....

Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-08-29 05:06:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:9136030

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes bombed positions belonging to Hamas movement in Gaza Strip late on Saturday. The Israeli army said, in a statement, that a military based used by Hamas for training and weapons manufacturing was ....

5 Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire at Gaza border

Date: 2021-08-28 19:49:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9135864

RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (MENA) - At least five Palestinians were injured with gunfire Saturday and many others sustained suffocation from teargas, as Israeli occupation forces attacked hundreds of protesters demonstrating at the east border of Gaza in ....