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  • One Palestinian injured, others suffocated during protests against occupation in Nablus

    Date: 2021-08-20 15:38:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9121796

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - At least one Palestinian was injured with Israeli gunfire on Friday as Israeli occupation forces attacked two anti-colonization protests in the West Bank districts of Nablus and Hebron, according to local and medical ....

  • Israeli forces detain 5 protesters in Hebron

    Date: 2021-08-20 14:10:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:9121615

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Friday detained five people, including two foreigners, from the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were participating in an anti-settlement demonstration gathering hundreds of protesters, ....

  • Israel registers 2,239 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-20 11:39:34 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9121367

    GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Some 2,239 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Israel on Friday, upping the total cases to 957,543 according to a update by the Health Ministry. The death toll stood at 6,759 after registering new seven ....

  • Iran reports more than 28,000 new infections of coronavirus, 555 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-20 11:38:58 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9121362

    TEHRAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 28,833 COVID-19 infections and 555 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr News Agency reported. According to the statement released on Friday by the Iranian Health ....

  • Lebanon files urgent complaint with UN against Israeli violations

    Date: 2021-08-20 08:00:17 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:9121013

    BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he asked Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Zeina Akar to file an "urgent complaint" with the UN about Israel's continued violations against Lebanon. In a ....

  • Israel records 603 serious COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-08-19 16:12:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:9120224

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - As many as 7,856 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Wednesday, with 603 patients in serious condition, according to a Thursday morning update by the Israeli Health Ministry. Some 5.5% of tests ....

  • Palestine confirms 962 new coronavirus cases, death case

    Date: 2021-08-19 11:16:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:9119616

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Palestine today confirmed 962 new Covid-19 cases and a death case, WAFA quoted Health Minister Mai al Kaileh as saying. She announced that 962 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and another died ....

  • Israeli forces detain six Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2021-08-19 10:37:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:9119362

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained at least six Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, WAFA quoted local and security sources as saying. They said that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after ....

  • Israel reports 7,856 new cases in Israel

    Date: 2021-08-19 09:58:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:9119361

    GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - Some 7,856 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Wednesday, with 603 patients in serious condition, The Jerusalem Post quoted Thursday morning update by the Health Ministry. Some 5.5% of tests ....

  • Palestinian PM urges ICRC to monitor conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails

    Date: 2021-08-18 21:36:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:9118798

    RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mission in Jerusalem Els Debuf probed the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. During the ....

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