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Palestinian foreign ministry says it puts Beita case on diplomatic priorities

Date: 2021-08-08 11:46:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:9100927

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said Sunday it followed up during the past years the expansionist settlement plan in the south of the West Bank city of Nablus and the fierce campaign that targeted the Palestinian lands in ....

Iran reports 39,619 new Covid infections, 542 deaths

Date: 2021-08-08 11:02:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:9100914

TEHRAN, Aug 8 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry on Sunday reported 542 new deaths from the coronavirus, the highest single-day toll since the viral disease broke out in February 2020, Tasnim News Agency reported. Speaking at a daily press conference ....

Palestinian foreign ministry calls on int'l community to confront Jewish settlers' crimes

Date: 2021-08-08 10:49:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9100826

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to put into force the international legitimacy resolutions on Palestine to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. A statement ....

Israel's new COVID restrictions take hold amid ongoing surge

Date: 2021-08-08 10:40:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:9100822

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - Renewed coronavirus restrictions came into effect in Israel on Sunday as the government sought to slow the spread of the Delta variant of the virus, ynet news reported. Restrictions include reinstituting Green Pass ....

Israeli forces assault prisoners in Naqab jail

Date: 2021-08-08 09:11:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:9100633

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - Israeli repression units raided on Sunday section 2 in the Israeli prison of Ktzi'ot in the Naqab desert and assaulted Palestinian political detainees, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). The PPS said ....

Israel records 637 new infections

Date: 2021-08-08 08:54:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9100621

GAZA CITY, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced Sunday morning that 637 have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the caseload to 898,433. Some 6,535 Covid 19-related deaths were reported so far, the ministry said as quoted by ....

Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque anew

Date: 2021-08-08 06:23:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:9100442

RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - Settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem via Bab Al Magharba early Sunday, carrying out provocative tours through its yards, according to local sources. Scores of settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli forces, ....

Palestine reports 136 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-08-07 11:48:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:9099292

RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) – A total of 136 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Palestine in the last 24 hours, a slight surge since last week, Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said. She said in her daily report on the pandemic in ....

Palestinian presidency condemns Israeli killing of man in Nablus

Date: 2021-08-07 11:06:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9099122

RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency on Saturday condemned the Israeli army killing yesterday of 38-year-old Imad Dweikat in the village of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and called for providing international ....

Israeli warplanes attack areas in Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-08-07 08:47:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9098727

RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked early this morning several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip causing damage to the locations but no injuries, reported the Palestinian news agency (WAFA). Warplanes fired at least two missiles ....