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Palestine blames Israeli gov't for killing Palestinian man

Date: 2021-08-06 16:35:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:9098307

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry blamed the Israeli government for the killing of a Palestinian man during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the town of Beita, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank. In a ....

Palestinian man killed, 21 others injured by Israeli gunfire in Nablus

Date: 2021-08-06 15:49:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:9098249

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - A Palestinian man was killed and 21 others were wounded by Israeli gunfire, as Israeli occupation forces attacked hundreds of Palestinians demonstrating against Israel's construction of an illegal settlement outpost near the ....

Palestine confirms 169 new coronavirus cases, two deaths

Date: 2021-08-06 13:22:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9097884

RAMALLAH, Friday, August 6, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestine on Friday confirmed 169 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths, WAFA reported. Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh said that 169 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus ....

Hizbullah fires rockets at Israel

Date: 2021-08-06 09:50:41 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9097590

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hizbullah group announced that it fired rockets at Israel on Friday morning. In an official statement, the group said that a group of Hizbullah fighters launched 122mm rockets from southern Lebanon at 10:15 am (Cairo local ....

Israeli occupation forces close Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil

Date: 2021-08-05 14:22:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:9096489

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - Israeli Occupation troops closed Thursday the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron City) south the occupied West Bank, denying access of Muslim worshippers to the site, due to Jewish holidays, Wafa reported ....

Palestine reports 162 new coronavirus cases, no deaths

Date: 2021-08-05 13:51:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9096415

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - A slight rise was recorded today in the number of COVID-19 cases in Palestine, with the total reaching 162 in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Thursday. No deaths were recorded anywhere, state news agency, ....

Iran records 38,674 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-08-05 13:46:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:9096162

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry said that 38,674 new cases of coronavirus were detected over the past 24 hours, 4,519 of whom were hospitalized, IRNA reported on Thursday. This takes the total number of COVID-19 infections in ....

Israel reports 3,421 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-08-05 12:49:43 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9096041

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry registered 3,421 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in Israel to 887,513. Of those infected, 241 are in serious condition and 51 are ....

Israeli artillery strikes across length of Lebanese border after rocket attacks

Date: 2021-08-04 21:40:41 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:121 - ID:9095065

BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) – Israel fired 92 artillery shells into Lebanon on Wednesday in response to rocket fire, the Israeli military said, in the most significant cross-border exchange since Prime Minister Naftali Bennet took office, The National News ....

EU urges warring parties in Daraa to ensure full humanitarian aid access to people

Date: 2021-08-04 21:36:26 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:120 - ID:9095103

BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (MENA) – The EU called on the warring parties in Syria to provide the needed protection to the people of Daraa and ensure the full access to humanitarian aid. “South-west Syria is seeing the worst and deadliest violence since ....