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Israel reports 1,411 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-21 11:20:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9071964

GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Israel on Wednesday reported that 1,400 people tested positive for COVID-19 a day earlier and 150 of them came from abroad, according to Ynet News. The ministry said at least 63 people are in serious condition, of ....

Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violates Lebanese airspace

Date: 2021-07-20 20:42:06 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9071486

BEIRUT, July 20 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over South Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army fired several artillery rounds into the area early Tuesday in what was described as a brief response to rockets that were fired ....

Iran records 27,444 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-20 15:55:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:9071218

TEHRAN, July 20 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 87,624 after 250 more Iranians died from the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. The ministry said ....

Over 100,000 Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Adha at Al-Aqsa

Date: 2021-07-20 09:54:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:9070822

RAMALLAH, July 20 (MENA) - Over 100,000 Palestinian Muslim worshipers celebrated Eid al-Adha at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, WAFA reported Tuesday. The worshipers made their way in the early morning hours to the mosque compound to attend ....

Israel registers 1,372 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Date: 2021-07-20 09:44:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9070728

GAZA CITY, July 20 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 1,372 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the country in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 853,478, the Jerusalem Post reported. The number ....

Iran registers over 25,400 COVID-19 cases in a day

Date: 2021-07-19 11:15:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9069554

TEHRAN, July 19 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 25,441 COVID-19 infections and 213 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr News Agency reported. According to the statement released on Monday by the Iranian Health ....

AL, China call for holding 1st Arab-Chinese summit

Date: 2021-07-18 18:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9068705

CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) and China on Sunday reiterated the importance of preparing for the holding of the first Arab-Chinese summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2022, KUNA reported. Both sides expressed aspiration that ....

Iran reports more than 22,000 new coronavirus cases, 195 fatalities

Date: 2021-07-18 12:10:52 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9068136

TEHRAN, July 18 (MENA) - Iran registered 22,184 new coronavirus cases and 195 new deaths within the past 24 hours, IRNA reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. The total number of coronavirus infections in the country reached ....

More than 1,210 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, besiege worshippers

Date: 2021-07-18 12:05:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:9067953

RAMALLAH, July 18 (MENA) - More than 1,210 Israeli settlers broke into the environs of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday under protection of Israeli occupation troops that attacked and detained worshipers at the holy site, Wafa News Agency reported. ....

Rafah crossing remains open to send aid to Gaza

Date: 2021-07-18 11:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9068059

RAFAH, July 18 (MENA) - Egyptian authorities kept the Rafah border crossing open Sunday for the third month in a row to receive wounded and stranded Palestinians and allow humanitarian relief assistance into the Gaza Strip. According to official ....