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Travelers entering Israel to isolate up to 24 hours as of July 16

Date: 2021-07-09 17:39:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:9053389

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Friday that people entering Israel will be required to isolate for up to 24 hours beginning on July 16, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the announcement, the obligation ....

UN investigator calls on int'l community to designate Israeli settlements as 'war crime'

Date: 2021-07-09 17:10:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9053354

GENEVA, July 9 (MENA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, called on the international community to designate the creation of Israeli settlements as a war crime ....

Israeli forces detain seven Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-07-09 09:21:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9052508

RAMALLAH, July 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Friday, according to local and security sources. The occupation forces arrested three Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of ....

Jordan to receive 50 mln cubic meters of water under agreement with Israel

Date: 2021-07-08 15:56:57 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9051389

AMMAN, July 8 (MENA) – Jordan and Israel on Thursday reached an agreement under which Israel will provide the Kingdom with 50 million cubic meters of additional purchased water, Petra reported. At a meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ....

Israel confirms 518 new cases of COVID-19

Date: 2021-07-08 12:16:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9050884

GAZA, July 8 ( MENA) - The Health authorities in Israel recorded 518 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the total tally of infections there since the beginning of the outbreak to 844,684. The Ministry of Health stated, in a ....

Israeli settlers barge into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-07-08 08:44:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9050500

RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Scores of settlers, guarded by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday. The settlers carried out provocative tours through the yards of the mosque. (MENA) S R E/ ....

Palestine condemns Israeli demolition of Humsa al-Fawqa homes

Date: 2021-07-07 16:34:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:9049691

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli demolition of the homes of Humsa al-Fawqa community in the northern Jordan Valley for the fifth time in a year, ....

Palestine reports 89 coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-07 13:24:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:9049055

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - A total of 89 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Palestine in the last 24 hours and one death, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Wednesday. Minister of Health Mail Alkaila said that the one death was ....

Palestine condemns arrest of health official by Israeli troops

Date: 2021-07-07 11:08:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9048719

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al Kaileh condomed on Wednesday the arrest of General Manager of the Health Work Committees (HWC), Shatha Odeh by Israeli occupation troops. WAFA news agency said Israeli forces ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa mosque precincts

Date: 2021-07-07 09:03:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9048420

RAMALLH, July 7 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers stormed Aqsa mosque precincts in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday under the protection of occupation forces. Palestinian sources said the settlers entered the mosque area from Al Maghrba gate in ....