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Israeli forces detain 44 Palestinians in large-scale West Bank raids

Date: 2022-07-06 12:08:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:9659073

RAMALLAH, July 6 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained on Wednesday at 44 Palestinians in large-scale raids across the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said that a sizable Israeli army force stormed Silwad town, east of ....

Gaza family says son beaten to death by Israeli soldiers in West Bank

Date: 2022-07-05 10:22:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:9656693

RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) - A 32-year-old man from the Gaza Strip was last night beaten to death by Israeli soldiers near the separation barrier in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, WAFA news agency reported Tuesday. The family of Ahmad Harb ....

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate says US report on killing of Abu Akleh biased, unprofessional

Date: 2022-07-04 19:58:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:9656227

RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Monday that the report by American experts on the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli occupation forces is biased and unprofessional, state news ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 25 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2022-07-04 12:53:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9654918

RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces today and detained during the past 24 hours at least 25 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, WAFA quoted various sources as saying. They said that Israeli forces rounded ....

Jordan, Canada discuss boosting military cooperation

Date: 2022-07-04 12:49:55 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:9655152

AMMAN, July 4 (MENA) - Chairman of the Jordanian Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Yousef Huneiti received Monday Canadian Ambassador in Jordan Donica Pottie, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Huneiti and Pottie discussed the ....

NEPCO: Feasibility study of interconnection projects with Gulf, Egypt 'finalized'

Date: 2022-07-04 11:55:56 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9654926

AMMAN, July 4 (MENA) - The National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) in Jordan announced that it has finalized its feasibility study of the electrical interconnection project between Jordan, Egypt and the Arab Gulf states. The feasibility study was ....

Palestine handed over bullet that killed Abu Akleh to US - attorney-general

Date: 2022-07-02 21:21:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9652640

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Attorney-General Akram Al-Khatib said that the Israeli sniper’s bullet which killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 will not be handed over to the Israeli occupation authorities, WAFA ....

Palestinian PM holds Israel responsible for death of Palestinian woman in Damon prison

Date: 2022-07-02 15:27:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:9652168

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh reacted to the death of Saadia Farajallah, 68, who died on Saturday's morning of yet unknown reasons in the Israeli prison of Damon, the Palestinian Authority held the Israeli ....

Israeli soldiers attack a woman’s funeral in Beit Ummar

Date: 2022-07-01 20:42:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:9651106

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday attacked a Palestinian woman’s funeral in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank province of Al Khalil (Hebron), according to local sources. Mohammad Awad, a local ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes statements by World Council of Churches on occupied territories

Date: 2022-07-01 14:21:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9650610

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed Friday statements by the World Council of Churches on the status quo in the occupied Palestinian territories. In the most recent statement after its meeting in Geneva, the World ....