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Saudi Arabia committed to Palestinian state within 1967 territories

Date: 2021-05-19 20:55:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:8965213

RIYADH, May 19 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has made clear that it is necessary to stop provocations in East Jerusalem and the escalation in Gaza, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Wednesday. Prince Faisal told Al Arabiya that he sensed an ....

Palestinian PM lauds Sisi initiative in support of Gaza

Date: 2021-05-19 19:21:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:8965075

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has praised President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's initiative to allocate a sum of $500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the ....

Palestinian president, UN Secretary-General probe int’l efforts to reach immediate ceasefire

Date: 2021-05-19 18:57:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8965060

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) – President Mahmoud Abbas discussed during a phone call Wednesday with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the international efforts exerted to secure an immediate ceasefire in the Israeli aggression on Gaza, ....

Three Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-05-19 17:20:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:8964915

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, Wafa News Agency reported Wednesday. Occupation troops shelled a house without any ....

Over 1,800 Palestinians arrested since start of Israeli aggression

Date: 2021-05-19 16:42:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8964917

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have arrested over 1,800 Palestinians since the start of the Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territories. It is the highest arrest campaign since 2015, the Palestinian Prisoners Club told ....

Lebanon’s foreign minister asks to quit, after comments strained Gulf ties

Date: 2021-05-19 15:58:49 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8964317

BEIRUT, May 19 (MENA) - Lebanon’s caretaker foreign minister asked the president to be relieved of his duties on Wednesday, the presidency wrote on Twitter, after his comments in a television interview strained ties with his country’s traditional ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression against Palestinians rises to 241

Date: 2021-05-19 14:21:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8964313

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - The total death toll due to the spiraling Israeli attacks on the West Bank rose to 241, including 67 children, in addition to 7,802 injuries, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday, the ....

Palestinian woman killed by Israeli forces east of Hebron

Date: 2021-05-19 13:58:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8964651

HEBRON, West Bank, May 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian girl was killed by the fire of Israeli forces east of the West Bank City of Hebron. Israeli forces opened fire at the girl near the entrance of Kiryat Arba ....

Israeli attacks leave 219 Palestinians dead -- Palestinian Health Ministry

Date: 2021-05-19 08:45:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8963810

RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that the total death toll due to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past 10 days reached 219 while the number of injured hit 1,530. According to the ....

FM to CNN: We work to reach ceasefire in Palestinian territories

Date: 2021-05-19 07:48:17 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8963748

PARIS, May 19 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday said that Egypt is working to reach a ceasefire in the Palestinian territories to avert more escalation of conflict there. In statements to CNN, the Egyptian foreign ....