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Gaza power lines not operating due to Israeli shelling

Date: 2021-05-18 09:26:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8962015

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Electricity Company on Tuesday announced that some electricity lines in the Gaza Strip are not operating due to the Israeli shelling against the strip. The company in a statement added that some of these ....

Israeli army kills Palestinian in Hebron

Date: 2021-05-18 08:30:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8961904

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - The Israeli army shot and killed a Palestinian in Hebron city claiming that he was seeking to carry out a stabbing operation. The Israeli army spokesman said that there are victims resulting from the operation, ....

Solidarity Ministry in full swing to assist Palestinians – Min.

Date: 2021-05-17 21:57:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:107 - ID:8961603

CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) – Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Kabbag said the ministry has responded to the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to offer all needed support and assistance for Palestinian people. The minister reiterated ....

Four Palestinians killed, others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2021-05-17 16:50:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8961330

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed and some others wounded in fresh Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA news agency. According to it, Israeli warplanes targeted a vehicle with a missile near the ....

US asks Israel to provide 'justification' for strike on media building in Gaza

Date: 2021-05-17 16:48:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8961239

WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he hasn't yet seen any evidence supporting Israel's claim that Hamas operated in a Gaza building housing The Associated Press and other media outlets that was destroyed by ....

Abbas calls on US administration to end Israeli aggression on Palestinians

Date: 2021-05-17 15:31:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8961080

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas discussed with US envoy to the Middle East Hady Amr the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza besides the West Bank escalation, said WAFA news agency. President Abbas briefed the US envoy on the grave ....

Iran confirms 14,319 new coronavirus cases, 286 deaths

Date: 2021-05-17 14:50:46 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8961028

TEHRAN, May 17 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Iran exceeded 77,222 with 286 more Iranians who died from the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Monday. It said that 14,319 new Covid-19 ....

Palestine: Death toll from 10-day Israeli attacks hits 220; with 6,039 wounded

Date: 2021-05-17 14:08:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8960927

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in Palestine announced Monday that the death toll from the continuous Israeli occupation forces’ aggression against the people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, has risen to ....

Palestinian PM urges int'l community to halt Israel attacks on Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-05-17 09:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8960274

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh urged the international community to intervene to stop the continued Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. During a government meeting on Monday, Shtayyeh said preparations are ....

Israel detains 850 Palestinians from 1948 territories

Date: 2021-05-17 08:56:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8960219

NAZARETH, May 17 (MENA) - Israeli police launched on Monday a wide-range detention campaign against Palestinian youth in a number of Palestinian villages and cities in 1948 territories after storming into their houses and sabotaging them. Israel ....