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Israel records first known Omicron death
Date: 2021-12-21 18:48:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9330754
GAZA CITY, Dec 21 (MENA) - The first death of an Israeli with the Omicron coronavirus strain has been recorded in Israel, the Time of Israel newspaper reported on Tuesday. The man was in his 60s and suffered from preexisting conditions, and died ....
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US diplomat starts Middle East tour
Date: 2021-12-21 06:59:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:9329292
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (MENA) - Acting Assistant Secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert started on Monday a three-day tour covering Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. State Department Spokesman Ned Price said ....
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Israel bans travel to US over omicron concerns
Date: 2021-12-20 13:20:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:9328233
RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Israeli ministers voted on Monday to add 10 more countries to the list of destinations designated “red” due to high COVID-19 infection rates, including the United States — the first time the country has been placed on ....
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Israeli forces storm into Bireh, settlers continue aggression against civilians in Nablus
Date: 2021-12-20 08:36:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9327437
RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) – Clashes broke out between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces Sunday evening after the Israeli forces stormed into el Bireh city. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and sound ....
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PRCS: 67 Palestinians injured during protests against occupation in Nablus
Date: 2021-12-20 05:35:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:9327323
RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers injured on Sunday night 67 Palestinians during protests that erupted after the army invaded Burqa village, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency ....
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Israeli PM: 'Omicron is here, the fifth wave has begun'
Date: 2021-12-19 19:35:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:9327083
RAMALLAH, Dec 19 (MENA) - A new coronavirus wave is already in Israel and every family has to be prepared, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday morning, as he prepared to address the country in a press conference later in the day, ....
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Saudi FM announces 1 bln riyals in aid for Afghanistan
Date: 2021-12-19 12:16:53 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9326238
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) – Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday has announced providing one billion Saudi riyals in aid to Afghanistan at the Extraordinary Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of ....
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Iran reports first case of Omicron variant
Date: 2021-12-19 10:59:13 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:9326106
TEHRAN, Dec 19 (MENA) - The first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has been identified in Iran, Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, head of the health ministry’s diseases management center, confirmed on Sunday. "The first case is a man who had traveled to ....
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8 Palestinians injured as Israeli settlers attempt to attack Burqa village
Date: 2021-12-18 19:14:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:9325378
RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - At least eight Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire Saturday as clashes broke out between Palestinian civilians and Israeli forces in the village of Burqa, north of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, WAFA ....
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Netanyahu, 130 others enter quarantine after 4 Knesset staff infected with COVID-19
Date: 2021-12-17 22:22:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:9324171
RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) - Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and some 130 others at the Knesset entered quarantine on Friday evening, after four parliamentary personnel were confirmed to be carriers of coronavirus, Israeli officials ....
