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Israel detains 10 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2021-03-09 10:17:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8839790

RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday detained 10 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank. The sources said that the Israeli soldiers detained three from the district of Jenin as well as two more as they were working ....

Israel reports over 14,000 coronavirus active cases in education system

Date: 2021-03-08 20:03:02 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:8839003

GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) – Some 12,977 Israeli students and 1,181 teachers and other education workers are infected with the coronavirus, The Jerusalem Post reported. The Education Ministry said Monday that in preschools there are 2,878 active ....

Israel reports 2,331 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-03-08 10:15:08 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8837560

GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry Monday morning reported that 2,331 new coronavirus cases had been diagnosed the previous day, according to Ynet news. The death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 5,899. Out of ....

Israeli occupation forces detain nine Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-03-08 08:41:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8837517

RAMALLAH, March 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Monday nine Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. The Palestinians were detained after Israeli occupation forces carried out ....

Turkey registers more than 11,180 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-03-08 06:05:39 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8837235

ANKARA, March 8 (MENA) - Turkey reported 11,187 new coronavirus cases and 65 deaths over the past 24 hours, Russia Today reported according to Health Ministry data. The new cases include 735 symptomatic patients, while the total number of ....

Israel's coronavirus cases surpass 800,000

Date: 2021-03-07 20:54:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:8837020

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - Israel marked a new milestone in the battle against coronavirus, crossing 800,000 people infected with the virus since the pandemic broke out last year, according to the Jerusalem Post. On Sunday, the Health Ministry ....

Palestinian FM to visit The Hague to discuss steps forward with ICC chief prosecutor

Date: 2021-03-07 15:45:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8836577

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Maliki said on Sunday that he will be visiting The Hague soon, and that he's scheduled to meet with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ....

Israeli forces arrested Palestinian near Jenin, teen near Bethlehem

Date: 2021-03-07 15:10:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8836312

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) – Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man near Barta’a village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while a teenage boy was arrested by the army near Bethlehem, WAFA reported on Sunday. Montaser Sammour, ....

8,010 COVID-19 cases, 93 deaths in Iran in 24 hours

Date: 2021-03-07 13:15:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8836132

TEHRAN, March 7 (MENA) – The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 8,010 COVID-19 infections and 93 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr reported. Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Sunday, saying that ....

Palestine National Council briefs world parliaments on Israeli violations

Date: 2021-03-07 11:16:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8835918

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestine National Council (PNC) said Sunday it briefed parliaments of the world on the latest violations of the rights of the Palestinian people by the Israeli occupation and Israeli measures to change the ....