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Israeli navy targets fishermen offshore Gaza

Date: 2021-02-26 08:50:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8818930

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli navy Friday morning targeted Palestinian fishermen offshore Gaza city, according to WAFA news agency. The fishermen were sailing within six nautical miles when Israeli naval boats opened gunfire and water hoses ....

Israel records 4,298 new infections

Date: 2021-02-25 10:17:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8817326

GAZA CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) - A total of 4,298 Israelis tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, with a positivity rate of 5.9%, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning, continuing a downward trend, The Jerusalem Post newspaper ....

UN calls on Israel to halt all demolitions of Palestinian homes

Date: 2021-02-24 18:21:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:8816440

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) – The Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Lynn Hastings, Wednesday called on Israel to halt all demolitions of Palestinian homes and possessions, WAFA reported. Hastings urged to allow the ....

EU to support Palestine with 20 million euros for corona vaccines

Date: 2021-02-24 16:55:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8816358

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) – The European Union (EU) has expressed readiness to provide Palestine with 20 million euros to purchase corona vaccines, WAFA cited EU spokesman in Jerusalem Shadi Othman as saying on Wednesday. He said that the EU ....

Israeli soldier found on base with gunshot wound to head

Date: 2021-02-24 11:17:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8815437

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - An Israeli soldier was critically wounded at a base in the Jordan Valley, apparently hit by a bullet fired from the gun of a fellow soldier, a preliminary investigation said Wednesday. The wounded soldier, according ....

EU to continue supporting political process in Palestinian

Date: 2021-02-24 10:48:31 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8815326

BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (MENA) - European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said the Union will continue in firmly supporting the political process in Palestine, RT reported Wednesday. During a donor ....

Israeli occupation troops arrest 11 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2021-02-24 09:44:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8815267

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops arrested 11 Palestinians during raid and search operations in various parts of the West Bank, reported Wafa News Agency on Wednesday. Occupation troops arrested six Palestinians in Tulkarm, two ....

Israel records 4,395 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-02-24 09:05:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8815133

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - Israel on Wednesday recorded 4,395 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday showing a 6.1% positivity rate after 74,000 tests conducted. According to Ynet news, the R rate rose to 0.9 on Wednesday morning, as ....

US asserts commitment to support humanitarian assistance to Palestinians

Date: 2021-02-24 07:48:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8815009

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (MENA) – The US has asserted its commitment to support economic and humanitarian assistance presented to the Palestinian people in addition to following up the important projects that would improve the living conditions of ....

Iranian FM: Govt enacts Parliament’s “Strategic Act”

Date: 2021-02-23 16:54:46 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8814292

TEHRAN, Feb 23 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the government enacted a law passed by the Parliament – known as 'Strategic Act' as of this morning. The Strategic Act obliged the government to stop ....