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Palestine records 1,996 new Covid-19 cases, ten deaths

Date: 2021-02-23 15:39:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8813805

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - Palestine recorded Tuesday 1,996 new Covid-19 cases and ten deaths, WAFA news agency quoted to Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh as having said. She announced that 1,996 Palestinians tested positive for the highly ....

Palestinian health minister, UN official review health conditions in occupied territories

Date: 2021-02-23 11:54:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8813685

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai el Kila conferred Tuesday with Lynn Hastings, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on health conditions in the occupied ....

Israeli occupation detains 12 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2021-02-23 09:56:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8813490

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 12 Palestinians from the West Bank. According to the Palestinian news agency, two Palestinians were detained from Al Khalil, two from Al Qyds and three from Tobas along with ....

70% of people over 16 in Israel have been jabbed: Israeli minister

Date: 2021-02-23 08:39:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8813311

GAZA CITY, Feb 23 (MENA) - More than 70% of all Israeli citizens over the age of 16 have been vaccinated, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday. In total, 4,456,000 people have been vaccinated, of whom 3,076,000 also received their ....

NATO chief: NATO worried that Iran is about to possess nuclear weapons

Date: 2021-02-23 06:45:43 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8813140

BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said that NATO is worried that Iran is about to possess nuclear weapons. In statements broadcast by Russia Today channel, he added that Iran is a source of worry as it ....

Iran to stop additional protocols of nuclear deal

Date: 2021-02-22 22:00:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:8812942

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday that Iran will stop Additional Protocols in a few hours, IRNA reported. Gharibabadi told reporters ....

Israel arrests 12 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2021-02-22 08:31:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8811409

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 12 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus and al Quds Monday. Five Palestinians were arrested in Bethlehem, four in Jenin, 2 in Nablus and one in al Quds, WAFA news ....

Israel reports 1,243 new coronavirus cases, 12 fatalities

Date: 2021-02-22 07:51:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8811421

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry reported Sunday night that 1,243 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed out of some 19,601 conducted on Saturday, putting Israel's contagion rate at 6.5%, and 1,957 more cases since midnight ....

Israeli occupation forces open fire at farmers in southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-02-22 07:29:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8811389

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stationed at military sites behind the borderline to the east of the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, opened fire towards farmers as they were plowing their lands, WAFA News Agency ....

Palestine records 1564 new cases of COVID-19, 8 deaths

Date: 2021-02-21 13:18:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8810226

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila announced on Sunday that 1,564 new coronavirus infections, eight deaths and 988 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours, WAFA reported. In her daily ....