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  • Spain welcomes Palestinian president's decision to call parliamentary, presidential elections

    Date: 2021-01-18 15:49:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8757860

    CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) - The government of Spain has welcomed the decision taken by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to call parliamentary and presidential elections, as well as elections of the Palestinian National Council, to be held on May 22, ....

  • Israel storms into Khan Younis

    Date: 2021-01-18 08:18:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8756894

    RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli military vehicles stormed into lands of Palestinian farmers in the west of Khan Younis on Monday. A number Israeli military vehicles scooped the agricultural lands belonging to the farmers. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....

  • Israel reports 5,616 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-18 06:34:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8756787

    GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Some 5,616 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel over the past 24 hours, with 9.1% of tests returning positive, the Jerusalem Post reported according to a Monday morning update by the Israeli Health ....

  • Palestine blames Israel for continued assaults in WB

    Date: 2021-01-17 15:26:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8755993

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry held on Sunday the Israeli government accountable for the continued assaults launched against the Palestinian people in the West Bank. In a press release carried by WAFA, the ministry ....

  • Israel registers 5,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-17 14:22:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8756081

    GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) -- The Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 5,000 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours. The death toll from COVID-19 in Israel reached 3,959 with 27 new fatalities, Ynet reported. The ....

  • Scores of Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2021-01-17 12:30:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8755787

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Sunday pushed deep into Al Aqsa Mosque compound from Bab Al Maghariba, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported. They also conducted ....

  • Palestine records 578 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-01-17 12:20:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8755846

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Palestine recorded 20 deaths and 578 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, announced the Palestinian Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila Sunday. The new deaths involved 12 in the West Bank (one in Bethlehem; one in ....

  • Iran confirms new 86 cononavirus deaths

    Date: 2021-01-17 12:06:21 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8755847

    TEHRAN, Jan 17 (MENA) – The Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of 86 people due to the coronavirus outbreak in the past 24 hours, Mehr reported Sunday. Speaking in her daily briefing, the Ministry’s spokeswoman Sima Lari put the total ....

  • Israeli authorities ban Khalil committee from completing restoration works

    Date: 2021-01-17 10:53:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8755666

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces banned on Sunday the Khalil rehabilitation committee from completing restoration works at Al Haram al Sharif compound. Director of the compound Sheikh Hafthi Abu Sneineh said the move comes as ....

  • Israeli army reports 1,772 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-17 10:51:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8755673

    GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Israeli army reported that as of Sunday morning, 1,772 soldiers and civilian employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the Jerusalem Post reported. In addition, as of Sunday, some 12,196 soldiers and Israeli army ....

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