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Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-12-27 10:20:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8728240

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - At least nine Palestinians were detained last night by Israeli occupation forces, during raids in the occupied West Bank districts of Ramallah, Hebron and Tulkarm, WAFA reported Sunday. In Hebron, south of the West ....

Israel reports 2,630 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs

Date: 2020-12-27 10:19:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8728252

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Israeli Health officials said 2,630 new coronavirus cases were reported in past 24 hours, out of 64,662 tests administered. According to a statement issued by the Israeli Health Ministry, 584 patients were in serious ....

Palestinian health minister condemns Israeli airstrikes on children hospital in Gaza

Date: 2020-12-27 09:00:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8728167

RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Kaileh denounced the Israeli shelling of a hospital for children in Gaza, which caused severe damages and spread fear and panic among children and their companions, WAFA News Agency ....

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes eastern Turkey

Date: 2020-12-27 08:53:36 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8728163

ISTANBUL, Dec 27 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck eastern Turkey, The Daily Star reported Sunday, quoting the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). The quake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the EMSC ....

Israeli settlements in holy city saw alarming surge in 2020: Palestinian foreign ministry

Date: 2020-12-26 19:41:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8727807

RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that Jewish settlement construction in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem "al-Quds" had spiked over the past four years under the outgoing pro-Israeli Trump administration. In a ....

Turkey's coronavirus cases surpass 2.1 million

Date: 2020-12-26 19:19:43 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8727853

ANKARA, Dec 26 (MENA) – Turkey confirmed 15,118 more COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Saturday, Russia Today reported. The total number of cases reached over 2,133,373 with the latest ....

Palestinians suffocate in WB clashes

Date: 2020-12-26 16:37:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8727702

RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Several Palestinians suffocated Saturday during clashes with Israeli forces at the entrance to the town of Ja'aba, south of Jenin, the northern occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. Razi Ghannam, a Fatah official, said ....

2 Palestinians injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip

Date: 2020-12-26 09:47:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8727041

RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - A six-year-old baby girl and a youth in his 20s were injured this morning in Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA news agency. Also, a pediatric hospital and a center ....

Netanyahu invites Moroccan king to visit Israel

Date: 2020-12-26 07:23:43 GMT - Morocco - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8726864

RABAT, Dec 26 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Morocco's King Mohammed VI held talks over phone, in which Netanyahu invited the Moroccan king to visit Israel, Netanyahu's office said. Netanyahu said Israeli is eager to ....

Nearly 4,000 new virus cases diagnosed in Israel

Date: 2020-12-25 16:17:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8726609

GAZA CITY, Dec 25 (MENA) – The rise in Israel’s coronavirus infection rate continued Friday, with the Israeli Health Ministry reporting nearly 4,000 new cases had been diagnosed the previous day, the Times of Israel reported. With the addition of ....