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Rocket fired from Gaza intercepted

Date: 2021-09-11 22:32:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9160721

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - A rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel late Saturday, in the second such attack from the enclave in less than 24 hours, the Times of Israel reported. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome ....

Iran reports 16,654 new coronavirus cases, 444 deaths

Date: 2021-09-11 10:51:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:9159678

TEHRAN, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry said 16,654 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country and 444 people have lost their lives since Friday, according to the Iranian news agency Mehr. Iranian Ministry of ....

Israeli forces detain three Palestinians in Jenin

Date: 2021-09-11 08:47:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9159318

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday detained three liberated Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank city of Jenin. According to security sources, the forces detained Majd Ahmed, Amjad Jaber and Asaad Essam after ....

Isareli warplanes carry out airstrike on Gaza

Date: 2021-09-11 08:35:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9159223

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Saturday carried out an airstrike on Gaza city after Hamas movement fired a rocket toward the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome, the Jerusalem ....

Israel catches two more escaped Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2021-09-11 07:42:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:9159089

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Saturday captured two more of the six Palestinian prisoners who made a dramatic escape from a maximum-security Israeli jail this week, a police spokesperson said. The two men were found hiding in a ....

Rocket sirens sound in southern Israel's Eshkol regional council

Date: 2021-09-10 21:40:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:9158921

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - Sirens were sounded on Friday evening in the Eshkol Regional Council, located near the border with the Gaza Strip, Arutz Sheva news reported. The Israeli army said at least one rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip ....

Israeli police arrest two Palestinians escaped from Gilboa prison

Date: 2021-09-10 20:38:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:9158875

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - Two of the six Palestinian prisoners, who escaped Israel's high-security Gilboa prison earlier this week, were arrested south of Nazareth, Israel's Arutz Sheva website reported. Mahmoud al-Ardah and Yaqoub al-Qadiri ....

Israel reports 7,813 new Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths

Date: 2021-09-10 16:42:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:9158607

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - As many as 7,813 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel in the past 24 hours, according to a statement by the Israeli Health Ministry. Of those infected, 173 are on ventilators. The death toll ....

10 Palestinians injured by Israeli rubber bullets

Date: 2021-09-10 15:14:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:9158405

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - Six Palestinians, including a journalist, were wounded by rubber bullets during clashes with Israeli forces in Mount Sabih, southern Nablus, and Bayt Dajan in the West Bank. In Qalqilya, four Palestinians were injured ....

2,311 new Covid cases reported in Palestinian territories

Date: 2021-09-10 14:32:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:9158435

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - Palestine confirmed 2,311 new Covid-19 cases and five death cases, WAFA news agency reported Friday. Health Minister Mai Alkaila announced that 2,311 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and ....