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Israel raids Gaza Strip

Date: 2020-11-22 08:54:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8681897

GAZA CITY, Nov 22 (MENA) - Israeli fighters launched on Sunday a series of air raids targeting several sites in Gaza Strip, causing damage to citizens' property. Israeli warplanes fired three rockets at a site to the west of Gaza City, destroying ....

Pompeo hints more Trump administration announcements on Israel to come

Date: 2020-11-21 22:55:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8681653

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - US policy towards Israel will continue in the same vein in the coming weeks, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post. Asked whether the US would find ways to further entrench the ....

Turkey registers 5,532 new coronavirus cases in one day

Date: 2020-11-21 19:14:43 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8681500

ANKARA, Nov 21 (MENA) - Turkey on Saturday reported 5,532 more patients of the novel coronavirus, the largest one-day jump since the start of the pandemic. According to data by the Health Ministry, the total patient count rose to 440,805 while ....

Greece slams Turkey's extension of Eastern Mediterranean activities

Date: 2020-11-21 17:59:52 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8681476

ATHENS, Nov 21 (MENA) - Greece’s Foreign Ministry has urged Turkey to revoke an “illegal” Navtex extending the activities of its Oruc Reis research vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean through November 29, Kathimerini reported. In a statement ....

AL: Categorizing settlements products by US as ‘Israeli’ illegal

Date: 2020-11-21 15:18:36 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8681153

CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – The US categorization of the products, made in the illegitimate Israeli settlements, as an “Israeli product” is illegal, Arab League (AL) assistant secretary general for the Palestinian affairs and the Arab occupied ....

Palestinian youths admitted to hospital after being severely beaten by Israeli soldiers

Date: 2020-11-21 09:59:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8680761

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Three young Palestinians were admitted to hospital Friday night in the West Bank city of Bethlehem after they were severely beaten by Israeli soldiers, WAFA news agency quoted Palestinian security sources as saying. The ....

Israeli settlers barge into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-11-19 10:37:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8678399

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - A group of ninety-eight Israeli settlers broke into Al Aqsa mosque area in East Jerusalem Thursday amid tight security measures posed by Israeli occupation troops, reported Wafa News Agency. Jerusalem Islamic Waqf ....

Bahrain delegation arrives in Tel Aviv

Date: 2020-11-18 11:18:51 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8677074

MANAMA, Nov 18 (MENA) - Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al Zayani said "Time has come to depart from the conflicts and instability that afflicted the Middle East for decades and pursue other policies to reach a comprehensive solution that ....

41 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-11-18 11:00:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8677012

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Forty-one Israeli settlers stormed on Wednesday into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation police. The settlers made provocative tours of the courtyards of the holy mosque guarded by the Israeli ....

Israel detains 10 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-11-18 09:09:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8676816

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Wednesday 10 Palestinians from the West Bank and summoned Quds Affairs Minister Fadi al Hadami for interrogation. The forces detained five Palestinians from Tulkarm, two from Bethlehem and one ....