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Israeli troops capture 9 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2020-10-05 09:31:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8615520

RAMALLAH, Oct 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces captured nine Palestinians from the West Bank on Monday, WAFA news agency reported. Three of them were arrested from Kenin, two from Beit Fajar and one from Nablus. Occupation forces also ....

Netanuahu: Decisions on continuation of lockdown to be taken Thursday

Date: 2020-10-04 22:35:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8615097

RAMALLAH, Oct 4 (MENA) - Israel's coronavirus cabinet is expected to meet on Monday to start discussions about the next stage of the lockdown, The Jerusalem Post reported. “There are those who already say that they have cautious optimism that ....

Palestine records 420 new coronavirus cases, 1 fatality

Date: 2020-10-04 13:43:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8614441

RAMALLAH, Oct 4 (MENA) - Palestine recorded on Sunday 420 new coronavirus cases and one fatality over the past 24 hours, Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Minister of Health Mai al Kaileh as saying. She said in the daily report on the COVID-19 ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-10-04 10:46:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8614265

RAMALLAH, Oct 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 13 Palestinians during raids in several areas across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). The PPS said in a statement on Sunday ....

Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu

Date: 2020-10-03 22:46:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8613780

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Protesters clashed with police Saturday as hundreds of anti-government demonstrations were held across Israel under the banner "a kilometre it is," referring to the government restriction passed last week that limited ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest five Palestinians in W. Bank

Date: 2020-10-02 10:25:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8611880

RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained five Palestinians in the West Bank. The occupation forces stormed into two cities in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and Ramallah and arrested five Palestinians, the Palestinian state ....

EU threatens Turkey with sanctions over East Mediterranean dispute

Date: 2020-10-02 08:45:53 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8611674

ROME, Oct 2 (MENA) - The European Union on Friday threatened to impose sanctions on Turkey amid increasingly tense ties with Ankara over its continued drilling for gas in the East Mediterranean, and its roles in regional conflict, Deutsche Welle ....

Occupation troops arrest 42 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-10-01 10:59:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8610376

RMALLAH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops detained 42 Palestinians including former captives and a journalist, reported Wafa News AgencyThursday. The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed in a press statement that Israeli police ....

COVID-19 kills 183 more in Iran

Date: 2020-09-30 13:45:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8609153

TEHRAN, Sept 30 (MENA) – Iran's Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that 183 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 26,169, IRNA reported. Sima ....

Israel reports 4,949 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-09-30 11:19:35 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8609053

GAZA CITY, Sept 29 (MENA) – The Israeli Health Ministry Wednesday morning reported that 4,949 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed Tuesday, putting the national caseload at 239,806, Ynet reported. Also reported were 12 additional virus-related ....