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Infiltrators into Israel were 'not Jordanians': Kingdom’s foreign ministry
Date: 2021-07-24 23:56:10 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:9076417
AMMAN, July 24 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said Saturday that the border infiltrators from Jordan into Israel earlier in the day were foreign nationals. None of them is Jordanian, the ministry added in a ....
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Palestine registers 59 COVID-19 cases, three deaths
Date: 2021-07-23 10:24:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9074478
RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Palestine recorded 59 new Covid-19 cases and three fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila. She added in her daily report on Friday that 191 Covid-19 patients have recovered, WAFA news ....
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Israeli forces detain 8 Palestinians in West Bank
Date: 2021-07-23 09:43:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9074408
RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday detained eight Palestinians, including four freed prisoners from Israeli jails, from multiple West Bank districts, according to security sources and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society ....
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Human Rights Council head appoints members of commission of inquiry on occupied Palestinian territories
Date: 2021-07-22 16:57:30 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9073883
GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji), on Thursday announced the appointment of Navi Pillay (South Africa), Miloon Kothari (India) and Chris Sidoti (Australia) to serve as the three ....
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Israel reports 1,336 new cases
Date: 2021-07-22 08:35:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9072984
GAZA CITY, July 22 (MENA) - Some 1,336 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Wednesday, with 1.74% of tests returning positive, according to a Thursday morning update by the Health Ministry. Of those infected, 72 were in ....
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Israel reports 1,411 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-21 11:20:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9071964
GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Israel on Wednesday reported that 1,400 people tested positive for COVID-19 a day earlier and 150 of them came from abroad, according to Ynet News. The ministry said at least 63 people are in serious condition, of ....
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Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violates Lebanese airspace
Date: 2021-07-20 20:42:06 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9071486
BEIRUT, July 20 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over South Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army fired several artillery rounds into the area early Tuesday in what was described as a brief response to rockets that were fired ....
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Iran records 27,444 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-20 15:55:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:9071218
TEHRAN, July 20 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 87,624 after 250 more Iranians died from the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. The ministry said ....
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Over 100,000 Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Adha at Al-Aqsa
Date: 2021-07-20 09:54:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:9070822
RAMALLAH, July 20 (MENA) - Over 100,000 Palestinian Muslim worshipers celebrated Eid al-Adha at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, WAFA reported Tuesday. The worshipers made their way in the early morning hours to the mosque compound to attend ....
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Israel registers 1,372 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-07-20 09:44:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9070728
GAZA CITY, July 20 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 1,372 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the country in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 853,478, the Jerusalem Post reported. The number ....