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Lebanon appoints new foreign minister

Date: 2020-08-03 13:59:59 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8531841

BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun issued a decree Monday appointing ambassador Charbel Wahba as new foreign minister. Wahba will succeed Nassif Hitti, who handed over his resignation earlier in the day. Wahba had been ....

Occupation forces raid Jenin village, provoke clashes

Date: 2020-08-03 08:59:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8531410

RAMALLAH, Aug 3 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, sustained suffocation last night during a fresh raid by Israeli occupation forces on the village of Zububa, northwest of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, local sources ....

713 new coronavirus infections reported in Israel

Date: 2020-08-03 08:56:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8531411

GAZA CITY, Aug 3 (MENA) - Three people died after they were infected with the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the death toll in Israel to 541, JPost reported. Some 713 cases were confirmed on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases since the ....

Israeli warplanes attack targets south of Gaza

Date: 2020-08-03 08:29:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8531397

RAMALLAH, Aug 3 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes carried out at least two airstrikes targeting two locations in the south of the Gaza Strip, causing damage to the sites bombed but no casualties, WAFA reported. An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft bombed ....

No new coronavirus deaths reported among Palestinian expats

Date: 2020-08-02 18:41:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:8531074

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said on Sunday that no new coronavirus deaths were reported among Palestinian expats for the sixth straight day. New 44 infection cases were registered in the ....

Israel records 625 new cases of COVID-19, death toll rises to 531

Date: 2020-08-02 12:11:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8530786

GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - New data released by Israel's Health Ministry confirmed on Sunday that 625 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded since Saturday, showing a significant drop in the infection rate since June, I24news reported. ....

Palestine confirms 255 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-08-02 11:38:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8530713

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - Palestine's Ministry of Health confirmed Sunday 255 new cases of COVID-19, 66 recoveries and one fatality due to the virus during the past 24 hours, according to Wafa news agency. In its daily statement, the ministry said ....

Israeli police forcefully disperse protesters

Date: 2020-08-02 11:28:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8530729

GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israeli police used force to disperse protesters gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, Times of Israel newspaper reported. Several thousand ....

Thousands of Israeli protesters call for Netanyahu’s resignation

Date: 2020-08-01 21:19:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8530312

GAZA CITY, Aug 1 (MENA) - Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday evening outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem, his private home in Caesarea and junctions throughout the country. The protesters ....

7 Palestinians injured by Israeli fire in weekly Kafr Qaddum march

Date: 2020-07-31 16:58:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8529340

RAMALLAH, July 31 (MENA) - Seven Palestinian were injured when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the weekly march against Jewish settlements, which takes place every Friday in the village of Kafr Qaddum, north of West Bank, the Palestinian ....