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Arab body condemns Israeli escalation in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 10:50:24 GMT - Austria - World - SN:27 - ID:823471

VIENNA, July 12 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Austria warned Israel against continuing its aggressive and criminal acts against the Palestinian people besieged in Gaza. In statements to MENA, organization chairman Hassan ....

300 Israelis-Palestinians protest in Tira against escalation of tensions with Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 10:47:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:823487

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - Some 300 Palestinians and Israelis started protesting at the southern entrance to the city of Tira against both rockets being fired from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes in response, Ynet reported. The protesters are ....

Qassam Brigades shell Ben-Gurion airport again

Date: 2014-07-12 10:25:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:823354

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - The Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, fired 25 locally made rockets at Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv for the second time in 24 hours. On Friday, the brigades fired an M75 ....

Azhar grand imam says Israel committing genocide in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 10:15:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:823345

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb has once again strongly denounced heinous crimes committed by the Zionist entity against Gazans. Israel is committing genocide against the unarmed Palestinian people, Tayyeb said in a ....

14 rioters arrested in Kafr el-Dawwar

Date: 2014-07-12 10:07:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:823338

DAMANHUR, Egypt, July 12 (MENA) - Behaira Police have arrested 14 rioters in Kafr el-Dawwar. The arrested had Molotov cocktails and firecrackers on them. The prosecution was notified to launch an investigation. (MENA) MA/AS ....

Tony Blair arrives in Cairo for Gaza talks

Date: 2014-07-12 09:57:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:823342

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - The Quartet's Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair arrived here Saturday from Moscow. Blair is expected to hold talks with Egyptian officials on the situation in the Gaza Strip under the ongoing Israeli military ....

800 foreign citizens to be evacuated from Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 09:48:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:823334

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - Over the last day the headquarters of the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in Gaza received about 800 requests to evacuate foreigners from the Strip. Israeli government coordinator Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai ....

Palestinian Radio & TV union urges AJU to intervene to stop Israeli aggression against journalists

Date: 2014-07-12 09:30:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:823247

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - The Palestinian Radio and Television Union has invited the Arab Journalists Union (AJU), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders to pay an urgent visit to the Gaza Strip to get ....

2 rockets explode in S. Israel

Date: 2014-07-12 09:29:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:823246

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - Two rockets that were fired from Gaza exploded near the regional council of Ashkelon city in southern Israel this morning. No human casualties or material damage were reported from the rocket attack, Ynet reported. ....

Israel army carried out more than 700 air raids since escalation started - OCHA

Date: 2014-07-12 09:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:823218

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported an escalation in Israeli aerial and navy bombardments throughout the Gaza Strip, alongside an intensification of Palestinian rocket firing ....