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35 bodies pulled from rubble in various parts of Gaza

Date: 2014-07-26 08:55:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:845752

Palestinian civil defense forces managed to pull 35 bodies from rubble, before the 12-hour ceasefire entered into force between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, media reports said on Saturday. Operations to recover bodies of Palestinians ....

US offers help to probe causes of Algerian plane crash

Date: 2014-07-26 08:27:20 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:845718

The US has offered help in investigations launched to find out the causes of the crash of the Algerian plane Thursday. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, meanwhile, extended deepest condolences to the families of the victims, according to ....

Turkish embassy staff leaves Libya

Date: 2014-07-26 08:07:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:845691

All members of the Turkish embassy here left the country last night back home after operations at the embassy were suspended due to the worsening security situation in Libya. The embassy members left through Tunisia, a well-placed source ....

12-hour truce comes into force in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-26 07:52:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:845661

A 12-hour ceasefire came into force between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip at 8 am (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, the 19th day of a conflict that has killed at least 900 people. At least 10 houses in Gaza were reportedly struck by Israeli aircraft ....

Gaza death toll climbs to 883

Date: 2014-07-26 07:27:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:845643

At least 883 Palestinians were killed and 5,840 injured since Israel started its current aggression against Gaza on July 7, a Palestinian medical official has said. Nineteen persons were killed and 100 were injured in the early hours of Saturday, ....

Qassam Brigades says killed 10 Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 18:15:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:845285

Ezz El-Din Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said it killed at least ten Israeli soldiers in clashes in eastern Beit Hanoun of Gaza. In a military statement on Friday, the brigades said it targeted 15 Israeli soldiers with explosives ....

5 Palestinians killed in fierce clashes with Israeli troops in West Bank

Date: 2014-07-25 16:13:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:845188

Five Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in fierce clashes that erupted Friday between some Palestinian youth form a side and Israeli army and settlers from another side in different places in the West Bank. Mass rallies started after ....

AL chief sends cable of condolences to Algerian President over doomed plane's victims

Date: 2014-07-25 16:12:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:845185

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi sent on Friday a cable of condolences to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika over the death of passengers of an Air Algerie plane that crashed over Mali yesterday. An AL statement said that ....

UAE president condoles with Bouteflika over plane victims

Date: 2014-07-25 16:07:09 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:845174

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fridy received a cable of condolences from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nuhayyan over the death of passengers of an Aglerian plane that crashed yesterday. Bouteflika also received cables from ....

Ban, Kerry discuss efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 08:09:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:844408

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a meeting Thursday in Cairo to discuss reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The talks covered results of the shuttle trips made by the UN Chief and Kerry in the region ....