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  • 47 killed, 120 injured in Tripoli clashes

    47 killed, 120 injured in Tripoli clashes

    Date: 2014-07-21 08:34:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:837950

    As many as 47 people have been killed in clashes between rival militias around Tripoli airport in the Libyan capital, said a spokesman for the health ministry. The fighting has left 120 others injured, Ammar Mohamed. Rockets and mortars were ....

  • UNSC demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza

    UNSC demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-21 08:21:07 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:837911

    The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after holding an emergency closed-door meeting on the crisis. The urgent talks came after Ban Ki-moon described Israel's shelling of a Gaza City suburb as "an atrocious ....

  • Islamic Jihad's military wing shells Sderot, Ashkelon

    Islamic Jihad's military wing shells Sderot, Ashkelon

    Date: 2014-07-21 08:10:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:837857

    The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Saraya al-Quds has claimed responsibility for shelling Israeli towns of Sderot and Ashkelon on the Gaza Strip border, said a statement on Sunday. "A Zionist force has been ambushed by the group ....

  • Abbas urges Security Council emergency meeting

    Abbas urges Security Council emergency meeting

    Date: 2014-07-21 08:02:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:837874

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the latest developments in Gaza following the Israeli ground invasion in the strip. Abbas stresses that Security ....

  • Gaza humanitarian ceasefire collapses

    Gaza humanitarian ceasefire collapses

    Date: 2014-07-20 14:25:18 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:837033

    The humanitarian truce in a neighborhood in the Gaza Strip collapsed only less than an hour after it started. The Israeli air force resumed strikes in Shujaiya, firing on locations from which the army came under fire, according to The Jerusalem ....

  • Hamas agreed to ICRC ceasefire proposal but Israel rejected -- Official

    Hamas agreed to ICRC ceasefire proposal but Israel rejected -- Official

    Date: 2014-07-20 11:21:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:836586

    Hamas Movement asserted it has agreed to a proposal from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to cease fire for three hours to evacuate victims and injured people after Israeli massacre in the densely-populated Shogaia district in ....

  • Abbas announces 3-day mourning after Shojaia massacre

    Abbas announces 3-day mourning after Shojaia massacre

    Date: 2014-07-20 11:16:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:836582

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced three days of mourning as well as lowering Palestine's flag at half-mast after Israeli massacre in Shojaia neighborhood of Gaza, Palestinian state TV said on Sunday. In the meantime, the manager of Al ....

  • Israel targets 2,500 sites in Gaza

    Israel targets 2,500 sites in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-20 10:14:43 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:836421

    Since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli army has targeted 2,500 sites in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported. The army has discovered 13 tunnels, five of which lead into Israel. Furthermore, 34 tunnel opening have been ....

  • Abbas condems Shogaia massacre

    Abbas condems Shogaia massacre

    Date: 2014-07-20 09:37:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:836227

    The Palestinian presidency condemned on Sunday the Israeli massacre in the densely-populated Shogaia district in Gaza that left 13 Palestinians dead till now. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community to immediately ....

  • Date of Abbas, Mashaal meeting unknown until now - official

    Date of Abbas, Mashaal meeting unknown until now - official

    Date: 2014-07-20 08:36:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:836214

    Diplomatic Adviser to the Palestinian President Magdi al-Khalidi said the date of President Mahmoud Abbas's meeting with Hamas political bureau leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha is unknown until now. Abbas will meet in Doha with UN Secretary-General ....

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