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UN says 900,000 Gazans living without running water
Date: 2014-07-17 08:31:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:831431
The U.N. said that 900,000 people in Gaza were without running water following damage to water and electric power networks caused by the Israeli bombardments. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ....
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Death toll of Israeli offensive on Gaza rises to 230
Date: 2014-07-17 08:29:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:831429
The death toll of the Israeli offensive against Gaza Strip, that has been going on for ten days now, rose to 230, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Three Palestinians were killed and four others were injured after the Israeli army ....
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Israel declares 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-17 08:11:29 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:831405
Israel will observe a "humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza, after nine days of deadly rocket and missile exchanges with militants, a senior Israeli army officer has told the BBC. Brig Gen Yoav Mordechai said the truce would be in force from 10:00 to ....
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Qassam showers Tel Aviv with 4 rockets
Date: 2014-07-17 07:26:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:831336
Ezzeddin el-Qassam Brigades of Hamas said they have targeted the Israeli city of Tel Aviv with four homemade M75 rockets. In a statement, Qassam announced that they hit Tel Aviv twice and fired ten rockets towards city of Beersheba, southern of ....
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Gaza death toll reaches 215 with four boys killed
Date: 2014-07-16 18:34:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:830936
At least 215 Palestinians were killed and 1,635 injured due to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in the ten days of its raids on the coastal enclave, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. It said the recent killings were four boys, cousins ....
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Abbas meets Hamas deputy leader on Egypt-brokered ceasefire proposal
Date: 2014-07-16 17:40:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:830876
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds talks on Wednesday with Hamas political office's deputy chairman Mousa Abu Marzouk on the Egyptian-brokered truce proposal in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian embassy said. It said the meeting tackled ways ....
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Arab parl't holds emergency meeting over Gaza crisis
Date: 2014-07-16 16:48:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:830753
The Arab Parliament's Committee on Foreign, Political and National Security Affairs held an emergency meeting Wednesday, at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's ongoing onslaught. ....
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Palestinian president arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-07-16 16:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:830773
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Egypt for talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi over ways of ending the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip that has been going on for a week now. Abbas ....
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AL chief welcomes election of Iraqi parliament speaker
Date: 2014-07-16 15:55:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:830755
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi welcomed on Wednesday the election of Selim el-Jabouri as the speaker of the Iraqi parliament. In a statement, Arabi lauded the political will of the Iraqi national powers, saying this is an important ....
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Gaza groups fire rockets at Israel
Date: 2014-07-16 15:26:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:830698
Palestinian groups fired rockets at Israeli cities in a response to Israel's ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Ezz El-Din El-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, fired 10 Grad rockets at the Israeli city of Ashkelon, four rockets at ....