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  • UN says 900,000 Gazans living without running water

    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 ....

  • Death toll of Israeli offensive on Gaza rises to 230

    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 ....

  • Israel declares 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza

    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 ....

  • Qassam showers Tel Aviv with 4 rockets

    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 ....

  • Gaza death toll reaches 215 with four boys killed

    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 ....

  • Abbas meets Hamas deputy leader on Egypt-brokered ceasefire proposal

    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 ....

  • Arab parl't holds emergency meeting over Gaza crisis

    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. ....

  • Palestinian president arrives in Cairo

    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 ....

  • AL chief welcomes election of Iraqi parliament speaker

    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 ....

  • Gaza groups fire rockets at Israel

    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 ....

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