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7 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli forces near Gaza border

Date: 2018-04-05 18:40:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7335883

GAZA CITY, April 5 (MENA) - At least seven Palestinians were wounded on Thursday in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces near the separation wall in eastern the Gaza Strip, while others suffered suffocation due to inhaling teargas canisters ....

Israeli amb. to UN urges UNSC to send message to Palestinian leadership

Date: 2018-04-05 17:38:25 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7335795

GAZA CITY, April 5 (MENA) - Ahead of Friday's anticipated protests on the Gaza border, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon requested the UN Security Council to use its authority to "send a message to the Palestinian leadership," The ....

8,000 Daesh militants head for Afghanistan from Syria

Date: 2018-04-05 16:12:20 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7335600

MOSCOW, April 5 (MENA) - First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federal Security Agency Sergei Semyonov said 8,000 Daesh militants left Syria for Afghanistan via Iran. After being trapped in Syria, Daesh militants have started to leave the ....

Palestinian killed by missile fired by Israeli drone on Gaza

Date: 2018-04-05 14:46:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7335109

GAZA CITY, April 5 (MENA) - A Palestinian has been killed after an Israeli drone targeted him with a missile to the east of Gaza City, according to medical sources at Shifa Hospital. They said that Red Crescent paramedics found the corps of a ....

Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-04-05 14:28:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7334511

RAMALLAH, April 5 (MENA) – As many as 300 Jewish settlers on Thursday stormed the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers broke into the holy site from Bab el Maghreba gate and ....

Israeli forces arrest 5 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-04-04 14:04:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7332672

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Wednesday five Palestinians during dawn raids in several West Bank areas. A young man was arrested at a military checkpoint in western Jenin and he was taken to a nearby military camp ....

Israeli settlers perform talmudic rituals at Romanian church

Date: 2018-04-04 10:24:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7332668

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - Jewish settlers - under Israeli army protection - performed some talmudic rituals at a Romanian church in Samoa village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. In press statements on Wednesday, Rateb Jabour, the ....

Fatah: Lieberman statements set the scene for new massacre in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-04 08:33:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7332584

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - Secretary of Fatah Revolutionary Council Majid al Fetyati said Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statements on targeting protesters in Gaza would set the scene for a new massacre by the Israeli occupation forces ....

Trump, Netanyah review Middle East developments over phone

Date: 2018-04-04 07:47:19 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7332585

GAZA CITY, April 4 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on several Middle East issues, Ynet reported. Trump also "reiterated the commitment of the United States to Israel’s security." The ....

Settlers storm Aqsa mosque again

Date: 2018-04-04 06:50:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7332504

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - A group of settlers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque via Magharba gate on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said 122 settlers stormed Aqsa mosque yards to perform their Talmudic rituals. Without giving any ....