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Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi to stand closed trial

Date: 2018-03-20 14:51:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7305280

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - The Israeli military appeals court has ordered holding the proceedings of the trial of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian girl who will stand trial for slapping Israeli soldiers, in closed trial. "The appeals court has ....

Palestinian foreign ministry terms US Friedman's stances against Palestinians 'anti-Semitic'

Date: 2018-03-20 14:34:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7305271

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has slammed US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman's recent remarks against the Palestinian people and their national and humanitarian rights saying that his ....

Four Israeli bulldozers push deep east of Khan Younis

Date: 2018-03-20 12:26:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7304976

GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - Four Israeli military bulldozers pushed deep into the Palestinian lands east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian-owned agricultural ....

Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian school students in West Bank village

Date: 2018-03-20 08:57:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7304840

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday students from Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya village, north of the West Bank, as they were heading to their school which is located on the main Nablus-Ramallah road. Local sources told the ....

Israeli troops storm village in Nablus following stabbing of settler

Date: 2018-03-19 07:47:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7302958

RAMALLAH, March 19 (MENA) - Israeli troops stormed the village of Aqraba south of Nablus after a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli settler. The troops inspected the house of Abdel Rahman Mahmed bani Fadl, who stabbed the settler, in a step ....

Moderate tremor jolts southern Iran

Date: 2018-03-19 07:38:57 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7302960

TEHRAN, March 19 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 5 on Richter scale rocked Ganaveh in the southern province of Bushehr at 8:48 hours local time (05: 18 GMT) on Monday. According to the Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of ....

13 members of Syrian factions killed in landmine explosion in Afrin

Date: 2018-03-19 07:31:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7302886

LONDON, March 19 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 members of the Syrian factions supporting Turkey were killed and 25 others injured when landmines went off during combing regions in Afrin city. The combing ....

Israeli man dies of wounds sustained in Quds stabbing attack

Date: 2018-03-19 06:08:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7302841

RAMALLAH, March 19 (MENA) - An Israeli man in his 30s, who was stabbed in an attack in Old City in al Quds, succumbed to his wounds Sunday night. The victim was identified as Adiel Coleman, a married father of four children from the West Bank ....

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Al Quds

Date: 2018-03-18 18:25:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7302499

RAMALLAH, March 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian was fatally shot on Sunday by Israeli police in the Old City of Al Quds city after he allegedly stabbed and critically injured an Israeli security guard. The 28-year-old man was from Aqraba village near ....

Israeli settler stabbed in Jerusalem, stabber shot

Date: 2018-03-18 17:33:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7302356

RAMALLAH, March 18 (MENA) - An Israeli settler was badly injured after being stabbed on Sunday evening in the Old City, Jerusalem. Israeli police shot a young man for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler "security guard" in Bab al-Wad in the Old ....