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Two Israelis killed, five injured in vehicle-ramming attack in W.Bank

Date: 2018-03-16 17:05:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7299060

GAZA CITY, March 16 (MENA) - Two Israelis were killed and five others injured after a Palestinian drove his vehicle into them outside the Mevo Dotan settlement in the northern West Bank on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reported. The attack occurred ....

Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-03-16 11:16:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7298341

RAMALLAH, March 16 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Friday seven Palestinians after raiding various areas in the West Bank, Palestinian sources said. Of the seven detained, two young men were held in western Jenin, while four ....

18 civilians killed, including five children, in Turkish shelling on Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-03-16 10:23:17 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7298248

LONDON, March 16 (MENA) - Eighteen civilians, including five children, have been killed in shelling launched by the Turkish forces against Syria's northwestern region of Afrin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The ....

Cyprus gov't: Eni committed to gas search despite Turkey's dissent

Date: 2018-03-15 22:33:06 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:7297808

ROME, March 15 (MENA) - The Cyprus government said Italian company Eni is committed to carrying on its search for gas off the east Mediterranean island despite Turkey's strong opposition, Fox News reported. A statement said Eni is "determined to ....

Israeli artillery targets sites of Palestinian resistance in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-03-15 10:27:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7296051

GAZA CITY, March 15 (MENA) - Israeli artillery fired on Thursday shells at sites of the Palestinian resistance in the east and north of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported in the bombardment, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry's ....

Israel fixes surveillance cameras at Beit Furik checkpoint

Date: 2018-03-14 14:19:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7294943

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces started on Wednesday fixing surveillance cameras at Beit Furik checkpoint in eastern Nablus city northern West Bank. According to eyewitnesses, technical teams of the Israeli occupation ....

Former prime minister Ehud Barak sees the end of the Netanyahu era

Date: 2018-03-14 13:41:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7294761

GAZA CITY, March 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Netanyahu lost control of his strategy, he knows that the end is on the way," former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak told Army Radio Wednesday morning during an interview regarding the ....

Israel escalates its war against Palestinians -- Palestinian FM

Date: 2018-03-14 12:46:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7294617

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the right-wing ruling party in Israel is escalating its all-out war against the Palestinian national and humanitarian presence in (C) areas in the West Bank. In a ....

Israel orders halt on construction of five houses in Bethlehem-area town

Date: 2018-03-14 12:03:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7294615

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces ordered a halt on the construction of five homes belonging to Palestinian families in the village of Nahalin to the west of the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, according to a local ....

Erekat holds Hamas responsible for attempt against PM's life

Date: 2018-03-14 11:33:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7294458

RAMALLAH, March 14 (MENA) - An assassination attempt against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al Hamdallah and head of the Intelligence Service Maged Farag during a Gaza visit yesterday is a crime that is meant to sow the culture of chaos and crime, ....