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  • Israeli forces carry out limited incursion into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-02-08 12:56:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7233941

    GAZA CITY, Feb 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday carried out a limited incursion into northeastern Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Backed by reconnaissance aircraft, several Israeli military vehicles including bulldozers ....

  • Israeli authorities ban Palestinian youth from staying at home for 21 days

    Date: 2018-02-08 09:26:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7233940

    RAMALLAH, Feb 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities decided late Wednesday to release a Palestinian youth, Loai al Ragby, from Selwan town, on condition of keeping him away from his home in the south of Al Aqsa mosque for 21 days. Israeli ....

  • Turkish army shells school, water plant in Afrin -- YPG

    Date: 2018-02-07 22:49:58 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7233708

    ANKARA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Syrian Kurdish fighters accused the Turkish army Wednesday of shelling a primary school and a water plant in Syria's northern Afrin region, Daily News reported. Nouri Mahmoud, spokesman of the Syrian Kurdish YPG, said ....

  • Israeli settler runs over Palestinian in southern Nablus

    Date: 2018-02-07 22:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7233676

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) – A Palestinian man driving a motorcycle was injured when an Israeli settler plowed his car into him near Aqraba town in southern Nablus city, a first aid officer said on Wednesday. The injured Palestinian, aged 27 from ....

  • Israeli settler shots Palestinian youth in Hebron

    Date: 2018-02-07 18:06:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7233312

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) – A Palestinian youth was injured Wednesday when an Israeli settler shot at him in eastern Hebron, the West Bank. The identity of the Palestinian young man has not been identified yet, security sources said. (MENA) M G ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli escalations against Palestinians

    Date: 2018-02-07 13:00:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7232618

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday the bloody Israeli escalations against unarmed Palestinian people. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said although the United Nations secretary general and ....

  • Israeli troops arrest 18 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2018-02-07 10:06:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7232073

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - Eighteen Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli campaigns in the West Bank. In Bethlehem, Israeli troops stormed houses of three Palestinian youth and arrested them. Two other Palestinians were arrested in the ....

  • 10 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Hebron

    Date: 2018-02-07 08:08:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7231985

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinians were injured in clashes that erupted earlier Wednesday with Israeli troops in Halhul district of Hebron. The confrontation took place after the Israeli troops stormed the house of Youssef Zamara ....

  • Washington 'deeply disturbed' by Iran's return of ailing US citizen to prison

    Date: 2018-02-07 07:22:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7231847

    WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein, in charge of US public diplomacy, said the United States was "deeply disturbed" that the Iranian government has returned 81-year-old Baquer Namazi to prison, Alhurra news channel ....

  • Palestinian killed by Israeli fire north of Al Khalil

    Date: 2018-02-07 06:53:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7231815

    RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed on Wednesday by Israeli fire under the pretext of committing a stabbing attack near Israel's settlement of Karmei Tzur. In a statement released by Hebrew media outlets, the Israeli military ....

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