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Gaza under attack by Israeli air strikes

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Israel says it has resumed rocket attacks on militant positions in Gaza. At least 15 militants, including a five-year-old girl, have been killed in overnight exchanges of fire. Most rockets were intercepted by Iron Dome missile defence shield, but sirens were heard throughout Israel. Tensions remain high following a night of heavy weapon fire between … Read more

Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes in Gaza: PM

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the airstrikes by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip. In a tweet, the prime minister said the martyrdom of 10 Palestinians, including a 5-year-old girl, in Gaza is the latest act of “Israeli terrorism”. “If impunity & barbarism had a face, it would have been that of Israel, … Read more

Yair Lapid is now officially Israel’s new PM

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Yair Lapid has been sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister. The new PM will meet US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on July 5 to discuss Israeli-French relations. US President Joe Biden congratulated Lapid. Yair Lapid formally became Israel’s 14th prime minister at the stroke of midnight between Thursday and Friday. … Read more

Israeli settler murders Palestinian man

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An Israeli settler stabbed and killed a young Palestinian man on Tuesday night in the city of Salfit in the northern West Bank. One of the Israelis stabbed Hassan Harb squarely in the heart, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said in a statement. This scenario is extremely perilous and constitutes an open war against the … Read more

Israeli aircraft attack Hamas sites in Gaza, after rocket fire

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Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. This was in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave governed by the Islamist movement. Ballasts of flame erupted into the air, creating a trail of dark smoke over the land. Israeli airstrikes attacked Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip on … Read more

Israel announces new permits for Gaza workers

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Israel announced the addition of 2,000 work permits for Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday. The increase brings the total number of work permits issued to 14,000. Thousands of Gazans rely on employment in Israel because they can earn more on farms and construction sites. Israel announced the addition of 2,000 work permits for Palestinians in … Read more

Israel says deal allows citizens to travel to Qatar World Cup

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Israeli citizens will be allowed to travel to Qatar to watch football’s 2022 World Cup. FIFA confirms agreement, despite the absence of diplomatic relations. Israel’s national football team will not compete in the tournament. Israeli citizens will be allowed to travel to Qatar to watch football’s 2022 World Cup, despite the absence of diplomatic relations … Read more

Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fishermen

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Israel arrested four Palestinian fishermen near Gaza’s Mediterranean shore on Saturday, as per the Palestinian and Israeli reports. One of the most important sectors in the coastal enclave, which is home to 2.3 million Palestinians, is fishing. The navy opened fire on the boats after they failed to obey orders to stop, according to the … Read more

A phone app for Gaza women to report abuse anonymously

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A mobile application is permitting a rising number of ladies in Gaza to report domestic abuse with identity hidden and look for help. The application allows ladies to enlist with the help without giving their names or leaving a hint of their contacts with care focuses on their own telephones. A mobile application is permitting … Read more

Anger grows over ‘unjust’ travel bans on Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza

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Palestinian schoolteacher Zawada Shalaldeh has been the subject of an Israeli travel ban for 37 years. The 59-year-old from the town of Sa’ir, near Hebron, in the West Bank told Arab News that the restrictions imposed on his movements had also impacted his wife’s ability to get around. He said: “Since 1985 until today, I … Read more

Israel: Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing will not be investigated

The Israeli media sates that the Israeli military has no plans to investigate the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. They prompted her family to urge for a transparent investigation. The Israel’s Military Police Criminal Probe Division says, an investigation that portrays Israeli soldiers as suspects will elicit hostility from Israeli society. According … Read more

Israel reopens Gaza crossing after nearly two weeks

Israel reopens Gaza

The defense ministry said Israel restored its lone crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian labourers on Sunday, nearly two weeks after barring it due to protests. “Following an assessment of the security situation, it has been decided… to open Erez Crossing for passage of workers and permit holders from the Gaza Strip into Israel, … Read more

More violence after Israel arrests Palestinian axe murderers

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On Sunday, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in the West Bank and wounded another who stabbed a police officer in Jerusalem, only hours after two Palestinians were arrested for axing three Israelis to death. Since late March, dozens of people have been killed in a wave of violence that includes Palestinian and Arab-Israeli attackers. In … Read more

Palestinian shot dead in Israeli ‘counter-terror’ West Bank raid

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A Palestinian turned killed Tuesday while Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp within the occupied West Bank in what the army referred to as a “counter-terrorism” operation that sparked violent riots. The deadly taking pictures was the trendy in wave of bloodshed inside the West Bank and Israel as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan … Read more

4,500-year-old stone statuette found in Gaza

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A stone statuette over 4,500 years antique depicting the face of an ancient goddess turned into located inside the southern Gaza Strip, the archaeological government in the Palestinian enclave introduced Monday. Carved out of limestone and 22 centimeters lengthy, the 2500 BC statuette became discovered by using a farmer operating his land in Khan Younis, … Read more

Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque, injuring 57 Palestinians

On Friday, Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem, injuring at least 57 Palestinians, as violence continued by Israeli troops during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. A mob of people hurling rocks was shot at by police following the morning Ramadan prayers, according to Reuters eyewitnesses. They said police used rubber-tipped bullets … Read more

Two rockets fired at Israel from Gaza: army

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After a day of skirmishes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets at Israel late Friday, according to the army. According to the military, one rocket landed in an open field in the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council close to the border fence, while the second fell short in the … Read more

Jerusalem Al-Aqsa clashes injured ten people

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Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police wounded ten protesters on Sunday morning in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the website of the main clashes days earlier. Early on Sunday morning, “masses” of Palestinian demonstrators commenced amassing piles of stones, shortly before the advent of Jewish traffic to the site, the police stated. … Read more

Palestinians resist against Israeli forces at Al Aqsa yet again

Al Aqsa Mosque Clashes

Palestinians resist against Israeli forces at Al Aqsa yet again Palestinians conflicted with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands assembled for supplications during the blessed month of Ramadan. Doctors expressed in excess of 150 Palestinians were injured in the most genuine brutality at the site in almost a … Read more

Music is a therapy

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GAZA – For 45 minutes, Julia Ahmed, a young Palestinian woman from Gaza, sits on a sofa, listening to musical chants mixed with the sounds of sea waves, in a bid to get rid of her psychological pressure. For many years, the 32-year-old mother of a child suffered from various problems, which brought her to … Read more

Palestine adds 3,648 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

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RAMALLAH/GAZA – The Palestinian territories on Tuesday reported 3,648 new COVID-19 cases and 24 related deaths in the last 24 hours. In a press statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 1,640 new cases were recorded in the coastal enclave  Gaza Strip, ruled by the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, with 1,128 new cases … Read more

Palestinians suffer extreme poverty

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GAZA – Jihan Al-Adgham, a Palestinian woman from the besieged coastal enclave, spends most of her time placing pots under the holes in the roof of her house to protect her children from getting wet from rainwater in the cold winter nights. The 46-year-old mother of seven lives in a 60-square-meter dilapidated house with cracked … Read more

UAE delivers 1 mln COVID-19 vaccines to Gaza

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GAZA – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday delivered 1 million Sputnik V vaccine doses to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, an official said. “It is the largest shipment of vaccine doses that are shipped to the Gaza Strip which will help to combat the current wave of COVID-19 that had … Read more

Gazan farmers see benefits of green switch

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GAZA – Each morning more than 140 Palestinian farmers gather in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to plant and tend to crops to sell locally or in Israel. “This scene has long been absent from a town famous for being an agricultural area, due to the difficult political and economic … Read more

Gaza fish restaurants thrive far from the trail

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The Gaza Strip might be off-limits for foreign foodies but the coastal Palestinian enclave is brimming with seafood restaurants, many owned by one local family whose culinary hook is their matriarch’s spicy fish tajine. Munir Abu Hasira arrives at the Gaza port’s fish market at daybreak, but holds back as traders snatch up sardines and … Read more

Israel adds 40,430 new COVID-19 cases, tally tops 1.7 mln

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JERUSALEM – Israel on Friday reported 40,430 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,713,563, or 18.1 percent of the total population, the state’s Health Ministry said. The COVID-19 death toll of the country increased by three to 8,293, while the number of patients in serious condition rose from … Read more

Key dates in Israel’s normalisation of ties with the UAE

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ABU DHABI: As Prime Minister Naftali Bennett starts the first official trip by an Israeli premier to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, here is a timeline of key recent developments between the two countries. The rapprochement between Israel and several Arab states began in August 2020 with a UAE-Israel normalisation deal, and was followed … Read more