Israel stated it’ll close its most effective crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers on Sunday in reaction to overnight rocket fire, preventing quick of engaging in retaliatory moves in an obvious bid to ease tensions. The rocket attacks on Friday night time and Saturday morning observed days of clashes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque … Read more
The United Nations expressed grave worry over the escalating violence between Israel and Palestinians on Friday, as riots erupted once again at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. “We are gravely worried by the recent escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human … Read more
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: At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, according to Palestinian doctors. Four Palestinians were hospitalized, two critically, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service. Hundreds of protesters began tossing rocks and fireworks near the Western Wall, where Jews were praying. … Read more
Pope Francis urged for unrestricted access to Jerusalem’s sacred sites during his annual Easter message on Sunday, amid simmering tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy City. “May there be peace in the Middle East, which has been wracked by strife and division for years. Let us pray for Jerusalem’s peace and the peace … Read more
Hundreds of Israeli ultra-nationalists appear to have been prevented from marching through mostly Palestinian parts of Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, an event that served as one of the catalysts for last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict. Outside the Old City walls, police put up enormous roadblocks, barring the major route leading down to Damascus Gate, the … Read more
Gaza City, Palestinian: Witnesses and members of the ruling Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip say Israel launched early Tuesday morning strikes in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israel. Witnesses report that Israeli planes bombed the southern Gaza Strip, and Hamas’ armed wing claims responsibility for the attack. In a … Read more
The UN Security Council will meet on Tuesday over violence around a flashpoint Jerusalem holy website that wounded one hundred seventy people on the weekend, diplomatic assets informed AFP. The assembly, referred to as by means of China, France, the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Ireland, could be held behind closed doorways and is derived … Read more
The Arab-Israeli Raam party on Sunday “suspended” its participation inside the coalition government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, over violence targeted on Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound. Bennett took office remaining June after painstaking efforts to cobble together a coalition capable of toppling Israel’s longest-serving most useful Benjamin Netanyahu, developing a razor-thin majority of 61 seats … Read more
Israel’s fractious governing coalition faced a new split on Sunday when Arab-Israeli party Raam “suspended” its membership, after violence around a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site that wounded 170 people over the weekend. The government — an ideologically disparate mix of left-wing, hardline Jewish nationalist and religious parties, as well as Raam — had already lost … Read more
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
Pope Francis on Sunday known without cost get the right of entry to the holy websites in Jerusalem as he introduced his annual Easter deal amid simmering violence among Israelis and Palestinians within the Holy City. “May there be peace for the Middle East, racked by years of conflict and division. On this glorious day, … Read more
In a series of incidents in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, more than 20 Palestinians and Israelis were injured, two days after significant rioting at the site. The new skirmishes bring the total number of people injured since Friday to over 170, at a critical moment when the Jewish Passover celebration … Read more
Three Palestinians died Thursday as Israeli forces launched sparkling raids into the West Bank flashpoint district of Jenin, per week after a gunman from there went on a lethal shooting spree in Tel Aviv. Israel has poured extra forces into the West Bank and is reinforcing its wall and fence barrier with the occupied territory … Read more
Israeli police and the Shin Bet internal security service Thursday said they had captured a Palestinian asserted Islamic State ally blamed for two lethal blade assaults in the beyond three years. Wassim Isaid, 34, from Hebron in the occupied West Bank, has been held since last month and an prosecutor’s assertion was documented against him … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Covid-19 tests came positive on Monday, after his meeting with US Secretary of the State Antony Blinken. Bennett, who met Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday on the sidelines of a “historic summit” of Israeli and Arab diplomats, “is feeling well and will continue his schedule as planned from his home,” a statement … Read more
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in separate shootings in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, the latest in a flurry of deadly clashes as a US envoy tours the region seeking to ease tensions. A 16-year-old died in an exchange of fire with troops carrying out an arrest raid outside the northern city … Read more
JERUSALEM – The Israeli Ministry of Health on Sunday said it has detected polio infection in a 4-year-old child in Jerusalem. This is the first case of polio detected in Israel since 1989, according to Israeli media. The child was not vaccinated as part of the routine vaccinations that children receive in Israel, the ministry … Read more
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
JERUSALEM: Israeli police arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian girl from a school in annexed east Jerusalem Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing an Israeli woman in the back, police said. The attack took place in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, where Israeli settlers have been mounting legal campaigns to expel Palestinian residents whose homes belonged to Jews … Read more
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – CANBERRA — South Australian authorities have warned the state’s border could still be slammed shut to interstate travelers in response to the Omicron variant. South Australia (SA) Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said on … Read more
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, has called for an end to violence in occupied Jerusalem. In his statement, Pope Francis said that violence only breeds violence and clashes should be stopped immediately. He added that Jerusalem is a place of worship, not violence, and that … Read more
Continuing the long term tradition of successful special transmissions on account of religious events, Pakistan’s largest media group Bol Network is all set to bring you another precious gathering entitled “Shab e Mairaj Mein BOL .” Muslims all around the globe on the 27th of Rajab ( Islamic Lunar calendar) every year observe Shab e … Read more
LONDON: The United Kingdom (UK) has condemned Israel’s announcement to move forward with construction of 1,077 housing units in Givat Hamatos, southern Jerusalem, urging Israel to reverse the decision. According to the sources of APP, In a statement, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and James Cleverly MP ,UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa … Read more
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri Muslim world’s first priority is liberation of the Palestinian nation and liberation of the Noble Quds, which is Muslims’ First Qibla (the direction to which Muslims turn at prayer). Major General Mohammad Baqeri has also urged the Muslim countries to … Read more
US President Donald Trump has released his Middle East peace plan. Donald Trump promised to keep Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital. In the long-awaited plan, he suggested a sovereign Palestinian state and the identity of Israeli independence over West Bank settlements. Donald Trump, while standing alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, said … Read more
