Palestinians

Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for efforts to protect Israeli representatives following blast near embassy

Israel’s friendship day message to India — ‘yeh dosti hum nahi todenge’; PM says bond is eternal

9:22 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: Israel greeted India on friendship day with a Twitter message that featured the song ‘yeh dosti’ from Bollywood blockbuster Sholay, drawing an equally warm response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who asserted that the bond between the two countries is “strong and eternal”. “Happy #FriendshipDay2019 India! May our ever strengthening friendship & growing […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN to appeal for $1.2 billion to help 5 million Palestinians

2:40 pm June 22, 2019

United Nations: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday he hopes donors will be as generous this year as they were last year after the United States cut all funding for the USD 1.2 billion programme to help some 5 million Palestinians. Pierre Krahenbuhl said at a news conference that 42 […]

Israel strikes Gaza after first rocket since early May

12:36 pm June 13, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said. Israeli aircraft targeted “underground infrastructure” at the base in the southern Gaza Strip, it said in a statement. The strike came after Israeli air defences intercepted a rocket […]

Netanyahu vows 'massive strikes' in response to Gaza rocket barrages

Deadly escalation sees fresh rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli retaliation

2:48 pm May 5, 2019

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories): Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early Sunday in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered and a further escalation was feared. Gazan authorities reported four Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in the escalation that began Saturday, but […]

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