25 Feb 2023; MEMO: US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has condemned the "violent attack" carried out by the Israeli occupation on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Tlaib wrote on Twitter: "Today the extremist right-wing government of Israel violently attacked the city of Nablus, leaving 82 Palestinians shot & bringing the 2023 death toll to 61, including 13 children."
RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man succumbed to the wounds he sustained, from clashes with Israeli soldiers, two weeks ago, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Mohamed Abu Sabbah, 30, was critically wounded two weeks ago by Israeli soldiers, in the Jenin refugee camp, adjacent to the city, the ministry said in a statement.
Since the start of 2023, 63 Palestinians have been killed, during raids by Israeli soldiers, in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, it added.
VAKIFLI, Turkey, Feb 25 (Reuters) - In Turkey's only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, the elderly population thank God that not one of them died during the devastating earthquakes that struck the region. But they fear for the future of their cherished home.
Thirty of the village's 40 stone houses, which are single or double storey and surrounded by orange and lemon orchards, are heavily damaged, and since a third huge earthquake hit, the 130 villagers are without power. They gather at the tea house for shelter and warmth.
JERUSALEM, Feb 24 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel has approved plans to build 7,157 new housing units in the settlements, in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli settlement watchdog group said, yesterday.
The Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration, an Israeli body responsible for approving construction in the West Bank, approved the building plans, after two days of discussions that began on Wednesday, according to a statement released by Peace Now.
BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq has arrested five “terrorists,” who were charged with crimes including killing, imprisoning and torturing citizens, in the country’s northern province of Salahudin, an official source said yesterday.
During several preemptive operations, the Interior Ministry’s intelligence agency “was able to arrest five wanted terrorists, for their affiliation with the Daesh gangs,” said a press release, issued by the Security Media Cell (SMC), a media outlet affiliated with Iraq’s armed forces.
GAZA, Feb 24 (NNN-WAFA) – A UN delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip yesterday, to defuse tension between Israel and Hamas, the ruler of the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian security sources said.
The delegation, headed by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, entered Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing, in the northern tip of Gaza, the sources said, on condition of anonymity.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- After an overnight discussion, the Israeli government approved a state budget for 2023-2024 on Friday.
The budget for 2023 will be over 130 billion U.S. dollars and will grow larger in 2024.
The budget will need to pass a parliamentary vote by the end of March, which is quite likely as the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a solid majority in the parliament.
23 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the Israeli "massacre" committed in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus and which resulted in 11 deaths and 102 injuries among Palestinians.
"This heinous crime constitutes an extension of the record of Israeli crimes and organised state terrorism practiced against the Palestinian people," the OIC said in a statement.
23 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held top-level secret meetings on preparations for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, local media reported on Tuesday.
According to Israel's Channel 12, Netanyahu met five times in recent weeks with his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and other military figures to examine Israel's readiness for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear targets.
23 Feb 2023; MEMO: Mohamed Salah, a senior official of the Qatar Red Crescent, said they are seeking funding to initiate reconstruction activity in the earthquake-hit zone of Turkiye and Syria, Anadolu News Agency reports.
In an interview with Anadolu, Salah stressed the need for concerted efforts by the international community to mitigate the effects of the earthquake that occurred in Turkiye and northern Syria.
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