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Israel raids, orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office

Israeli occupation forces raided Al Jazeera’s office in the o cupped West Bank city of Ramallah and ordered it to shut down for 45 days. Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers forcefully entered the news network’s office and handed the closure order to the network’s West Bank bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, early today. Al-Omari said the Israeli military’s closure order accused the network of “incitement to and support of terrorism”. They […]

today22 September 2024

International

Sudan residents describe raids, evictions by RSF soldiers

When two Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers stormed Nadir el-Gadi’s home in Khartoum on April 23, they demanded to know which side of the Sudan conflict he supported – the RSF or the Sudanese army. The 77-year-old responded that he wasn’t with either side. “I said we are against this war. We are prisoners of this war,” el-Gadi told Al Jazeera on Saturday. “They were suspicious,” el-Gadi said, adding that […]

today8 May 2023

International News

Israel launches new raids on Hamas targets in Gaza

Israel again attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to what it said were continued launches of "explosive balloons" from the Palestinian territory. Dozens of helium balloons laden with incendiary material have been deployed in recent days in a bid to pressure Israel to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and allow new economic projects. Israel also said it will stop shipments of fuel into […]

today13 August 2020

International News

22 Palestinians, 3 lawyers, detained by Israeli forces in predawn raids

Israeli forces detained 22 Palestinians, including three lawyers, during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank on Monday. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 22 Palestinians were detained, without providing the specific locations from where they were arrested. The army said in a statement that they found a weapon, two bullet-magazines, and a rifle during search raids in the Thannaba village in eastern Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. […]

today5 December 2017

International News

Palestinian calls for volunteers to protect Al-Aqsa from Israeli raids

Palestinians have started a campaign calling for volunteers to help protect Al-Aqsa Mosque from the frequent Israeli attacks and violations. Activists told Quds Press that the campaign aims to halt the continuous raids on the mosque carried out by the Israeli authorities and settlers, adding that the attackers had assaulted and detained many of the mosque’s guards and worshippers. Yesterday, occupation forces arrested four security guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque while […]

today29 March 2017

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