AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Five Jordanian intelligence agents were killed in an attack on their office in a Palestinian refugee camp north of the capital Amman on Monday, government spokesman Mohammed Momani said. “The intelligence agency office in the Baqa’a camp was the target of a cowardly attack shortly before 7:00 am (0400 GMT) today that left five agents dead,” Momani said. msh/ila/kir/mm © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
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Palestinians arrested after protesting against Israel restriction orders
For thirteen days Palestinians in Jerusalem have been staging a protest against Israeli imposed restriction orders, that banish two men from the city. Two Jerusalemites have been ordered to leave the city and their homes for a period of up to six months. Samer Abu Aisha, who has also been at the protests, is one of the men facing expulsion. “On the 21st of December, my lawyer called me to go to the court, what […]
Israeli air strike in central Gaza kills seven family members – Gaza health officials
(Reuters) An Israeli air strike launched on Wednesday morning (August 20) killed seven members of a family in central Gaza, among them a woman and three children, Palestinian health officials, and neighbors said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. “It was a whole family. It was the husband, the wife, three children, and her unborn child. It’s a whole family that the Israeli occupation targeted, without any previous warning,” Yahya Abu Safer, a neighbor said. […]
