Childhood obesity linked to bladder, urinary cancer
July 24th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, July 24 (IANS) Obesity in childhood has a direct link with bladder and urinary tract (urothelial) and colorectal cancers in adulthood, warn Israeli researchers.Hence, maintaining a healthy weight ... Read more...
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Israeli military can be ’swept aside’ by Iran: US analyst
July 11th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 11 (IANS) In case of a possible military strike on Iran by Israel, Tehran will be able to rapidly rout the Israeli military as it has already been ... Read more...
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Israel builds wall on Lebanese border
April 30th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, April 30 (IANS) Israel Monday began building a wall along its border with Lebanon. The wall will separate the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila from Israel's settlement of Metula, ... Read more...
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Israel building rocket battalion
April 4th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, April 3 (IANS) The Israeli military is setting up a rocket battalion to help minimize civilian casualties in future combat operations in the Gaza Strip.Israel mostly relies on ... Read more...
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Israel fears more rocket attacks
March 27th, 2012 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, March 27 (IANS) The Israeli military has deployed its Iron Dome anti-rocket system in various locations in Tel Aviv to counter rocket attacks from Gaza militants.The Israel Defence ... Read more...
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Israeli army to acquire rockets
March 15th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, March 15 (IANS) The Israeli military will acquire rockets with ranges of 40 and 150 km, a media report said.Brig-Gen. David Suissa, the commander of the army's Artillery ... Read more...
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Israeli army to acquire long-range rockets
March 15th, 2012 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, March 15 (IANS) In the wake of growing threats posed by rockets at the disposal of Israel's foes, the Israeli military will acquire rockets of its own, an Israeli ... Read more...
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Israel Navy intercepts Gaza-bound aid vessels
November 4th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jersusalem, Nov 4 (IANS) The Israeli Navy Friday afternoon intercepted two aid boats that were approaching the coast of Gaza Strip, leading them to southern Israel's Ashdod port, the Israeli ... Read more...
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12 Arabs killed for violating Golan Heights truce line
June 5th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Israeli military killed 12 Arabs, including a child, and wounded at least 220 when they tried to storm the ceasefire line in the Golan ... Read more...
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Israeli military condemns Brit activists for revealing its ‘war criminal’ soldiers on website
November 20th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Nov 20 (ANI): The Israeli military has condemned British activists for the publication of names and photographs of 200 Israeli soldiers, including senior commanders and low-ranking soldiers, on a US-based website ... Read more...
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Israeli drone crashes in the Gaza strip
October 21st, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- An Israeli drone crashed on Thursday in northern Gaza and was later recovered by a military unit, the Israeli military said.According to a military spokesperson, the unmanned plane, ... Read more...
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Israeli soldier filmed humiliating female Palestinian detainee on video
October 6th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Oct 6 (ANI): The Israeli military has claimed that it is investigating a video filmed by soldiers that shows a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian woman being humiliated by an Israeli ... Read more...
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Middle Eastern Peace Talks To Continue In Jerusalem On September 14 and 15
September 6th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 6, 2010 (Just Flashed): The delegates of Israel and the bureaucrats of the subjugated Palestinian territories intend to participate in deliberations with the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in ... Read more...
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‘Israeli army lacked intelligence before raid on aid flotilla’
August 12th, 2010 - 6:20 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Aug 12 (IANS) The Israeli military lacked enough intelligence, especially about the main organisers of the Gaza-bound aid vessels, before its raid on the flotilla May 31, the army chief said ... Read more...
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‘US pressed Israel to release 400 Turkish citizens’
June 4th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, June 4 (ANI): Turkey's Deputy Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Selim Yenel has said that the US pressured Israel to facilitate the speedy release of more than 400 Turkish citizens whom ... Read more...
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Five Palestinians killed in Gaza (Lead)
June 1st, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza City, June 1 (DPA) Israel killed five militants in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, as Palestinian militias escalated their attacks a day after the Israeli navy killed nine ... Read more...
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Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza
June 1st, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza City, June 1 (DPA) Israel killed three Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday, as they were about to launch a makeshift rocket at southern Israel, Palestinian medical officials and ... Read more...
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UN holds emergency meeting over Gaza attack
June 1st, 2010 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 1 (DPA) The UN Security Council met in emergency session Monday less than 24 hours after Israel's lethal military operation against a humanitarian aid flotilla off the coast of ... Read more...
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10 die as Israeli navy strikes Gaza aid ships
May 31st, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv/Larnaca (Cyprus), May 31 (DPA) At least 10 foreign activists were killed early Monday, the Israeli military confirmed, after the navy stormed a flotilla of six ships bound for the Gaza ... Read more...
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Rockets fired from Jordan at Israeli city
April 22nd, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- At least two rockets were fired on Thursday from Jordan to the Israeli city of Eliat, local media reported.A report from Haaretz said one of the rockets struck ... Read more...
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Israel’s orders could create obstacle for the fourth Geneva Convention
April 19th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The fourth Geneva Convention could be facing an obstacle after the Israeli military issued two orders relating to movement in the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations ... Read more...
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Ten wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza
November 22nd, 2009 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Nov 22 (DPA) At least 10 Palestinians were injured in three successive Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday on the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip, medical officials and the Israeli ... Read more...
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Israeli drones targeted civilians in Gaza: Rights group
June 30th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 30 (DPA) Israel killed 87 civilians, including at least eight children, during its offensive against Gaza militants last winter, with missiles fired from remote pilotless vehicles (RPVs), Human Rights Watch ... Read more...
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UN report ignores devious Hamas tactics, says Israel
May 6th, 2009 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv/New York, May 5 (DPA) Israel Tuesday rejected a UN report that held it responsible for civilian deaths and damages in Gaza earlier this year, saying it did not "intentionally fire" ... Read more...
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US court orders Iran to pay $25 mn for killing Israeli soldier
March 28th, 2009 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 28 (DPA) A US court has ordered Iran to pay $25 million plus interest to the family of an Israeli soldier kidnapped and killed by Hamas 15 years ago.Nachshon Wachsman, ... Read more...
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of `deliberate and reckless’ white phosphorus use in Gaza
March 26th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Mar.26 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of "deliberately and recklessly" firing white phosphorus shells into densely populated areas of Gaza, that killed and wounded civilians earlier this year.In a ... Read more...
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To allow aid to flow, Israel temporarily halts attack on Gaza
January 7th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Jan.7 (ANI): Israel has temporarily stopped attacking Gaza to allow aid supplies and fuel to reach the 1.4 million residents of the territory.
Sky News quoted the Israeli military as ... Read more...
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Venezuela expels Israel’s envoy over Gaza attacks
January 7th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Jan 7 (IANS) The Venezuelan government has expelled Israel's envoy to the country over attacks on Gaza by Israeli military that left at least 600 people dead, EFE reported.Shlomo Cohen and ... Read more...
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Hamas says Israel has legitimised the killing of its children
January 6th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Gaza City, Jan.6 (ANI): A Hamas leader has warned that Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israels devastating assault on the Gaza Strip. They have ... Read more...
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Israel ready for ground invasion of Gaza Strip
January 3rd, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 3 (ANI): The senior leadership in Israel has given the thumbs up for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, though the latest developments still dont mean such action ... Read more...
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Israel closes off West Bank for 48-hours
January 2nd, 2009 - 7:23 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Jan 2 (DPA) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak slapped a 48-hour closure on the West Bank, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel, beginning at one minute to midnight Thursday, the ... Read more...
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Israeli Air Force says it is ready to attack Iran nuke sites
November 20th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Nov.20 (ANI): The Israeli Air Force has said that it is ready to attack Iran''s suspected nuclear weapons project if diplomacy fails to persuade that country to halt uranium ... Read more...
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Video shows Israeli soldier shooting at arrested man
July 21st, 2008 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
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Jerusalem, July 21 (DPA) Footage released Sunday by a rights group showed an Israeli soldier firing what appeared at be a rubber coated bullet at a handcuffed Palestinian who was arrested during ... Read more...
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Israel cancels plans to close West Bank shopping centre
July 17th, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Ramallah, July 17 (DPA) The Israeli military cancelled Thursday an earlier decision to shut down the West Bank's largest shopping centre, located in the northern city of Nablus, its owners said. The ... Read more...
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North Korea prepared to blow up nuclear reactor: report
May 3rd, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, May 3 (DPA) North Korea is prepared to blow up the cooling tower of its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon within a day after the US removes the country from its list ... Read more...
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