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Gaza Boy, 7, Dies from Air Strike Wounds

A seven-year-old Gaza boy wounded in an Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip died on Saturday, a spokesman for the Palestinian health services said.

Ali al-Awour was wounded in Wednesday's strike targeting his uncle, radical Salafist Mohammed al-Awour, who was killed. Another Palestinian man was wounded.

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Israel Says Palestinians Kidnapped Three Missing Teens

Three Israeli teenagers, one of them also a U.S. citizen, have been kidnapped in the occupied West Bank, presumably by Palestinians, the army said on Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the Palestinian Authority responsible for their well-being, but Palestinians baulked at the idea they were to blame for the disappearance inside an Israeli-controlled area of the West Bank.

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Three Israeli Teens Missing in West Bank

Three Israeli teenagers have gone missing near a West Bank settlement, the army said Friday, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he held the Palestinian leadership responsible for their safety.

"The IDF (Israeli military) confirms three teenagers are currently missing," an army statement said.

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Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade Draws Tens of Thousands

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv Friday for Israel's annual Gay Pride parade, with city hall pulling out all the stops to welcome visitors.

Some 30,000 tourists had arrived for the event in Israel's coastal commercial capital, the municipality estimated, and joined many times that number of revelers dancing aboard floats blasting out electronic music.

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Israel's U.N. Ambassador Urges 'Antidote' to Fight Hizbullah 'Terrorism'

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor has accused Hizbullah and Iran of launching a campaign of terror against the Jewish State, urging the international community to find an “antidote” to eradicate the virus of terrorism.

“Israelis are the targets of a terror campaign directed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hizbullah,” Prosor told the 94th plenary meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday.

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Post-Mortem Shows Live Fire Killed Palestinian

The post-mortem of a Palestinian teenager killed in clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank showed a live round caused his death, an NGO said Thursday.

Nadeem Nuwarah, 17, was killed on May 15 during a day of protests and clashes with Israeli forces in Beitunia, southwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

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E.Jerusalem Traders Strike over Palestinian Inmates

Shops in Arab east Jerusalem shut Thursday in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, many of whom have been hospitalized.

Business owners pulled down their shutters in the normally bustling Old City in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, an AFP correspondent said, to observe a strike called by an umbrella group of various political parties and factions.

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Palestinian Dies in Israeli Air Raid on Gaza

An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian man in Gaza on Wednesday after rocket fire from the territory prompted Israel's premier to warn he holds Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas responsible.

Two Palestinians were also wounded in the evening raid in the northern Gaza Strip, the emergency services said.

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Israel President Rivlin to Usher in New Era

The election of populist hawk Reuven Rivlin as Israeli president ushers in a new diplomatic era and highlights Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's growing isolation within his own party, analysts say.

The 74-year-old Jerusalem native 'Ruby' Rivlin -- a veteran member of Netanyahu's rightwing Likud party -- will succeed dovish elder statesman Shimon Peres, but is unlikely to make his presence felt anywhere near as much on the international stage.

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Palestinians Seek Action against Israel over Detainees

A senior Palestinian official has called for international action against Israel over the detention without charge of more than 100 Palestinians who have been on a long-term hunger strike.

"I am writing on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President Mahmud Abbas to request your immediate intervention on behalf of the approximately 130 Palestinian detainees and prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons," Saeb Erakat said in a letter obtained by AFP Wednesday.

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