Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 6

DAMASCUS -- Syrian warplanes struck positions of the Islam Army rebels in the Douma district, the last rebel-held area in the capital Damascus' Eastern Ghouta countryside, on Friday after the militants hurdled an agreement for their evacuation from that area, according to the state news agency SANA.

SANA said the Islam Army militants have undermined an agreement reached recently for their evacuation from Douma and the release of kidnapped people in their prisons. (Syria-Eastern Ghouta-Evacuation)

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DAMASCUS -- The Republican Guard of the Syrian army started entering the farmlands of the Douma district in the Syrian capital Damascus' Eastern Ghouta on Friday, after talks with the Islam Army rebels collapsed, according to the state news agency SANA.

The Syrian forces have entered the farmlands on the outskirts of Douma, after the Islam Army hurdled a deal for the evacuation of Douma and launched several mortar shells on the capital, according to the report. (Syria-Eastern Ghouta-Talks Failure)

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GAZA -- Eight Palestinians were killed and 1,070 others injured on Friday during a daylong of bloody confrontations between hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, medics said.

Spokesman for Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qedra told Xinhua that one Palestinian had died Friday of wounds he sustained last Friday. (Gaza-Israel-Friday Rally)

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BEIRUT -- The 410 members of the 16th Chinese peacekeeping force to Lebanon were awarded the United Nations Peace Medal of Honor on Friday, a month before their transfer of authority to the 17th contingent.

The medal-awarding ceremony was held at the camp of the Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineer detachment to Lebanon in Hanniyah village in southern Lebanon. (Lebanon-Chinese Peacekeepers-UN Peace Medal) Enditem