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Settlers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash, and other Middle East developments

August 21, 2026 admin

A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli settlers on Friday (August 21, 2026) after a rock-throwing incident in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry identified the teenager as Karim Sanad Raja Shalaldeh. The teenager’s father told The Associated Press at the hospital that Israeli settlers had killed his son. The Israeli military said soldiers were…

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Israel’s security cabinet approves 19 new settlements in West Bank

December 21, 2025 admin

Israel’s Security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the country’s far-right Finance Minister said on Sunday (December 21, 2025) was aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. The decision brings the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69, according…

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Hamas chief negotiator says Israel’s killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire

December 14, 2025 admin

Mourners carry bodies during the funeral of Hamas’s senior commander Raed Saed and his aides, who were killed in an Israeli strike a day earlier, in Gaza City, December 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday (December 14, 2025) that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday (December…

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U.N. condemns ‘summary execution’ of two West Bank Palestinians by Israeli forces

November 28, 2025 admin

A man cleans a poster with name and picture of Palestinian Yousef Asasa, 37, who was killed by Israeli forces on Thursday along with Al-Muntasir Abdullah, 26, and reads “On the occasion of his release from the Israeli prisons, freedom for all prisoners,” at the family house in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin,…

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Gaza health officials say over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war so far

November 8, 2025 admin

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, November 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Gaza health officials say that over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far. Gaza’s Health Ministry, on Saturday (November 8,…

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Thousands of Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect

October 11, 2025 admin

Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday (October 10, 2025) as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages were set to be released within days. Questions remain over who will govern Gaza…

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Divided Israel marks two years since Oct 7 attack as Gaza war grinds on, hostages languish

October 7, 2025 admin

An Israeli soldier covers his face as he visits the site where revellers were killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival, near the Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, on October 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israelis prepared to mourn the dead on Tuesday (October 7,…

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Israel strikes Gaza as Palestinians pin hopes on Trump’s Gaza plan

October 5, 2025 admin

Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight and on Sunday (October 5, 2025), destroying several residential buildings, witnesses said, as Palestinians desperately awaited implementation of a U.S. plan to end the war. U.S. President Donald Trump, who had called for an end to the bombing, said on Saturday (October 4, 2025)…

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Palestinians flee Gaza City under Israeli bombardment

September 14, 2025 admin

Smoke rises from an Israeli strike, as displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip on September 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday…

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Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City, hospital says at least 32 killed

September 13, 2025 admin

Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli military strike on a building in Gaza City, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A barrage of airstrikes killed at least 32 people across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to evacuate, medical staff reported Saturday (September 13, 2025). The…

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