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Israel Launches Deadly West Bank Operation As Gaza War Drags On

August 28, 2024 admin

Israel launched a large-scale military operation today in the West Bank. Jenin, Palestinian Territories: Israel launched a large-scale military operation today in the West Bank, where the army said it killed nine Palestinian fighters, while the nearly 11-month Gaza war showed no signs of abating. Violence has surged in the West Bank during the Gaza…

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Israel To Build New Jewish Settlement Between Jerusalem, West Bank: Report

August 15, 2024 admin

The construction is likely years away: Report (Representational) Jerusalem: Israel is to build the first West Bank settlement since 2017, announced the Israeli Civil Administration, the country’s governing body that operates in the West Bank, local media reported. Nahal Heletz, the new settlement, will cover approximately 148 acres (about 600,000 square metres) southwest of Jerusalem,…

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Hamas calls for independent Palestinian government in post-war Gaza

July 12, 2024 admin

Palestinian children inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas is suggesting during ceasefire negotiations that an independent government of non-partisan figures run post-war Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s political bureau said Friday. “We proposed that a…

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Israeli Driver Enters Palestine Territory, His Car Is Set On Fire

June 30, 2024 admin

Other footage revealed that the vehicle was set ablaze by the Palestinian attackers. West Bank: An Israeli citizen mistakenly entered the Palestinian town of Qalandiya, situated between Jerusalem and Ramallah, in West Bank and was soon met with aggression from local residents, leading to a violent confrontation. Videos circulating on social media show a mob…

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Israelis Allowed To Return To 3 Evacuated West Bank Settlements By Nation’s Army

May 22, 2024 admin

More than 500,000 Jewish settlers are now estimated to be living in the West Bank. (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli military has approved permission for Israelis to return to three former West Bank settlements they had been banned from entering since an evacuation ordered in 2005, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The three settlements, Sa-nur,…

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Hamas’ West Bank Commander Killed In Israeli Raids

May 5, 2024 admin

Tel Aviv: Hamas announced on Sunday that its commander in the West Bank is among the four people killed in a raid by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The man is identified as Alaa Shreiteh (45), West Bank commander of the al-Qassim brigades of Hamas. Shreiteh was earlier jailed in Israel between 2002 and 2016….

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5 Palestinian “Terrorists” Killed In West Bank Raid, Says Israeli Army

May 4, 2024 admin

The Gaza war started with an unprecedented Hamas attack on southern Israel. (File) Tulkarem: The Israeli army said troops killed five Palestinian “terrorists” barricaded in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. An AFP photographer saw a heavy military deployment in the village of Deir al-Ghusun, near the northern…

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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near Jenin: army

April 27, 2024 admin

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men at a military post near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and Palestinian officials reported. The incident occurred when several militants arrived in a vehicle and fired at soldiers stationed at the Salem military post at the entrance to Jenin, the…

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EU imposes sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

April 19, 2024 admin

European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS The European Union said on Friday it had agreed to impose sanctions against four people and two entities over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. The listed entities are Lehava, a radical right-wing Jewish supremacist group, and Hilltop Youth, the…

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Palestinian Teen Shot Dead During Israeli West Bank Raid: Report

March 30, 2024 admin

Violence in West Bank had already been on the rise before Israel-Hamas war Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Saturday, an incident which the Israeli military said was under review. There were confrontations with Israeli forces at…

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