LAST UPDATE: 14:08 Israel’s military announced today that it is preparing to carry out raids that will last “a week” in the Gaza Strip, where it is stepping up its strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group. A military spokesman said the army was “preparing for a week-long operation” and “is not currently negotiating a […]
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Israel: Army raids will last a week – Sirens sounded in Israel
LAST UPDATE: 18:37 Israel’s military announced today that it is preparing to carry out raids that will last “a week” in the Gaza Strip, where it is stepping up its strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group. A military spokesman said the army was “preparing for a week-long operation” and “is not currently negotiating a […]
Palestinian died 4 days after being wounded by Israeli soldiers
A 59-year-old Palestinian man succumbed to his injuries four days after being injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today. The man, identified as Hussein Kawari and a resident of the village of Awarta, was hit at a checkpoint near Huwara, south of Nablus. Israeli forces, […]
Palestine: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in clash in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a gun battle in the occupied West Bank before dawn today. Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death of two men and said six others were injured in the clash at a house in the Palestinian city of Nablus. The Fatah al-Aqsa […]
Biden reiterates support for two-state solution to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US President Joe Biden today reiterated American support for a two-state solution to end the years-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hours before his scheduled meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. Biden’s visit has been met with intense skepticism by Palestinians, who say their concerns about issues such as the right to self-determination and the construction […]
Rare meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Benny Gantz ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel and Palestine
Six months after their meeting in Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met in preparation for the visit of US President Joe Biden. The rare meeting on Thursday night took place on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and was intended to “discuss political and military […]
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli army fire in the West Bank
A Palestinian was killed today during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said. Rafik Riad Ghanem was killed “in Jenin this morning,” the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced. He was 20 years old, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency. At the moment the […]
17-year-old Palestinian who was shot by Israeli soldiers succumbs to his injuries
A Palestinian teenager who was wounded on Saturday by fire from Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank succumbed today, the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry announced. Kamel Alaunach, 17, succumbed to his wounds “to the abdomen and hand”. Israeli soldiers shot him in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to the source. The […]
West Bank: Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli army
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian early this morning during clashes in the occupied West Bank in Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Mohamed Murray, 25, was killed by a bullet that hit him in the chest, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Palestinian was […]
Israel to grant new permits to Palestinians to work in processing to fill vacancies
Israel’s cabinet approves 3,500 additional permits for Palestinian workers in Israel’s manufacturing and services sector to 12,000 to help alleviate shortage of skilled workers, the economy ministry said today, according to Reuters. . Workers from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967, need permits to cross […]