Israel to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks in a move that could further raise tensions
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks in a move that could further raise tensions

ABC  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a series of punitive steps against Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. Key points: Israel's government wants to make it easier for Israelis to get gun licences It will also cancel welfare payments for the families of attackers Following recent fatal shootings, a 13-year-old Palestine boy shot and wounded an Israeli man and his son The announcement has threatened to further raise tensions, following one of the bloodiest months in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in several years. Mr Netanyahu's Security Cabinet, which is filled by hardline politicians who support further Israeli settlements in the West Bank, approved the measures after a pair of shootings that included an attack outside an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night, in which seven people were killed. A shooting wounded two people in Jerusalem as Israel's military said it was boosting its forces in the occupied West Bank after a Palestinian gunman shot dead seven people near a synagogue.

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Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion

Associated Press  

BEIT EL, West Bank — As Donald Trump’s victory became apparent in last week’s U.S. elections, Jewish West Bank settlement advocates popped bottles of champagne and danced to the Bee Gees at a winery in the heart of the occupied territory, according to a post on Instagram. Not only did the expansion of housing for Jews in the West Bank …

New Law Lets Israel Deport Families Of Palestinians Believed To Be 'Terrorists'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New Law Lets Israel Deport Families Of Palestinians Believed To Be 'Terrorists'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. The law would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed east Jerusalem who knew about their family members’ attacks beforehand or …

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers

The Hindu  

Israel’s Parliament passed a law early on Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. It would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed east Jerusalem who knew about their family members’ attacks beforehand or who “express support or identification …

Strikes on Gaza kill 18 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Strikes on Gaza kill 18 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike

Deccan Chronicle  

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 18 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb. In Gaza, an Israeli strike earlier on Sunday hit a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians …

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years

Associated Press  

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlement homes, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. Half a century of settlements Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. In 56 years, …

Photos: Ultranationalist Israelis march in Palestinian area of Jerusalem
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Photos: Ultranationalist Israelis march in Palestinian area of Jerusalem

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis have taken part in an annual march through a Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City, with some marchers chanting “Death to Arabs.” Jerusalem has been mostly calm throughout Israel’s war on Gaza, but the march could ignite widespread tensions, as it did three years ago, when it helped set off an 11-day war in Gaza. …

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal
10 months ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive. International law expert Paul Reichler, representing the Palestinians, told the …

Top UN court to open hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.
10 months ago

Top UN court to open hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Historic hearings are opening on …

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal
10 months ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal

LA Times  

Riad al Maliki, Palestinian National Authority foreign affairs minister, center, and Riyad Mansour, the authority’s U.N. representative, right, take their seats at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday. Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al Maliki told the International Court of Justice that “2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, are besieged and bombed, …

Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts
1 year ago

Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts

Al Jazeera  

As Gaza reels from Israel’s devastating bombardments, here’s a brief history of the conflict using maps and charts. Israel captured East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967 along with the West Bank – a step not recognised by the international community. A second agreement in 1995 divided the occupied West Bank into three parts – Area A, B and …

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war
1 year, 1 month ago

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war

Associated Press  

QUSRA, West Bank — When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. “It’s like I’m in a prison.” The flashpoint Palestinian town of Hawara, once a bustling hub of commerce along the West Bank's main highway, is seen …

Israel police confirm three gunmen killed in Jerusalem attack
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel police confirm three gunmen killed in Jerusalem attack

The Hindu  

Three gunmen who attacked a checkpoint near Jerusalem on Thursday, wounding six security forces, were killed as Israeli police fended them off, police said. National police chief Kobi Shabtai told reporters the attackers carried pistols, axes and ammunition for "a major attack or a massacre in Israel". Four members of the security services suffered gunshot wounds, including one who was …

Israel will have security responsibility in Palestine ‘indefinitely’
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel will have security responsibility in Palestine ‘indefinitely’

Live Mint  

Israel-Gaza War: The war between Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel and Hamas fighters from Palestine's Gaza completed a month on 7 November. Benjamin Netanyahu, backed by world leaders like US in their ‘effort to defend’, have bombarded refugee camps killing thousands of children, prompting United Nations head to call Gaza ‘graveyard of children’. Since Israel unleashed its brutal bombing campaign in Gaza …

Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms
1 year, 1 month ago

Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms

LA Times  

The Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with airstrikes Monday, preparing for expected ground battles with Hamas militants in Gaza’s largest city and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war. A strike early Monday hit the roof of Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, killing a number of displaced people sheltering on …

Scenes from Hamas’s morning rocket attack on Israel
1 year, 2 months ago

Scenes from Hamas’s morning rocket attack on Israel

Al Jazeera  

A barrage of rockets was fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip as fighters from the blockaded Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, with at least one person killed, the army and medics said. Air raid sirens wailed across southern and central Israel, with the army urging people to stay close to bomb shelters. Israel’s military said Hamas launched “massive shooting of …

Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates

NPR  

Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates Enlarge this image toggle caption Majdi Mohammed/AP Majdi Mohammed/AP NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli airstrikes struck militant sites in Gaza on Sunday for the third straight day, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and …

Israeli forces raid a West Bank town, sparking a firefight that kills a Palestinian teacher
1 year, 3 months ago

Israeli forces raid a West Bank town, sparking a firefight that kills a Palestinian teacher

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Friday raided a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, besieging an apartment and sparking a gunfight with local militants that killed an apparently uninvolved Palestinian teacher, Palestinian health officials and the man’s family said. The Israeli army said it was not specifically aware of Ghannam’s situation but that soldiers reported they killed one …

Israeli West Bank raid kills 2 Palestinians and a court releases a settler charged in shooting death
1 year, 4 months ago

Israeli West Bank raid kills 2 Palestinians and a court releases a settler charged in shooting death

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, in the latest violence to shake the region. Some of that violence has been perpetrated by radical Jewish settlers in the West Bank and on Tuesday, an Israeli court released from detention …

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions
1 year, 4 months ago

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli security forces on Tuesday demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack earlier this year, the military said, the latest incursion to fuel tensions in the occupied territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, which has taken a hard line against the Palestinians, has vowed to …

Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian motorist after alleged car-ramming attack in West Bank
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian motorist after alleged car-ramming attack in West Bank

Associated Press  

SEBASTIA, West Bank — Israeli forces on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian in disputed circumstances in the northern part of the occupied West Bank — the latest in an ongoing surge of violence that has gripped the region. The shooting came hours after a 17-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire elsewhere in the West Bank. More than 150 …

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

Associated Press  

JENIN, West Bank — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. “We will eradicate terrorism wherever we see it and we will …

Israel launches most intense military operation in West Bank in years; at least 8 Palestinians dead
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel launches most intense military operation in West Bank in years; at least 8 Palestinians dead

LA Times  

Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid Monday on the Palestinian militant stronghold of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. Lynn Hastings, …

UN slams Israel’s use of ‘advanced military weaponry’ in Jenin
1 year, 6 months ago

UN slams Israel’s use of ‘advanced military weaponry’ in Jenin

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp on Monday to arrest two suspects. The violence in the occupied West Bank “risks spiralling out of control”, according to the United Nations human rights chief who condemned Israel’s use of deadly force in a raid in the Jenin refugee camp that killed at least seven Palestinians, including children. “This week’s violence in …

Four Israeli settlers killed in attack in the occupied West Bank
1 year, 6 months ago

Four Israeli settlers killed in attack in the occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

The shooting carried out by two Palestinians took place near the illegal settlement of Eli and came a day after a deadly Israeli raid in Jenin. ‘Legitimate right’ The shooting came a day after six Palestinians were killed in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank during a large-scale Israeli military incursion. Israel’s hard-right government is set on expanding …

Jerusalem’s redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation
1 year, 6 months ago

Jerusalem’s redesigned Tower of David museum opens after 3-year renovation

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Jerusalem’s iconic citadel has opened its revamped museum after a three-year, $50 million makeover that included a restoration of its signature minaret. The new entrance pavilion nearing completion realigns the museum’s flow from the plaza outside the Jaffa Gate through the castle’s interior, making the museum a “gateway to Jerusalem,” said Eilat Lieber, the museum’s director. The museum’s …

Extremist Israel Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
1 year, 7 months ago

Extremist Israel Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site

The Independent  

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Why do Jerusalem tensions fuel regionwide unrest?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why do Jerusalem tensions fuel regionwide unrest?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — It’s become something of a grim, springtime tradition in the Holy Land. That’s according to informal rules established after the 1967 Mideast war in which Israel captured east Jerusalem where the shrine is located, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip. East Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, includes the Old City, with major sites sacred to …

Why do Jerusalem tensions fuel regionwide unrest?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why do Jerusalem tensions fuel regionwide unrest?

India Today  

It’s become something of a grim, springtime tradition in the Holy Land. That’s according to informal rules established after the 1967 Mideast war in which Israel captured east Jerusalem where the shrine is located, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip. East Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, includes the Old City, with major sites sacred to Jews, Christians …

Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting
1 year, 8 months ago

Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said two soldiers were wounded, one severely, Saturday evening in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in months-long violence between Israel and the Palestinians. “The resistance in the West Bank can surprise the occupation every time and the occupation cannot enjoy safety,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said. Violence has surged in …

Israel, Palestinians aim to curb violence as holiday nears
1 year, 9 months ago

Israel, Palestinians aim to curb violence as holiday nears

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Israel and the Palestinians pledged Sunday at a meeting in Egypt to take steps to lower tensions ahead of a sensitive holiday season — including a partial freeze on Israeli settlement activity and an agreement to work together to “curb and counter violence.” But a Palestinian shooting attack that wounded two Israelis in the occupied West Bank underscored …

Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2
1 year, 9 months ago

Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. And earlier, a prominent Israeli Cabinet minister and settler leader had called for Israel to strike “without mercy.” Late Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 37-year-old …

Gaza rockets, Israeli strikes follow deadly West Bank raid
1 year, 10 months ago

Gaza rockets, Israeli strikes follow deadly West Bank raid

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave early Thursday after a gunbattle triggered by an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank killed 10 Palestinians. The Israeli military said Palestinian militants fired six rockets and two anti-aircraft missiles from the Gaza Strip toward the country’s …

10 Palestinians killed, scores wounded in Israeli army raid in occupied West Bank
1 year, 10 months ago

10 Palestinians killed, scores wounded in Israeli army raid in occupied West Bank

LA Times  

Israeli forces conducted a rare daytime raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, triggering fighting that left at least 10 people dead and streets littered with debris. Israeli forces on Wednesday stormed into a major Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank for a rare daylight arrest raid, triggering a fierce gun battle that killed at least …

Israeli police: 2 killed, 5 wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming
1 year, 10 months ago

Israeli police: 2 killed, 5 wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian plowed a car into a crowded bus stop in east Jerusalem on Friday, killing two people, including a 6-year-old, and injuring five others before being shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said, the latest escalation as violence grips the contested capital. “I was in the car with my wife and children and noticed a car …

Car ramming kills two people in occupied East Jerusalem
1 year, 10 months ago

Car ramming kills two people in occupied East Jerusalem

Al Jazeera  

Driver rams a car into a crowded bus stop in illegal Israeli settlement of Ramot before being shot and killed. A Palestinian has rammed a car into a crowded bus stop in occupied East Jerusalem, killing two people, including a child, before being shot and killed, Israeli police and medics say. The car ramming on Friday took place in the …

Israel steps up Jerusalem home demolitions as violence rises
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel steps up Jerusalem home demolitions as violence rises

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Ratib Matar’s family was growing. Israel’s new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called not only for the sealing of the assailant’s family home, but also the immediate demolition of dozens of Palestinian homes built without permits in east Jerusalem, among other punitive steps. For many Palestinians, the gathering pace of home demolitions is part of the new …

Explained: The increasing Israel-Palestine tensions and Netanyahu’s plans to arm citizens
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: The increasing Israel-Palestine tensions and Netanyahu’s plans to arm citizens

Firstpost  

Tensions between Israel and Palestine continue to escalate with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing he will make it easier for citizens to obtain guns among a slew of other measures to “strengthen Jewish settlements”. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli police sealed up the east Jerusalem home of a 21-year-old Palestinian attacker who killed seven people and wounded three outside a synagogue …

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet, which is filled by hard-line politicians aligned with the West Bank …

Israel is moving to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel is moving to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks

NPR  

Israel is moving to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks Enlarge this image toggle caption Ariel Schalit/AP Ariel Schalit/AP JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis …

Palestinian gunman opens fire outside Jerusalem synagogue, kills seven
1 year, 10 months ago

Palestinian gunman opens fire outside Jerusalem synagogue, kills seven

Firstpost  

The attack, which occurred as residents were observing the Jewish sabbath, came a day after an Israeli military raid killed nine people in the West Bank Jerusalem: A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before he was shot and killed by police, officials said. …

Two Israelis wounded in occupied East Jerusalem shooting
1 year, 10 months ago

Two Israelis wounded in occupied East Jerusalem shooting

Al Jazeera  

The incident comes a day after a Palestinian killed seven people near a synagogue following Israel’s deadly raid in the Jenin refugee camp. Two people have been wounded in a shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem, officials said, a day after seven people were killed in an attack near a synagogue in the city. A police spokesman told Israel’s Army …

Israel, Gaza fighters trade fire after deadly West Bank raid
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel, Gaza fighters trade fire after deadly West Bank raid

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out airstrikes early Friday as tensions soared following an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman. Thursday’s gun battle that left nine dead and 20 wounded erupted when Israel’s military conducted a rare daytime operation in the Jenin …

Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue
1 year, 10 months ago

Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue

LA Times  

Palestinian protesters burn tires and wave their national flag during a demonstration against a deadly Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before he was shot and killed by police, officials said. Defense Minister Yoav …

New Israeli government takes steps to penalize Palestinians
1 year, 11 months ago

New Israeli government takes steps to penalize Palestinians

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — In some of its first acts since coming to power, Israel’s new Security Cabinet approved a series of punitive steps against the Palestinian leadership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Friday. Israel’s Security Cabinet described the Palestinian Authority’s request to the U.N. as a “decision to wage political and legal war against the State of Israel.” “The current …

UN seeks court opinion on ‘violation’ of Palestinian rights
1 year, 11 months ago

UN seeks court opinion on ‘violation’ of Palestinian rights

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. Friday’s resolution asked the International Court of Justice, commonly known as the world court, to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of It also asked the …

UN seeks court opinion on 'violation' of Palestinian rights
1 year, 11 months ago

UN seeks court opinion on 'violation' of Palestinian rights

ABC  

Palestinians are welcoming a vote by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice for an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Key points: The UN request was promoted by the Palestinians and strongly opposed by Israel World court rulings are not legally binding, but influence international opinion Israel did …

Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing teen and wounding 18
2 years, 1 month ago

Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing teen and wounding 18

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were attacks by Palestinians. Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians after what Israel said was an armed attack in the occupied West Bank. The violence occurred hours …

Palestinian militant group accuses Israel of killing fighter
2 years, 2 months ago

Palestinian militant group accuses Israel of killing fighter

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — A Palestinian militant group accused Israel on Sunday of killing one of its top fighters in a targeted attack deep inside a West Bank city, promising to unleash a fierce response. An Israeli military official said al-Kilani was connected to a deadly shooting attack last week that killed an Israeli soldier, as well as several other …

Israeli settlers rampage in Palestinian town in West Bank
2 years, 2 months ago

Israeli settlers rampage in Palestinian town in West Bank

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — A group of Jewish settlers rampaged through a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank on Thursday, attacking shops and residents with stones and iron bars, according to Palestinian reports and amateur video from the scene. Clashes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem wounded 18 Palestinians late Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported, saying Israeli settlers …

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