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Seven Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, authorities say. At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Sunday. In a separate incident, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian girl in …

The Palestinian Authority, which said it was informed by Israeli authorities, announced Thayer Aweidat, a member of the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, was among the dead New Delhi: For two weeks after Palestinian mother Basma Aweidat received the devastating news her son had been shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, she was …

Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention have taken a series of actions against recent restrictions imposed on them by authorities, prisoner rights groups said, adding that Israeli measures amounted to collective punishment. All prisoners are refusing to step out of their cells for their allocated yard time since Israeli prison authorities on February 5 decreased the …

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Tensions have reached boiling point in several Israeli prisons holding Palestinian prisoners, with rights groups saying authorities are keeping a number of inmates, including several injured by Israeli forces, in unknown conditions. “The situation in the prisons is critical and very dangerous,” Milena Ansari, international advocacy officer for Addameer, a Ramallah-based prisoners rights group, told …

Jarrar, a left-wing figure and member of the now-defunct PLC, was released by Israeli authorities on Sunday. Palestinian political and civil society leader Khalida Jarrar, 58, has been released after close to two years in Israeli prisons. Israeli authorities released Jarrar, a left-wing figure and member of the now-defunct Palestinian Legislative Council, at the Salem checkpoint west of Jenin city …

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Palestinian officials accuse Israel of ‘medical negligence’ after Hussein Masalmah dies of cancer months after release. Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Former Palestinian prisoner Hussein Masalmah has died, seven months after being released from Israeli custody due to illness related to leukaemia, with Palestinian officials accusing Israeli authorities of “medical negligence” over his case. Similarly, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said …

Israeli authorities refuse to grant licenses to Palestinian water authorities to operate freely in areas under complete Israeli security control. “We demand the drilling of new wells in the West Bank to increase the quantities of available water and not be subject to Israeli control, because water is one of the basics of stability and liberation, and any state without …

Israeli forces bomb police headquarters and security buildings in Gaza as authorities say 69 Palestinians killed, including 17 children, since the escalation began. “I think it has for a very long time failed to represent the Palestinian people adequately … Palestinian official leadership at this point should be pivoting to encourage diplomatic capitals to impose sanctions on Israel, to have …