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Gaza health officials say they lost the ability to count dead as Israeli offensive intensifies

JERUSALEM — Palestinian health officials in Gaza said Tuesday that they have lost the ability to count the dead because of the collapse of parts of the enclave’s health system and the difficulty of retrieving bodies from areas overrun by Israeli tanks and troops. “No one has correct numbers, that’s not possible anymore,” Health Ministry official Mehdat Abbas said. Who …

Hundreds likely dead in Gaza hospital blast, as Israeli blockade cripples medical response

Dead or alive? The Palestinians wrongly declared 'martyrs'

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 …

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Mohammad Hoshiyeh and Fouad Abed were the first Palestinians killed by Israeli forces this year. Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. The two men shot dead on Monday are the first Palestinians to be killed by …

Fulla Rasmi Abdelazeez Masalmeh, 15, was shot and killed by the Israeli army while in a vehicle near the town of Ramallah. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the town of Beitunia near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli army statement said soldiers spotted a “suspicious vehicle accelerating …

Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian youth near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. He was shot dead just after midnight on Thursday near the Israeli military DCO checkpoint at the northern entrance to Ramallah in the central West Bank. The official news agency for the Palestinian Authority, Wafa, said the Israeli army had …

Large Israeli raid in Jenin leaves one Palestinian dead

Mohammad Sabaaneh, 29, was killed during a military raid on Jenin city in the occupied West Bank. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man during a large military raid on the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Mohammad Musa Saba'na, 29, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli large-scale military …

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shut down several Palestinian civil society organisations in the West Bank, a few hours after a Palestinian man was shot dead during armed clashes that broke out following an Israeli raid on …

Colleagues of the slain Al Jazeera journalist say in life and death, she inspired them to tell the story of Palestinians. Shireen!” Within minutes, many of them were either in front of, or behind the camera, doing live news bulletins and telling the whole world the dreadful news as they received it: “Shireen was dead.” While still in shock over …

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli army in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead 21-year-old Bakeer Mohammad Hashash during an army raid on Balata refugee camp near Nablus. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces during a confrontation that followed an army raid on Balata refugee camp near the northern city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. A protest ensued in …

Security forces shoot dead two Palestinians, wound 450 more as they marched across the West Bank to mark Nakba Day. Ramallah and Beit El, Occupied West Bank – Israeli forces shot dead at least two Palestinians and wounded hundreds more in the occupied West Bank during protests to mark the Nakba, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their …