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Palestinians are in the West Bank to welcome prisoners from Israel
Palestinians on Thursday welcomed over 100 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel in exchange for hostages held by Gaza’s Hamas. Alaa Zubeidi was among the families, dressed in black clothes, who gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah. In September, her eldest son Mohammad was killed by an Israeli drone strike in the West Bank…
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The World Health Organization’s chief says he was near the scene of Israel’s strikes
An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it had targeted a group of militants. A reserve soldier was killed in fighting in central Gaza on Thursday, the military said. eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli military operations…
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Israel says its soldiers likely shot the American activist
The US State Department has said Israel must quickly investigate the fatal shooting of an American woman by Israeli forces during a protest against Israeli settlements in West Bank. “Israeli security forces need to make some fundamental changes to the way they operate in the West Bank, including changes to their rules of engagement,” it…
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The Palestinian Militants in the West Bank have gained new skills
A Jordanian citizen on Sunday shot dead three Israeli police officers at a West Bank border crossing, the Israeli police said. The shooting comes after three attempts by Palestinian militants to set off car bombs in the territory. Hamas and its ally, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claimed an attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv in which…
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Residents of one area will be assessing the damage from Israel’s fighting in the West Bank
Israeli forces carried out raids in several areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the police said. At least two people were killed and several others were injured in the raids, an Israeli military spokesperson said. More than 600 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank since October,…
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A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
An Israeli air strike on a sports complex in Israel’s Golan Heights killed at least seven people, NPR reported. The strike came a day after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip killed more than 30 people. The attack came as Israel launched an operation to destroy Hamas targets in Gaza and the occupied…
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Israel was faced with an attack from Iran
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday called for the “strongest possible” response to the drone strike by Iran in the occupied West Bank. “In order to stop Iran’s efforts to harm Israel, we need the international community to come together,” he said. This comes after Iran said it had launched dozens ofdrones and missiles…
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Israel defends itself at the UN’s top court
Israel’s lawyer on Friday told the International Court of Justice that South Africa’s case against Israel for the alleged crimes of genocide against Palestinians was “a smear campaign”. The court will hear a request for an advisory opinion regarding Israeli policies in the West Bank. South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians…
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Israel pulls troops out of Gaza as combat focuses on one city
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the ongoing war with Gaza Strip’s militant group Hamas will continue for “many more months”. He further said that Israel would assume control of the Gaza side of the border with Egypt. Netanyahu has also said he won’t allow the internationally-backed Palestinian Authority, which administers some parts of the West…
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I think that the opinion of Mahmoud Abbas must go
Amid Israel’s war with Hamas, many Palestinians in the West Bank said they don’t accept evidence that Hamas targeted and killed civilians. During over two weeks of interviews, dozens of people said they don’t accept evidence that Hamas targeted and killed civilians. “Hamas made…most important action against Israel since its existence,” a Palestinian journalist and…
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A daily brief on how monkey laundering undermines research
Universities in Israel, Palestine and the West Bank work extensively with institutions overseas, but there’s little in the way of cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian institutions. Bar-Ilan University President Arie Zaban has said that the campus is empty because the start of academic year has been postponed and many PhD students and younger researchers have…
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Incendiary rhetoric has been unleashed by the war in Israel
Amid the Israel-Gaza conflict, Palestinians in the West Bank have used phrases like “it’s time for Nakba 2” and “mass displacement” to describe Israel’s treatment of them. On October 7, 2007, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant had said that Israel was fighting “human animals” and it was acting “according to the law”. Meanwhile, Israeli officials…
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Netanyahu is pushing back against the idea of a Palestinian Authority running Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Israeli Army would be the only force to take military responsibility for the Gaza Strip after the war with Hamas is over. Netanyahu added that a consolidation of Israel’s occupation in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem would not bring security to anyone.
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The White House says that Israel expanded its combat pauses to let civilians leave
The Palestinians are looking for a US proposal to force Israel to abide by it, the Palestinian ambassador to the US said. “The core issues that have stymied peacemakers for three decades have been the Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the Palestinians’ status in East Jerusalem,” Ahmed al-Sheikh said.
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The U.S. wants a pause in Gaza, not a cease-fire
The Israeli military said that it has carried out over 200 airstrikes in Gaza since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The military said that it has launched nearly 300 airstrikes against Hamas targets. It further said that it has carried out over 50 airstrikes in the West Bank since the beginning…
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There is a window for people in northern Gaza to flee to the south
As thousands of Palestinians are stuck in the West Bank after being forced to return to Gaza amid a conflict with Israel, one of their workers said, “We’re all stuck in the West Bank.” “I’m happy that my brother is alive, but it’s difficult to watch the lives of family and friends in Gaza from…
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Palestinian workers and their employers are being affected by the war in Israel
As Israel forces workers from Gaza back, thousands more remain stuck in the West Bank, NPR reported. Many workers from the Gaza Strip who were not detained after the attack are stuck in shelters in the West Bank. More than 18,000 work permits were issued to people from Gaza by Israel. Over 9,000 people have…
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Death and despair occur in Gazan Neighborhood hit by air strikes
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least three people and injured many others, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The airstrikes come amid an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza. Over 120 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, the United…
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In the city of Jenin, Israeli strikes and raids leave Palestinians wary
The Israeli military said it has carried out at least 300 airstrikes on the Hamas-led Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours. Among the targets was Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli military added. This comes after Israel carried out an airstrike on Sunday that killed at least two Palestinians in…
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Americans are Weary of Foreign Conflicts
Gaza has been under total blockade by Israel since the days after the October 7 attacks, according to Israeli officials. Gaza has been under total blockade by Israel since the days after the October 7 attacks, in which 1,400 people were killed. At least 80 people have been killed by Israeli forces in the West…
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After attacks in the West Bank, the Palestinians are bracing for more violence
Gaza’s Hamas rulers “have been under siege for so long and have been killed in such a way, this is why the war took place”, Abu Alaa, Mayor of the occupied village of Qusra in West Bank, said. “These people in Gaza have been under siege for so long and have been killed in such…
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Biden has an Unspoken message for Israel
The US is facing a shortage of ambassadors in the Middle East due to the recent Israel-Hamas conflict, an official said. The US has no ambassador to Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and the West Bank, the official added. Earlier this year, Vice President Joe Biden said that the US would not have a Ambassador to Israel…
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An reunion became a nightmare for an American family in Gaza
The US has raised its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank to level three and “reconsider travel”, respectively, amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The US is advising its citizens not to travel to any part of both Israel and the West Bank. The travel advisory for Gaza remains at level four, “do not…
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The families of hostages taken by Hamas are in need of a miracle
Hamas saw an opportunity as conditions in Gaza worsened for Palestinians and also in the West Bank as well, said Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland. Hamas also saw the “perfect political opportunity” to neutralise the influence of the Palestinian Authority in West Bank, led by Mahmoud…
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The Palestine attacker was in Tel Aviv and hurt 8 people
Israel has launched an operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank in order to capture a Palestinian militant and to destroy remnants of a Palestinian uprising against Israel’s open-ended occupation. Israel said it had launched the operation because some 50 attacks over the past year had emanated from Jenin. The Palestinian militant…