In a sign of Israel’s fractured political rift, thousands of Israelis marched towards Evyatar, an empty outpost in the West Bank, in support of the expansion of settlements. Israeli-Palestinian violence has escalated this year, with frequent military raids and violence by Israeli settlers amid Palestinian attacks. More than 90 Palestinians and at least 19 Israelis […]
In the second instance, police entered the compound late at night and tried to evict worshipers using stun grenades and firing rubber bullets, said employees of the Waqf, the Waqf, the Jordanian-appointed Islamic organization that manages the compound. Witnesses said that worshipers threw objects at the police. The Palestinian Red Crescent said six people were […]
The airstrikes were followed by fresh rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, and at around 6:15 am (0415 GMT), Israeli jets carried out new strikes on the area, according to AFP reporters. No injuries were reported after the first series of raids. Earlier, dozens of protesters took to the streets in Gaza overnight and burned […]
The raid came two days after two people were killed in clashes with Israeli forces amid fears of an escalation in clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Since the start of the year, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of at least 90 Palestinians, 15 Israelis and one Ukranian, according to an […]
In Sunday’s talks Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed to “establish a mechanism to prevent and counter violence, provocations and inflammatory statements and actions,” which will report to a new meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh in April. It did not provide further details on the mechanism. According to the joint statement, participants in the talks “stressed the […]
Palestinian health officials said 82 people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Nablus resident Mustafa Shahin said “troops … surrounded the whole area” at around 9:30 a.m. (0730 GMT). “We kept hearing explosions and gunfire,” he told AFP. The wounded included Palestinian TV journalist Mohammed al Khatib, who was shot in the arm, his aide told […]
PM reiterates call for collective stand of Muslim nations on Palestine
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has ebbed and flowed through decades of wars, insurgencies, and peace talks. Now Israel has normalized relations with more Arab countries, while the Palestinians become more isolated and divided. With the prospects for political progress bleak for years and with world powers now distracted by the Ukraine war, violence continues to escalate. […]
Friday’s stampede, he said, “was much more than an attack on individuals. It was also an attack on the universal act of practicing one’s faith. We condemn it in the strongest terms.” “And we condemn all who celebrate these and any other acts of terrorism that take innocent lives, no matter who the victim is […]
The shooting poses a challenge to Netanyahu, who returned to power in December at the head of a hard-right nationalist government that promised to improve personal security for Israelis after deadly Palestinian street attacks last year. . The Israeli army said on Saturday it was sending additional troops to the West Bank, which has seen […]
A Palestinian gunman killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue during the Jewish Sabbath on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Israelis in years, sparking widespread violence. The shooting came a day after a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which included an army raid in the occupied West Bank that killed […]
Seven people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting at a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday. Israel’s Foreign Ministry gave this information. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five, and said that another five people were injured and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described […]
Bangladesh strongly condemned the violence and killing of 10 Palestinians, including children and the elderly, by Israeli occupation forces in the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday, the foreign ministry said. The massacre injured dozens of people, the storming of the Jenin hospital as well as the facilities at the Jenin refugee camp. Bangladesh regularly expresses […]
The army has said only that its “forces are operating in Jenin”. Thursday’s death brings to 29 the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year, including combatants and civilians, most of whom were shot by Israeli forces. Jenin’s deputy governor, Kamal Abu al-Rab, told AFP that residents were living in […]
“The more we make things difficult on the occupation, the more we confront and harm it, the more we can thwart its policies.” Last year saw the worst violence in the West Bank in more than a decade as the army carried out near-daily raids on cities such as Nablus and Jenin following deadly attacks […]