This is Beirut, 06/01 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gunmen opened fire on vehicles, including a bus, on Monday near a village in the occupied West Bank, killing three people and wounding seven, the Israeli military and emergency services said. "Paramedics have confirmed the deaths of three victims, including two women and a man," emergency service provider Magen David Adom said, while the military ...
This is Beirut, 04/01 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The health ministry in the occupied West Bank said one person was killed and nine injured in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp, with the Israeli military saying Saturday it had opened fire at "terrorists". An 18-year-old man, Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer, "was killed by bullets from the (Israeli) occupation in the Balata camp" in the territory's ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A Palestinian woman was shot dead overnight at the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, with her family on Sunday accusing the Palestinian Authority's security forces of killing her. Shatha al-Sabbagh, a journalism student in her early 20s, was killed by a bullet to the head, which her family said was fired by a security forces sniper ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-20 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Sweden announced plans Friday to stop funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) in response to an Israeli ban, but pledged to increase its aid to Gaza via other groups. The government said funding earmarked for Gaza would total 800 million kronor ($72 million) in 2025, but aid to UNRWA, which totalled 451 million kronor in 2024, would ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-20 00:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on Israel's humanitarian obligations towards the Palestinians, at a time when the Israeli government is accused of obstructing access to aid in Gaza. The resolution, submitted by Norway, was adopted by a large ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-17 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that his country's forces would be free to act in the Gaza Strip even after its war with Hamas ends. "After eliminating Hamas's military and governmental capabilities in Gaza, Israel would have security control over Gaza with complete freedom of action" for the Israeli military, Katz said in a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The UN on Wednesday appealed for $4.07 billion to provide desperately needed aid in war-ravaged Gaza and the West Bank next year, saying that the actual amount needed was far higher. The aim will be to provide assistance to "the entire population of Gaza, estimated at 2.1 million people, and 900,000 people in the West Bank," the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-03 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military on Tuesday said it killed three Hamas members in an air strike near the occupied West Bank city of Tubas, after the Palestinian health ministry reported two dead. "Three Hamas terrorists who planned an imminent terrorist attack were eliminated" when the Israeli air force struck vehicles in the Aqaba area near Tubas, the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-01 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Palestinian health ministry said the Israeli army killed two people in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, after Israel's military announced a strike in the area of Jenin. The ministry said in a statement two people were killed "due to the occupation's aggression on the village of Siir in the Jenin district", referring to Israel. Hours ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-29 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A shooting at a bus near an Israeli settlement injured at least eight people on Friday in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli rescue service said. The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, claimed responsibility for the attack, which left more than a dozen bullet holes in the windshield of the bus. The attack occurred at an ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Palestinian Authority said two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank village of Yabad. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli forces entered the village on Sunday night, leading to clashes during which soldiers shot dead two Palestinians. The two dead were ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-22 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli authorities will stop holding Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank under administrative detention, or incarceration without trial, the defense ministry announced Friday. The practice allows for detainees to be held for long periods without being charged or appear in court, and is often used against Palestinians who Israel deems ...