This is Beirut, 30/01 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's military confirmed Thursday that it had killed 10 Palestinians in a strike on a village in the occupied West Bank the day before, saying it had targeted militants. During a joint "counterterrorism" operation by the military and domestic security agency, an air force "aircraft struck a gathering of armed terrorists in the area of Tamun" ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli military on Monday said it had "eliminated over 15 terrorists" and arrested 40 wanted people during a major raid that began last week in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The raid began two days after a truce took hold in the Gaza Strip. The military said in a statement that during the Jenin operation troops seized dozens of ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation there. The Israeli military this week launched a raid in the Jenin area, a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, days into a ceasefire in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 23/01 04:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank was under heavy fire and explosions on Wednesday, the second day of Israel's ‘Iron Wall’ operation, launched just after the start of the truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. ‘The situation is very difficult. The occupying army has bulldozed all the roads leading to Jenin camp and the ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 17:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank's Jenin that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to "eradicate terrorism" in the area. The Palestinian health ministry, based in Ramallah, said the operation had killed eight people, just days after a ceasefire between Israel and ...
This is Beirut, 19/01 20:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said on Sunday that the three released hostages had crossed into Israeli territory accompanied by its troops. "A short while ago, accompanied by IDF (military) and ISA (security agency) forces, the released hostages crossed the border into Israeli territory. The released hostages are currently on their way to an initial ...
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 ...