Tag: 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. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the man as 21-year-old Bakeer Mohammad Hashash and said he was shot dead at dawn on […]

Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge have launched a boycott of Israel’s military courts in the occupied West Bank, as prisoner groups warn that one detainee on hunger strike faces “imminent danger of death”. In an escalatory step agreed by Palestinian political parties, the 500 so-called administrative detainees began new year by refusing to […]

Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian who was allegedly running towards them with a knife at a bus station in the occupied West Bank, the army said. Citing an initial investigation, it said in a statement on Friday that the man had arrived at a junction near the Jewish settlement of Ariel in a […]

Jewish settlers have burst into several villages in the occupied West Bank, smashing homes and cars and beating up at least two people, Palestinian officials have said. Friday’s attacks came a day after Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli man in a shooting ambush in the territory. Settlers attack Palestinian villages after West Bank killing | […]

A Palestinian man has been killed during an armed confrontation with Israeli forces in the northern occupied West Bank, security and medical sources said. Palestinian sources identified the man as Jamil al-Kayyal, 31, saying he died on Monday as a result of bullet shots to his head following a gunfight in the Ras al-Ain area […]

Palestinians living in rural areas have begun casting their votes in the first phase of municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Voting on Saturday takes place in 154 villages and local councils located in the West Bank, with polling stations closing at 7pm local time (21:00 GMT). No ballots, however, will be cast, in […]

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki’s VIP permit was seized by Israel on his way back to the occupied West Bank. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/israel-revokes-permit-of-palestinian-foreign-minister

Mohammed Najib Unprecedented settler violence during the past few months in the occupied West Bank is raising fears the situation may escalate out of control. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/18/israeli-settler-attacks-surge-against-palestinians

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