RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces detained 35 more Palestinians in West Bank on Monday, taking the tally of detainees in the occupied territory to 4,730 since Oct. 7, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The arrests took place in the cities of Nablus, Tulkarem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and East Jerusalem, the Commission for Detai...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army arrested at least 20 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian Authority Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. The Palestinians were detained in Hebron, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Jenin, Qalqilya and Tubas...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has defended the violence by illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Violence by illegal Jewish settlers “is a marginal phenomenon and there is a sharp decrease in the actions of Jews against Arabs,” Ben-Gvir said during a situation assessment meeting cited by Israeli publ...
BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement identified the victim as Mahmoud Muhammad Zaaoul, 16, in the town of Husan west of Bethlehem. His death brought the tally of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday voiced his objection to allowing Palestinian workers to return to work in Israel. “My position on the matter is known to all — the introduction of Palestinian workers from the Palestinian Authority, which supports terrorism, into the State of Isra...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up 30 more Palestinians in the West Bank, a prisoners’ affairs groups said on Tuesday. The new arrests brought the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in the occupied territory to 4,605 since October 7, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian P...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Attacks by “extremist settlers” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “must stop,” US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Monday. “Attacks by extremist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable,R...
TUBAS, Palestine (AA) – At least four young Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces raided the Al-Far’a refugee camp near the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday. The Israeli army raided the camp Monday morning. The raid marked the second such incident within two weeks, a […]...
BEIRUT (AA) – A Hamas official on Sunday said discussions about another prisoner exchange deal with Tel Aviv were not possible until the Israeli army withdrew from the Gaza Strip and implemented a permanent truce. Khalil Al-Haye, a Hamas representative based in Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that they will continue their resistance against Isr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack targeting the Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian media reported. The young men, with their ages ranging between 22 and 33, were killed in an Israeli attack on the refugee camp in the city of […]