RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has demolished three Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, according to a local Palestinian official. One of the two homes demolished in the village of Furush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley area was under construction, Azem Haj Muhammad, head of the village’s council, said. He said [&he...
JERICHO, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday raided the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in eastern West Bank, triggering clashes with local Palestinians, witnesses said. According to these witnesses, the Israelis besieged a Palestinian home, and detained one person before withdrawing from the camp. At least two Palestinians were injured from ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army raided several areas in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, detaining 13 Palestinians and triggering clashes. Local sources said that the Israeli forces injured a Palestinian in the Dheisha refugees camp in southern Bethlehem, and dozens of others suffered asphyxiation from tear gas. The Palest...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – – AFP Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said 21-year-old Ayed Samih Khaled was “shot by live occupation (Israeli) bullets fired to the head” in the Nur Shams camp near the norther...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, according to local medics. Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at a school, eyewitnesses said. Dozens suffered temporary asphyxiation from the Israeli tear gas, including...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was killed by security forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday, according to witnesses. In a statement, Palestinian police spokesman Louay Irziqat said one person was killed by gunfire inside the Tulkarem refugee camp. An investigation has been launched into the incident. Eyewitnesses said...
LONDON (AA) – The EU has “strongly” condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comments on the freedom of movement of Arabs in the occupied West Bank. The EU recalled that ties between Israel and the EU should be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, Palestine’s official news a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday detained 40 Palestinians in separate areas of the occupied West Bank. The non-profit Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement that the Israeli forces made the arrests during a “detention campaign” in Hebron, Tulkarm, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus, Jericho, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem. Acc...
RAMALLAH/ANKARA (AA) – The UK’s Deputy Consul General to Jerusalem visited the West Bank on Thursday because of increasing illegal Jewish settlements and settler violence against Palestinians. Alison McEwen visited the Burqa village in Ramallah and the Ein Samiya region to observe the latest developments in the region. He expressed solid...
Zababdeh, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager near the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, troops made two arrests in the deadly Monday shooting of a settler near the city of Hebron. “Othman Mohammed Abu Khurog, 17, di...