WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of 103 US lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 716 Palestinians, including 160 children, have been killed by Israeli army and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, Palestine’s Health Ministry says. A ministry statement said the death toll from Israeli aggression in the West Bank has reached 716, with 5,750 wounded since ...
ANKARA (AA) – China has urged Israel to immediately halt building illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and implement a UN resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza, state-run media reported. Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said countries should take a responsible attitude and concrete a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the official news agency Wafa. Wafa said three young men lost their lives by Israeli fire during a military raid in the town of Qabatiya near Jenin. Israeli forces surrounded a […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian school in the Mu’arrajat area, northwest of the West Bank city of Jericho, according to a local activist. Students and teachers were assaulted by illegal settlers during the attack on the Arab al-Ka’abneh Primary School, injuring several people and besieging...
Tubas, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP The families of Palestinians killed in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas held funerals on Friday after Israeli forces withdrew following their latest raid in the territory. The Israeli military had said earlier in a statement on Wednesday that its forces were engaged in [&...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s war on Gaza has decimated the occupied Strip and devastated Gaza’s economy, shrinking it to less than one-sixth of its 2022 level, amid an “alarming decline” in the West Bank, the UN has said. Since Israel launched its genocidal offensive on the Gaza Strip more than 11 months ago...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Patty Murray and Representative Pramila Jayapal have urged the Biden administration to conduct an independent, US-led investigation into the killing last week of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “Our hearts are with her family, friends, colleagues and co...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army killed a Palestinian man in the Far’a refugee camp in Tubas city, as it continued targeting the northern occupied West Bank. A medical source in the Tubas Government Hospital identified the slain Palestinian as Sufyan Abdul Jawad, 46, who was shot by an Israeli soldier’s bullet in h...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has said that it has again closed the King Hussein Bridge (Allenby) Crossing with the West Bank to both outbound and inbound travelers, as well as cargo, hours after statements regarding its reopening. In a statement from the Public Security Directorate, which operates under the Interior Ministry, authorities ...
