West Bank

West Bank risks ‘spiralling out of control’ – UN rights chief

GENEVA, June 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations high commissioner for human rights said on Friday that the situation in the occupied West Bank was deteriorating sharply, adding that Israeli…

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Israeli troops, backed by helicopter, kill 3 Palestinians in clash

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank, June 19 (Reuters) - Israeli commandos killed three Palestinians, including a teenager, during an unusually fierce clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid, Palestinian officials say

By Ali Sawafta JERICHO, West Bank, May 1 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a morning arrest raid that led to clashes in a refugee camp…

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Two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting attack

JERUSALEM, April 7 (Reuters) - Two Israelis were killed on Friday in a shooting attack on their car in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said. The attack came with…

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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank arrest raid

RAMALLAH, West Bank, April 3 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian gunmen during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday, militant factions and medics said, and the…

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Palestinian death toll from Israeli raid on Nablus reaches 9

NABLUS, West Bank, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 90 others during a raid on a…

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Israeli army reinforces in West Bank after synagogue shooting

Shootings follow Israeli West Bank raid, Gaza strikes Netanyahu's cabinet to meet Saturday Security minister Ben-Gvir says Israel 'has to respond' By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Israeli military…

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Israel hits Gaza as conflict flares after West Bank clashes

Israeli jets struck Gaza overnight on Friday in retaliation for two rockets fired by Palestinian militants, further escalating tensions after one of the worst days of violence in the occupied…

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Two Palestinians killed in West Bank raids

JERUSALEM, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Two Palestinians, including a 17-year-old, were shot dead during clashes with the Israeli military near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin early on Monday,…

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian girl during West Bank firefight

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian girl during a firefight with militants during a raid in the city of Jenin on Sunday, authorities said, as a…

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2022 likely deadliest for Palestinians in West Bank since 2005

The U.N. Mideast envoy said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started tracking fatalities in 2005, and he…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank clash

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli border police on Satursday shot and killed a Palestinian who was throwing a firebomb at them during a clash in the occupied West Bank,…

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Two Palestinian gunmen, Israeli army officer killed in West Bank clash

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday in a clash near the boundary with the occupied West Bank in which an…

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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

NABLUS, West Bank, July 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a pre-dawn gun battle in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.…

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Photo Story – 20 years since Israeli construction of the Separation Barrier

Palestinian man sitting at a cafe table by a mural on the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 23 June 2022 (issued 26 June 2022). In…

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Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank

RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 17 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen during a fire fight in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israel's military said. The military said…

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UPDATED: Police clash with mourners at Palestinian journalist’s funeral

JERUSALEM, May 13 (Reuters) - Israeli police clashed with Palestinian mourners packed around the coffin of killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh at the start of her funeral procession…

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UPDATED: Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

JENIN, West Bank, May 11 (Reuters) - An Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with Palestinians and the news channel accusing…

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Israeli forces on West Bank raid kill two Palestinians during clashes

RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 31 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed at least two Palestinians on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in clashes that erupted during a raid in the…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank clash

JERUSALEM, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank as troops prepared to demolish the home of a man accused…

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Palestinian authorities step up COVID measures as hospitals fill up

GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian authorities have ramped up COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and warned that public indifference to their calls…

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Israeli troops kill five Hamas gunmen in West Bank raids: military

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed five Hamas militants in gun battles during raids on Sunday against one of the group's cells in the occupied West Bank,…

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash – Palestinian officials

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The violence…

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War crimes court concerned over violence in West Bank – prosecutor

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is concerned about escalating violence in the West Bank and the possibility that war crimes are being committed there, its prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said on Wednesday. "I note with great concern the escalation of violence in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as…

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Palestinians take another step in preparations for first election in 15 years

GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians took another step in preparations for their first parliamentary election in 15 years on Saturday, opening registration offices to admit the political parties and…

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Palestinians open election registration offices in West Bank and Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians opened election registration offices in Gaza and the West Bank on Wednesday, one day after rival factions agreed steps to ensure that the first elections in…

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After 54 years, first Mass on the site of the Baptism of Jesus

St. John the Baptist Chapel, on the West Bank, has announced that it will reopen for Mass in January 2021. For over 50 years, the site has been unapproachable because…

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Coronavirus cases surge in the West Bank

The number of COVID-19 cases in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza reached 13,457 on Friday, according to the ministry of health, after a surge in infections in…

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Israeli foreign minister says annexation move unlikely Wednesday

Israel's foreign minister said an announcement on the proposed annexation of occupied West Bank land was unlikely on Wednesday, the start-date set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government for…

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Betlehem to be closed again after sharp rise in infections in West Bank

The governor of Bethlehem announced Saturday the temporary closure of the Palestinian city to contain the spread of coronavirus after a sharp rise in infections in the occupied West Bank.…

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Alarm in the Holy Land after visit by pilgrims with coronavirus

Israeli and Palestinian authorities sought to quell fears of a potential local outbreak of the coronavirus after learning that South Korean pilgrims who had toured some of the holy land’s…

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Israel kills powerful Islamic Jihad commander al-Ata in targeted strike

The Israel Defense Forces killed a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad terror group responsible for the firing dozens of rockets out of the Gaza Strip, authorities said early Tuesday,…

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Joint statement on the announcement of a possible annexation of areas in the West Bank

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement on the recent declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the possible annexation of areas in the…

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Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plan

Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex part of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan…

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Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley, West Bank settlements if elected

In an electoral campaign pitch, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to “apply Israeli sovereignty” — effectively annexing — to all the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. He added he’ll…

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Israeli Soldier found stabbed to death outside West Bank settlement

The body of a religious Israeli student and soldier who had been stabbed to death was discovered outside a settlement in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank in…

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Turkey condemns Netanyahu’s plan to change West Bank status

Turkey on Sunday criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "irresponsible" for saying he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins Tuesday's election. Turkish Foreign…

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Dutch government to recognise Gaza Strip and West Bank as birthplaces for Palestinians

The Dutch government has announced it will begin recognising the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as official birthplaces for Palestinians who were born in the country after the…

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Two Israelis shot dead by Palestinian gunman in the West Bank

A Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis and wounded a third on Sunday in an industrial park next to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Malta's newspapers present a number of issues, with The Times carrying the position of the Malta Employers' Association Director General on the way the property market is causing…

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Man stabbed to death in the West Bank

An Israeli man was stabbed to death in what is being considered as a terror attack next to the Gush Etzion Junction in the central West Bank, south of Jerusalem,…

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