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Eight Muslim nations hold Israel responsible for mosque attacks
Eight Muslim-majority countries have condemned recent attacks on two mosques in the occupied West Bank, holding Israel responsible and urging the international community to take action against escalating settler violence. In a…
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OIC warns against Israeli move stripping Hebron powers
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has warned against what it described as Israeli measures aimed at altering the political, historical and legal status of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, following…
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Footage shows Israeli army shoot Palestinian infant in West Bank
West Bank: A video released by Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has reignited scrutiny over the fatal shooting of a seven-month-old Palestinian infant in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The…
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France imposes entry ban on Smotrich over West Bank policies
Paris: France has barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, citing his support for policies linked to settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and opposition to a two-state…
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1 dead, 5 wounded in shootings near Israeli-occupied West Bank
Tel Aviv: Assailants launched several shooting attacks close to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, June 7, killing at least one person and wounding five others, according to Israel’s rescue services. Israel’s…
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Israeli forces kill 7-month-old Palestinian after firing bullets
West Bank: Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing bullets at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, which went through his head, injuring his mother as well.…
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New Zealand imposes travel bans on three ‘extremist Israeli settlers’
Auckland: New Zealand is joining partners including Australia and the European Union in placing travel bans on three extremist Israeli settlers, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “These travel bans are targeted at…
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Israel seizes land around historic Nabi Samuel Mosque in occupied West Bank
Israeli occupation authorities have issued an order to seize 109.79 dunams of land in the Nabi Samuel area north of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, including land surrounding the historic Nabi…
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Death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners comes into force in West Bank
Israel has officially implemented a law allowing military courts in the occupied West Bank to hand down death sentences to Palestinian prisoners after a military order was signed by the commander of…
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OIC condemns Israeli law permitting execution of Palestinian prisoners
Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a 57-member states and the second-largest intergovernmental organisation after the United Nations (UN), on Tuesday, March 31, condemned Israel’s law permitting the execution of Palestinian…
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Iran death toll reaches at least 1,937: Iranian Dy Health Minister
An Iranian health official says the death toll from the war in Iran has reached at least 1,937 people. Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian gave the figure to the pan-Arab broadcaster…
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, homes torched, several wounded
Ramallah: Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank.…
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Jewish-American deported after witnessing Palestinian child hit by car in West Bank
A five-year-old Palestinian girl was injured after being struck by a car driven by an Israeli man near the West Bank settlement of Carmel on Friday, March 13, according to The Times…
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Four from same family killed after Israeli forces open fire on car in West Bank
Ramallah: Four Palestinians, including two children, were killed early Sunday when Israeli special forces opened fire on a vehicle in the town of Tammun in the West Bank, Palestine Red Crescent Society…
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Israel court halts move to ban 37 aid groups from Gaza, West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Friday, February 27, issued a temporary order halting a government decision to revoke the licences of 37 foreign humanitarian organisations operating in the Gaza Strip and the…
