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UAE calls for emergency UNSC meeting on West Bank escalation
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Friday, December 29, to discuss the escalating situation in the West Bank. In a statement…
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Number of children killed in West Bank reaches alarming levels: UNICEF
New Delhi: UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adele Khodr, on Friday said that the number of children killed in West Bank by the Israelis is reaching alarming…
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Israel kills 505 Palestinians in West Bank since Jan 2023
At least 505 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of 2023 by the Israeli occupation forces, according to ministry of health. In a statement, on Sunday, December 17, the ministry said…
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Four Palestinians killed in IDF airstrike near Tulkarm
Tel Aviv: Four Palestinians have been killed in overnight airstrikes in the Nur Shams camp near the West Bank city of Tulkarm, the media reported. According to media reports, the strikes were…
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UK defence minister to visit Israel, West Bank to push for faster aid in Gaza
Gaza: British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is set to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank this week to expedite humanitarian aid to Gaza, aiming to discuss direct aid delivery by sea…
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Israeli army arrests 3,540 Palestinians in West Bank since Oct 7
Jerusalem: Israeli army have arrested 3,540 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war on October 7. According to the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority…
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Israel kills 101 Palestinian kids in West Bank since Jan 2023
At least 101 Palestinian children have been killed since the beginning of 2023 by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, states a report issued on Thursday, November 30, by the Britain’s Save…
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King of Jordan rejects separation of West Bank from Gaza Strip
Amman: Jordan’s King Abdullah II, on Tuesday, November 28, reiterated Amman’s rejection of any attempt to separate the West Bank from the Gaza Strip, considering that both are extensions of the Palestinian…
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3,260 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank since Oct 7
Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces have arrested 3,260 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war on October 7. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club on…
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Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, UAE this week
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, Belgium, North Macedonia and UAE this week. It is Blinken’s third visit to Israel since Hamas launched an attack…
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Biden stands firm against ceasefire, condemns West Bank violence in op-ed
Washington: In an op-ed published on Saturday, US President Joe Biden dismisses increasing ceasefire calls for Gaza, asserting that it won’t bring about peace. “As long as Hamas clings to its ideology…
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Israel arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi for ‘inciting terror’
In a continuation of the daily arrests taking place in the West Bank, since the outbreak of war on October 7 between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli army has arrested Ahed Tamimi,…
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Jordanian police disperse pro-Palestinian protesters trying to reach border with West Bank
London: The Jordanian riot police on Friday forcibly dispersed hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters trying to reach a border zone with the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Daily Mail reported. Thousands held anti-Israel demonstrations across…
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For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas as counter to Palestinian Authority: Report
Tel Aviv: For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas…