Israeli strikes on Rafah raise fear ground assault could begin
Reuters Israel bombed at least four homes in Rafah on Wednesday, raising new fear among the more than a million Palestinians sheltering in the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip that a long-threatened ground assault could be coming. One of the airstrikes killed 11 people from a single family, health officials […]
Three Palestinian militants shot dead, say Israeli police
JerusalemReuters Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said, drawing threats of revenge by Palestinian militant factions. Palestinians gather at the scene where Israeli forces targeted a Palestinian car, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 6th August, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Raneen Sawafta PALESTINIAN ATTACK […]
Israel occupation makes Palestinian territories “open-air prison” – UN expert
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations expert on Tuesday said Israel had transformed the occupied Palestinian territories into an “open-air prison” through widespread detentions of Palestinians, an assertion swiftly dismissed by Israel. Damaged streets are seen after Israeli army’s withdrawal from the Jenin camp, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 5th July,2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Yosri […]
Palestinians defiant and angry after Israel’s Jenin raid
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank in years. The two-day operation, which the Israeli military said targeted infrastructure and weapons depots of militant factions […]
Israeli troops start withdrawing from West Bank’s Jenin
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli forces began withdrawing from the Palestinian city of Jenin on Tuesday, a defence source and Reuters witnesses said, after carrying out one of their biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank for years. Two Reuters witnesses said they saw convoys of Israeli military vehicles leaving Jenin in what appeared […]
Tel Aviv hit by car-ramming, stabbing as Israel’s Jenin operation winds up
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Thousands of people were evacuated from the Jenin refugee camp as one of Israel’s biggest military operations in years moved to a second day on Tuesday and a suspected car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv underlined the risk of a spillover in violence. The operation, which the army said was aimed at […]
Israeli troops and drones hit Jenin in major West Bank operation
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes on Monday in one of the biggest West Bank operations in 20 years, killing at least eight Palestinians and involving hundreds of troops in sporadic gun battles that continued into the evening. Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the day as […]
Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregation shrinks
Burqin, West Bank Reuters One of the world’s oldest churches, built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and festooned with golden icons, attracts thousands of Christian pilgrims every year. But the Church of the Ten Lepers’ own congregation of Palestinian Christians grows ever smaller. Christian worshippers pray during Mass inside St […]
Israeli forces raid West Bank refugee camp, six dead
Updated: 9:30am (AEDT)Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least six Palestinians, including a Hamas gunman suspected of shooting two brothers from a Jewish settlement near the village of Huwara last week. Witnesses said fighting broke out after residents of […]
Pope calls for Israel, Palestinians to halt “spiral of death”
Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday called on Israel and the Palestinians to engage in dialogue in pursuit of peace, deploring the recent violence in the region. Speaking after the Angelus prayer in Rome, the Pope said he had been greatly saddened by news of the Palestinians killed during Israeli counter-terrorism operations, as well as by […]