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Israel occupation forces kill Palestinian youth in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces, on Friday, killed a 17-year-old Palestinian during a demonstration against illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the incident occurred in Umm Safa village, north of Ramallah, where Israeli soldiers inflicted severe injuries on two individuals, resulting in the death of one. "17-year-old Mohammed Fuad Ata Al-Bayed, who was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in […]

22 July 2023

International

Palestinian toddler shot by Israeli soldiers dies from wounds

A two-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers died from his wounds on Monday. Muhammad Tamimi and his father Haytham Tamimi were hit by Israeli fire near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. The pair were in their parked car outside their home in Nabi Saleh village when they were targeted, according to eyewitnesses. Haytham was shot in the chest and taken to a hospital in Ramallah while Muhammad […]

6 June 2023

International

On Mother’s Day, Palestinian mothers dream of saying goodbye to their sons

Zamzam stood holding a picture of her son, Mahmoud Ahmidan, 27, who was killed by Israeli soldiers in 2021. This September will mark two years since his killing, and his body is still being held at an Israeli morgue. On Tuesday, which is Mother's Day in the Middle East, Ahmidan's mother organised a group of Palestinian mothers to stand in the centre of Ramallah, hold up pictures of their children, […]

22 March 2023

International

Palestinians shave heads to confuse Israeli soldiers

INTERNATIONAL Palestinians in Shuafat refugee camp shave their heads to confuse Israeli soldiers and cover up a young man accused by Israel of carrying out the Shuafat checkpoint operation. Residents of Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp, which is under a strict Israeli siege for the second week, have shaved their heads to confuse the Israeli occupation forces. Videos have gone viral on social media showing many young Palestinians in the camp […]

18 October 2022

International News

Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers during clashes in West Bank city

A 17-year-old boy identified as Mohammad Salman al-Haddad was shot in the heart and immediately killed today during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Witnesses said clashes broke out in Bab al-Zawiyeh, where the heavily-barricaded Israeli-controlled H2 area of Hebron meets the Palestinian-administered H1 section. Soldiers fired live and rubber bullets as well as […]

6 February 2020

International News

Palestinian boy shot in Gaza protest succumbs to his wounds

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot by Israeli soldiers during Gaza border protests has died from his wounds. Zakariya Bashbash was shot in his stomach by Israeli fire in one of the protests in the besieged protests during the past weeks and was admitted to Gaza’s Shifa Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Also on Monday, Israeli troops shot and killed 24-year-old Gazan […]

20 June 2018

International News

Israeli troops avoid charges over death of Palestinian teen shot in back

Two Israeli soldiers have avoided prosecution over the death of Palestinian teenager Samir Awad, who was shot in the back while running away from Israeli forces in January 2013. The 16-year-old was killed during protests in Budrus, a village in the occupied West Bank which has lost nearly 30 percent of its land due to the illegal Israeli separation wall, according to the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem. Witnesses told Amnesty International […]

6 June 2018

International News

Shot in the head and arrested, Mohammed Tamimi still in high spirits

At 3am, Mohammed Tamimi woke up to loud screaming and banging on his family's front door. While still in his bed, his bedroom door flung open and he saw Israeli soldiers coming towards him, with his father in tow. He knew he was just about to be arrested. The Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, is well versed in night raids by Israeli […]

27 February 2018

International News

Journalist, human rights activist injured as Palestinians continue anti-Trump protests

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces were renewed on Wednesday in several districts across the occupied West Bank as Palestinians continued to protest in rejection of the US President’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Israeli forces injure journalist in Hebron Clashes erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers in several areas across the Hebron district in the southern West Bank. In Hebron city, Halhul, and Dura, […]

14 December 2017

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