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UNRWA: West Bank situation worsening daily

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank is “worsening daily”, calling for ending Israel’s silent war on the West Bank. The statement was posted on the agency’s X account. “Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps are suffering from water shortages & electricity outages,” it noted, adding: “Israeli Security Forces’ operations continue causing destruction & threatening the […]

today3 August 2024

International

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 […]

today22 July 2023

International

Israel has killed 160 Palestinians to date

By Kouthar Sambo Since the start of the year, Israel has murdered 160 Palestinians, including women and children, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Wednesday.   The data revealed also includes the three Palestinian men who were killed yesterday during the operation raid on the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. According to the ministry, 120 Palestinians were murdered in the occupied West Bank, 120 […]

today23 May 2023

International News

Palestinian shot by Israeli army succumbs to wounds

A young Palestinian has died from wounded sustained three weeks ago when Israeli military forces opened fire on hundreds of people protesting against encroaching Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. The 22-year-old, identified on Wednesday as Islam Dweikat, was shot on March 11 along the outskirts of Nablus, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, quoted a local official as saying he was shot […]

today2 April 2020

International News

Palestinian child hospitalized after Israeli forces fire tear gas canister at his head

A seven-year-old Palestinian boy sustained a serious head injury midday Sunday, after being hit in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers in the town of al-Khader in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. Hours later, he was reported to be in a stable condition. Clashes erupted in the town, with Israeli forces firing rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters […]

today22 May 2017

International News

Tens of Palestinians injured in ‘Day of Rage’ clashes

Ongoing clashes have erupted across the occupied West Bank on Friday, with several Palestinians injured, on what Palestinians are calling the Day of Rage -- initially called for by the Fatah movement -- in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners who entered the 12th day of a mass hunger strike on Friday. Israeli forces heavily fired tear-gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and live fire during the clashes, which have erupted following […]

today29 April 2017

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