Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, according to local health officials and the Israeli military, despite an ongoing United States-brokered ceasefire that began in October. The latest fatalities arrive alongside widespread food insecurity across Gaza, thousands of stranded seafarers in the Persian Gulf, and new U.S. … Read more
Hamas plans to participate in upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections scheduled for November 28, a senior official from the Iran-backed organization announced on Wednesday. Hussam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, stated in an interview with Hamas-operated Al-Aqsa TV that the group intends to run as part of a broad national coalition. According to … Read more
The Israel Defense Forces failed in an attempt on Wednesday to clear an illegal settler outpost blocking the entrance to Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, located south of Nablus, according to witnesses and security sources. A Palestinian family living in a home on the village outskirts has been trapped inside since … Read more
Security forces arrested more than 70 terror suspects across the West Bank on Saturday following overnight operations, according to an IDF statement. The wide-scale crackdown comes after a terror shooting on Friday near Gilad Farm, a settlement southwest of Nablus, left two Israelis dead and several others wounded. West Bank Operations Follow Deadly Shooting Near … Read more
A United Nations committee meeting in Busan, South Korea, inscribed the West Bank town of Sebastia and a group of five castles in southern Lebanon on both the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger on Friday, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The emergency designations proceeded … Read more
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a map and report on Thursday detailing over 5,330 alleged extremist violent attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank between 2023 and April of this year. The agency reports that these incidents resulted in 64 deaths and 5,173 injuries, while causing … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to CNN on Tuesday regarding the US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, shortly after US President Donald Trump discussed the sale with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a press conference in Ankara. Why is Israel concerned about the F-35 sale to Turkey? Netanyahu asserts that the transfer … Read more
The IDF confirmed on Thursday that nine Israelis, identified as Breslov Hassidim, were safely located after a reported security event in the West Bank village of Mukhmas. Although their vehicle was found damaged, the group successfully left the village after abandoning the car, and the military has since ruled out a security-related incident. What happened … Read more
Denmark, Greece, France, Latvia, and the United Kingdom have warned businesses against seeking contracts for Israel’s E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The E5 group, a coalition of five nations on the UN Security Council, called the development a “deliberate and direct attack” on the viability of a sovereign Palestinian state, warning it … Read more
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip and operations in the West Bank killed at least eight people on Monday, according to health officials and emergency services. The casualties included children in Gaza and a 15-year-old in the West Bank, as ongoing military activity persists across the Palestinian territories. Where are the latest casualties occurring … Read more