Israel-Palestine Relations

UN rights chief calls on states to challenge Israel over occupation

The United Nations human rights chief has stated that ending the nearly year-long war in the Gaza Strip is a priority and asked countries to act on what he called Israel's "blatant disregard" for international law in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Hamas urges ICRC to document Israel’s torture of Palestinian detainees

Palestinian group Hamas has condemned Israel's torture and humiliation of Palestinian detainees in Megiddo Prison, calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to document  such crimes.

Autopsy of Turkish-American activist shows she was killed by Israeli sniper’s bullet to head: Nablus governor

An autopsy report of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist, has confirmed she was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head during the protest in the occupied West Bank, Nablus governor Ghassan Daghlas has stated.

Israeli soldiers withdraw from Jenin, step up raids in other West Bank areas

The Israeli military has withdrawn from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp after a military onslaught that killed many and destroyed critical infrastructure there.

US-Turkish activist killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank

An American-Turkish activist has been shot dead by the Israeli military during the settlement protest in the occupied West Bank.

At least six killed in Israeli raid on West Bank city

At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers shot dead a teenager in the Far’a refugee camp, according to the Wafa news agency.

UN says Israel using ‘war-like’ tactics in West Bank

Israel is using “lethal war-like tactics” in the occupied West Bank, according to the United Nations humanitarian agency.

West Bank city declared ‘disaster area’ amid Israeli assault

Jenin Mayor Nidal al-Obaidi has declared the northern West Bank city a “disaster area” amid an ongoing Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territory.

Iran spokesman: Zionists delusion of ending Palestine resistance will never materialize

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says despite the widespread death toll among Palestinians during Israel's genocide in Gaza, and the nearly total destruction of the enclave, the Zionists' dream of ending Palestinian resistance will never come true.

Israeli army besieges Jenin in West Bank

Israel’s military is conducting raids in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, blocking access to aid for Palestinians in the besieged refugee camp on the fourth day of its large-scale military operation.

Hamas says Israel’s West Bank assault part of bigger plan to usurp Palestinian lands

The Palestinian movement Hamas has condemned Israel's ongoing military aggression in the occupied West Bank, describing it as part of a larger strategy to usurp Palestinian lands after forcibly evicting residents.

Israeli forces sexually harassing Palestinian women in West Bank: Report

Israeli troops have increasingly been sexually harassing Palestinian women at checkpoints in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to a report.

Iran urges UN Security Council to put aside inaction regarding Israeli atrocities against Palestinians

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has warned that Israel's deadly raids on the West Bank is the continuation of its genocide in Gaza, calling on the UN Security Council to abandon inaction regarding the Zionist regime's flagrant violation of international law.

Israel’s assault against West Bank enters second day, death toll rises to 18

Internet and landline services were cut in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday as Israel's largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in more than two decades entered a second day.

UN chief urges ‘immediate’ end to Israel’s West Bank offensive

Israel must "immediately" end its large-scale military aggression in the occupied West Bank, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated, after 12 Palestinians were killed and several more injured in Israeli raids.

Israel’s West Bank military operation must not constitute premises of war extension from Gaza: EU

Israel's major military operation in the occupied West Bank should not constitute premises of war extension from the Gaza Strip, including full-scale destruction, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated.

Nine Palestinians killed by Israel in West Bank, largest raid in decades

At least nine Palestinians were  killed after Israel launched a large-scale ground and air attack on the northern part of the West Bank, health officials in the occupied territory have confirmed.

EU threatens sanctions after Israeli settlers attack on Palestinian village in West Bank

EU foreign policy chief has condemned the latest attack by Israeli settlers against a Palestinian village near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, stressing he plans to propose further sanctions against their supporters, including those in the government.

Five killed in Israel’s drone attack in West Bank

The Israeli army has killed one Palestinian in a dawn raid in the West Bank city of Tubas before launching an airstrike on the nearby town of Tammun that killed four people.

President Abbas says UN failed to resolve Palestine issue due to US pressure

The United Nations has failed to resolve the Palestinian issue due to pressure from the United States, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated at a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Israeli settlers raid Al-Aqsa Mosque with police protection

Israeli settlers have raided occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque with Israeli police protection, the Wafa news agency reported. The Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Waqf, announced that thousands of settlers raided the mosque's grounds, and the Israeli police complicated Palestinians' entry to the holy site and were heavily present to ensure the settlers' movement.

US urges Israel to investigate rape cases against Palestinian detainees

The Israeli authorities should fully investigate alleged incidents of rape against Palestinian captives and hold those responsible to account, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has stated.

Palestine demands ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s far-right minister

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has released a statement demanding punitive action against Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister following his horrible remarks about man-made hunger against Palestinians.

Biden admin faces lawsuit over sanctions against Israeli settlers regarding West Bank violence

Pro-Israel advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the administration of US President Joe Biden over sanctions issued against individuals involved in settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israel detained 10,000 in West Bank since October 7: Report

The Israeli Army has apprehended 26 people in their latest raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. This brings the total number of Israeli arrests in the occupied territories since the Gaza war broke out to about 10,000, said the group.

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