At least 14 Palestinians have been killed during the ongoing Israeli military operation in the city of Tulkarm and the refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed.
The European Union and the United States have imposed tough new sanctions against key figures said to be behind extremist violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israel has accelerated its settlement expansion across East al-Quds since Tel Aviv launched its military campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip in early October 2023, according to a report by the Guardian.
One Palestinian was shot dead and dozens were wounded in a large-scale attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on the village of al-Mughayyir in central West Bank.
Israel publicly humiliated America’s top diplomat on Friday by launching a massive settler land grab in the occupied West Bank while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv over the Gaza war.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reported the Palestinian unemployment rate is set to soar to a staggering 57 percent in the first quarter of 2024, citing 507,000 job losses due to the Gaza war.
The US State Department has announced new sanctions on three Israeli settlers and two farms in the occupied West Bank. Washington remains Israel's staunch supporter in its genocidal campaign against Gaza.
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian areas have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibility of a Palestinian state, the United Nations rights chief Volker Turk has warned. He added the growth of Israeli settlements amounts to the transfer by Israel of its own civilian population into occupied territories, which is a war crime.
Israeli military forces have arrested at least 7,335 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of its relentless air and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip, which have killed more than 30,000 Palestinians.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has announced the resignation of his government, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, due to the escalating violence in the occupied territories and the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
The United States, Israel’s staunch supporter, has announced that new Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal, effectively reversing a policy by the administration of former President Donald Trump.
The Palestinian Authority prime minister has demanded an international probe into Israeli “crimes” against women and children in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Tel Aviv has approved restricting the entry of Palestinians living in the occupied territories to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, beginning in the second week of the next month, according to reports.
The relatives of two Palestinian-American teens, both fatally shot in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank by Israel, say investigators from the American embassy have made visits to their homes to probe the incidents.
The Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank reached a record high during the first year under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, a report by an Israeli leftist non-governmental organization said.
The number of Palestinians arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, has passed 7,000, Al Jazeera has reported, citing a report by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
France has announced sanctions against 28 Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Paris decision comes on the back of similar actions by the US and the UK.
The United Kingdom has put sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following a similar move by the United States this month.
An Israeli undercover operation on a hospital in the occupied West Bank last month may amount to a war crime, five United Nations special rapporteurs have stated.
Washington has put sanctions on several Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of undermining stability and security in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Israeli soldiers disguised themselves as doctors and nurses raided early Tuesday a hospital in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinians with gun silencers, Palestinian officials say.
