DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

Hamas freed two Israeli hostages Thursday afternoon and they were brought back into Israel, with more expected to follow, the Israeli military said. Israel had agreed to extend the truce by one day for every 10 militant-held hostages who are freed. Roughly 240 hostages were captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that ignited the war. ISRAEL SAYS 2 MORE HOSTAGES RELEASED FROM GAZAJERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Thursday that two Israeli hostages were released from captivity in the Gaza Strip. The two hostages are among a larger group of Israelis expected to be released Thursday as part of the latest extension of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: Israel, — Jake Sullivan, — Israel, Schumer, Pedro Sánchez, Eli Cohen, Sánchez “, ” Cohen, “, Sánchez, ” Sánchez, Israel ´, Karim Khan, Israel “, Khan, ISRAEL, BLINKEN, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Biden, Blinken “, Mahmoud Abbas, Tzarfati, Israel —, ”, David Adom, Zaki Heller, Doron Turgeman, AHED TAMIMI Organizations: Qatar, Health Ministry, Islamic, U.S, MADRID —, Spanish, Spanish National Television, “, Belgian, ICC, Cross, HAMAS TEL, Israel — U.S, State Department, West Bank, MAN, Jerusalem police, Army, JERUSALEM, Qatari Foreign Ministry, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, —, israel, MADRID — Israel, Spain, Palestinian, Egypt, Belgian, Spanish, HAGUE, Netherlands, Ramallah, GAZA JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, HAMAS TEL AVIV, U.S, Jerusalem, JERUSALEM, TEL AVIV, Qatar, AHED TAMIMI Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday stepped up calls for Israel to comply with international law as it wages its war against Hamas in Gaza. But he also said it is imperative that Israel protect civilians if it starts major military operations in southern Gaza. Netanyahu said he told Blinken, “This is the same Hamas that carried out the terrible massacre on Oct. 7, the same Hamas that tries to murder us everywhere. Blinken told Abbas "he would continue to insist on full accountability for those responsible,” the State Department said. Blinken also told Abbas that “the United States remains committed to advancing tangible steps for a Palestinian state,” it said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Blinken, Biden, Joe Biden's, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken “, West Bank ”, Netanyahu, ”, —, ” Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas Organizations: —, Joe Biden's Democratic Party, Israeli, State Department, West Bank, United Arab Emirates Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel, Gaza, U.S, Jerusalem, Palestinian, United States, Dubai

☆ The activist Ahed Tamimi is among the Palestinians freed in the latest exchange.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Anushka Patil | More About Anushka Patil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The prominent Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi and more than two dozen other women and children were released from Israeli prisons early Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian authorities said, in the latest exchange for hostages held in Gaza. The military had moved on Sunday to keep Ms. Tamimi imprisoned under administrative detention, which would have allowed it to hold her indefinitely without charge or trial. But her name later appeared on the Israeli government’s list of Palestinian prisoners and detainees approved for potential release in the hostage exchange. The sheer number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the start of the war has also left an indelible mark, Nariman Tamimi said. Israeli forces have also killed at least 225 Palestinians in the West Bank since the crackdown began, making 2023 the deadliest year for Palestinians there since 2005, according to the United Nations’ humanitarian agency.

Persons: Ahed Tamimi, Tamimi, Mahmoud Hassan, Bassem Tamimi, Tamimi’s, Nariman Tamimi, “, ”, ” Ms, Barghouti, Omar al, Saleh al, Sara Aridi Organizations: West Bank, Health, Palestinian, United Nations, Palestinian Prisoners Society Locations: Gaza, Haifa, Israel, Ramallah

☆ WHO Says Gaza's Health System Must Be Protected as Disease Spreads
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Gabrielle Tétrault-FarberGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called for Gaza's vulnerable health infrastructure to be safeguarded as the war-torn enclave faces an increased risk of epidemics and challenges in detecting infectious diseases. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said only 15 of Gaza's 36 hospitals were still functioning and were completely overwhelmed. "The remaining health system capacity must be protected, supported and expanded." "With severe overcrowding, the risks are increasing for epidemics of respiratory tract infections, acute watery diarrhoea, hepatitis, scabies, lice and other diseases," Tedros said. "Any resumption of violence could damage the health facilities and make more health facilities dysfunctional," said Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Persons: Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Tedros, Mike Ryan, Richard Peeperkorn, Linda Pasquini, Christina Fincher Organizations: Farber GENEVA, World Health Organization, WHO, WHO's, West Bank Locations: Israel, Geneva, Gaza, Palestinian Territories

☆ A Palestinian student shot in Vermont was told to stay in the US by his father who thought it was safer: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Palestinian student was shot in Vermont after his father told him to stay in the US, per NPR. His father said he thought he would be safer in the US than in the West Bank, his mother told NPR. AdvertisementA Palestinian student who was shot in Vermont was told by his father to stay in the US because he thought he would be safer, according to NPR. My husband "thought our son would be safer [in the US] than in Palestine," Elizabeth Price told the outlet. Awartani, a mathematics and archaeology student at Brown University, was one of the three Palestinian students shot on Saturday in Burlington, Vermont, as Business Insider previously reported .

Persons: Hisham Awartani, —, Elizabeth Price, Awartani, Price, Jason James Eaton, Tahseen Ahmed, Kinnan Abdalhamid, Eaton's, Nikolas Kerest, Miro Weinberger, Albany Organizations: NPR, West Bank, Service, West Bank for, Brown University, Business, Authorities, Chittenden, Burlington Police, Burlington Police Department, United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, FBI, Violence, Force, District of, Burlington Locations: Vermont, Burlington, Palestine, Burlington , Vermont, Chittenden, District of Vermont

☆ Israel Needs a Biden Peace Plan - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Thomas L. Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

We will either have to become captives of Netanyahu’s strategy — which could take us all down with him — or articulate our own American vision for how the Gaza war must end. That would require a Biden administration plan to create two states for two indigenous peoples living in the areas of Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. The Biden plan — are you sitting down? Resolutions 242 and 338, which was also the cornerstone for negotiations in the peace plan put forward by President Trump in 2020. Is the Palestinian Authority up to such a deal?

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Israel, Netanyahu, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, ”, Palestinian Authority —, Israel …, …, ” Bibi —, West Bank —, Antony Blinken, Blinken, ’, don’t, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben, — Netanyahu, —, President Trump, “ Bibi, ” Biden, Jan, ‘ Netanyahu, Gidi, Ehud Barak’s, Camp David, Grinstein, It’s, Will Israel’s, Ronald Lauder, couldn’t, Israel — Organizations: West Bank, Israel, U.S, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian, Times, Biden, National Security, Aipac, United Arab, Associated Press, Camp, Jewish, Republican, World Jewish Locations: Israel, United States, Gaza, America, Washington, Oslo, West Bank —, Tokyo, Palestinian, Europe, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Palestine, Saudi, Iran

Israeli airstrikes hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing scores of people, health officials said. The strikes came as the U.S. keeps urging Israel to take a humanitarian pause from its relentless bombardment of Gaza and rising civilian deaths. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Ramallah in the West Bank for a previously unannounced meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesCurrently:— Gaza has lost telecom contact again, while Israel’s military announces it has surrounded Gaza City. — A U.N. official says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of bread a day.

Persons: Israel, Antony Blinken, Mahmoud Abbas, Blinken, Mohammed Shia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, evacuee Sara El, Masry, –, JORDAN, Jordan, King Abdullah II, ”, Michael Hertzog, ” Hertzog, OBAMA, Barack Obama, “, he’s, ” Obama, I’ve, Alp Toker, Juliette Touma, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ismail Haniyeh, IRNA, Khamenei, Haniyeh, JERUSALEM —, Jacob Lew, Biden, ” Lew, Isaac Herzog, Lew, Antony Blinken’s Organizations: West Bank, Iraqi, Hamas, Ministry, WHO, GAZA, SYDNEY AIRPORT SYDNEY, Nine, Sydney Airport, Australian, United Arab Emirates, Mideast, Central Command, FIRE, NATIONS, Inter, Agency, UNRWA, United Nations, Jordanian, Twitter, ISRAEL, CBS, JERUSALEM, Paltel, Associated Press, Hezbollah, U.S, Israel, Embassy, . Riot Locations: Gaza, Ramallah, Baghdad, Jordan, Israel, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Gaza City, —, U.S, Berlin, israel, Sydney, Rafah, DUBAI, United Arab, Suez, ., Ohio, America's, Iran, UN, Palestinian Territory, GAZA AMMAN, Jordanian, GAZA, Palestinian, IRAN, TEHRAN, Lebanon, GAZA JERUSALEM, Beit Hanoun, TURKEY, ISTANBUL –, Ankara, Turkish

In video clips verified by The New York Times, scores of Palestinian bodies were filmed strewn across the courtyard of the Ahli Arab Hospital, some bloodied, charred, mangled or in pieces. The explosion at the hospital came a day after Iran warned that “other multiple fronts will open” if Israeli attacks continued to kill civilians in Gaza. Hundreds of families had fled to the hospital in search of refuge after 11 days of Israeli strikes elsewhere in Gaza. Image Two Palestinian children injured in the explosion at Ahli Arab Hospital were taken to another hospital in Gaza, Al-Shifa, for treatment. The Health Ministry in Gaza said that Ahli Arab Hospital was also struck on Sunday.

Persons: ”, Ali Jadallah, Israel, Biden’s, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Jordan, Biden, Jadallah, Mr, Ghassan Abu, Dr, Abu, Sitta, Abed Khaled, Ahmed Hijazi, “ I’ve, Hijazi, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Abu Bakr Bashir, Haley Willis, Euan Ward, Yousur, Abu Hweila Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, The New York Times, Ahli Arab Hospital, Anadolu Agency, Shifa, Lebanese, Palestinian, Islamic, Palestinian Authority, Israel, ”, West Bank, West Bank . Video, The Times, Arab Hospital, Episcopal, Health Ministry, World Health Organization, Twitter Locations: Gaza City, Palestinian, Ahli, Al, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Egypt, Zeitoun, Jerusalem, ”, Canterbury, London, Berkeley, Calif, Beirut, Cairo

☆ Palestinians clash with Abbas' West Bank forces after Gaza hospital strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinians take part in a protest after an Israeli air strike hit Al-Ahli Hospital, according to Gaza Health Ministry, in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta Acquire Licensing RightsRAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces in Ramallah fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters throwing rocks and chanting against President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, as popular anger boiled over after a deadly Gaza hospital attack that Palestinians blamed on Israel. In the West Bank, where Abbas was returning on Tuesday after canceling a planned meeting in Jordan with U.S. President Joe Biden, hundreds of demonstrators marched in Ramallah's central Manara Square, with some chanting in support of Hamas militant leaders. Clashes with Palestinian security forces also broke in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Tubas and Jenin, a northern city that was the focus of major Israeli military operations earlier this year, according to witnesses. The outbreak of West Bank protests highlights long-simmering Palestinian anger against Abbas, whose forces have long faced criticism for coordinating with Israel on security in the territory.

Persons: Raneen, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza's, Abbas, Joe Biden, Ali Sawafta, Rami Ayyub, Sandra Maler Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, West Bank, REUTERS, U.S, Israel, Thomson Locations: Ahli, Gaza, Tubas, RAMALLAH, West, Ramallah, Israel, Palestinian, Turkey, Jordan, U.S, Lebanon, Ramallah's, Manara, Nablus, Jenin

☆ Palestinians Clash With Abbas' West Bank Forces After Gaza Hospital Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces in Ramallah fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters throwing rocks and chanting against President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, as popular anger boiled over after a deadly Gaza hospital attack that Palestinians blamed on Israel. Israel's military denied responsibility for the strike, blaming it on a failed Palestinian militant rocket launch. In the West Bank, where Abbas was returning on Tuesday after canceling a planned meeting in Jordan with U.S. President Joe Biden, hundreds of demonstrators marched in Ramallah's central Manara Square, with some chanting in support of Hamas militant leaders. Clashes with Palestinian security forces also broke in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Tubas and Jenin, a northern city that was the focus of major Israeli military operations earlier this year, according to witnesses. The outbreak of West Bank protests highlights long-simmering Palestinian anger against Abbas, whose forces have long faced criticism for coordinating with Israel on security in the territory.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza's, Abbas, Joe Biden, Ali Sawafta, Rami Ayyub, Sandra Maler Organizations: West Bank, Reuters, U.S, Israel Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Ramallah, Gaza, Israel, Ahli, Palestinian, Turkey, Jordan, U.S, Lebanon, Ramallah's, Manara, Nablus, Tubas, Jenin

☆ Chair of The Portland Trust Ronald Cohen’s response to the Israel-Hamas War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChair of The Portland Trust Ronald Cohen’s response to the Israel-Hamas WarThe chair of The Portland Trust, philanthropist, venture capitalist and private equity investor has been investing in The West Bank for two decades. CNBC’s Tania Bryer talks to Ronald Cohen to get his response to the Israel-Hamas War, his insight into the economic relationship between Israelis and Palestinians and how he believes that international efforts are going to be crucial to resolve the conflict.

Persons: The Portland Trust Ronald Cohen’s, CNBC’s Tania Bryer, Ronald Cohen Organizations: The Portland Trust, Portland Trust, West Bank Locations: Israel

Al-Sudairi was appointed last month and is on his first visit to Ramallah, the seat of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. During his two-day trip, the Saudi diplomat planned to meet with Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesAl-Sudairi told senior Palestinian officials Tuesday that Saudi Arabia supported the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to a statement from Palestinian officials. He praised efforts to bring about peace in the region in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative. The Palestinian Authority also has not specified what it is willing to accept from the Israeli government.

Persons: Nayef al, Biden, Sudairi, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Riyad al, Maliki, —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: Saudi, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Peace Initiative, U.S, Initiative, Palestinian Foreign Affairs, Palestinian, United Nations General Assembly, United Arab, Saudi Arabia —, West Locations: RAMALLAH, U.S, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Saudi, Jordan, Palestinian, Riyadh, Gaza, Israel's, Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas ’, East Jerusalem, New York, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Persian, West Bank

☆ Israeli forces kill two Palestinians who carried out attack, army says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] People check damage in a house where two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 7,2023. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaNABLUS, West Bank, July 7 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces on Friday killed two Palestinians who carried out a shooting attack against police this week, Israel's military said. Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, the military said, and "both terrorists were killed following an exchange of fire." The Israeli military said it had targeted infrastructure and weapons depots of Palestinian militant factions in Jenin in the operation. Israel says all the Palestinians killed were combatants.

Persons: WAFA, Raneen Sawafta, Ali Sawafta, Nidal, Ari Rabinovitch, Toby Chopra, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, West, Popular Front, Liberation, Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinian, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, UNRWA, Thomson Locations: Nablus, Raneen, NABLUS, West, West Bank, Palestine, Ramallah, Israeli, Israel, Jenin, Gaza

Armed men attended the funeral on Wednesday of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli military operation. People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque in Jenin, West Bank, on Wednesday, July 5. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images People attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed during the Israeli military operation. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. “Military bulldozers destroyed multiple roads leading to the Jenin refugee camp, making it nearly impossible for ambulances to reach patients,” the group said.

Persons: Crews, Ammar Awad, Israel, Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel “, Ahmad Gharabli, Robaldo Schemidt, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, Nedal, Nasser Nasser, Raneen Sawafta, Jaafar Ashitiyeh, Issam, Majdi Mohammed, Ronen Zvulun, Ayman Nobani, there’s, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, it’s, ” Vanessa Huguenin, “ Organizations: CNN, West, West Bank ., Militant, United Nations, Hamas, Reuters, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Israel, Getty, People, Getty Images People, Anadolu Agency, AP Palestinian, AP, Israel’s West Bank, National, Palestinian Authority, UN, Islamic, Jenin Brigade, Palestinian, International, “, US State Department Locations: West Bank, Jenin, Wednesday, Israeli, Tel Aviv, Palestinian, Gaza, Israel, Nablus, West, AFP, Monday, Raneen, Sunday, Issam, Israel’s, Islamic Jihad

The military operation remained ongoing Tuesday morning with Israeli forces searching for 10 remaining primary targets in the Jenin refugee camp, according to the IDF. A military source said Monday the operation is the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in more than 20 years. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. Raneen Sawafta/Reuters Palestinians run for cover during the Israeli military operation in Jenin. Majdi Mohammed/AP Palestinian women react Monday during the Israeli military operation in Jenin.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Hagari, “, ” Hagari, Nedal, Nasser Nasser, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, Raneen Sawafta, Jaafar Ashitiyeh, Issam, Majdi Mohammed, Ronen Zvulun, Ayman Nobani, Lina Amouri, ”, ” Amouri, Mohamad Torokman, Reuters Duha, ” Turkman, ” “, Mohammed Jarrar, Crescent, Mahmoud al, Saadi, ” “ It’s, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel “, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, West, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Securities Authority, Israel Border Police, IDF, Twitter, Palestinian, Crescent, West Bank, Anadolu Agency, AP Palestinian, Getty, Reuters, AP, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Palestinian Authority, Militant, Hamas Locations: Jerusalem, West Bank, Jenin, Tel Aviv, ”, West, Monday, AFP, Raneen, Palestinian, Sunday, Issam, it’s, Egypt

☆ Israel signals Jenin raid close to completion, 10 Palestinians dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A Palestinian wounded during the house-to-house clashes died overnight and another body was found in the morning, bringing the death toll to 10, with around 100 wounded, 20 of them critically, the Palestinian health ministry said. It was not immediately clear if the other five fatalities - males aged 17 to 23 - were combatants or civilians. The Israeli military said it had confirmation of nine Palestinians killed by its forces. [1/4]Debris lines a street amid an Israeli military operation, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 4, 2023. The United States said on Monday it respected Israel's right to defend itself but said civilian casualties should be avoided.

Persons: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tzachi Hanebi, Kan, Daniel Hagari, Mohamad Torokman, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, James Mackenzie, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Conor Humphries Organizations: West Bank, West, Islamic, National Security, Bank, REUTERS, Palestinian, United, United Nations, Thomson Locations: JENIN, West, Israel, West Bank, Jenin's, Jenin, United States, Islamic Jihad

☆ Israel signals Jenin operation close to completion, 10 Palestinians dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A Palestinian holds a national flag near the border fence with Israel, during a protest against the Israeli military raid on Jenin in the West Bank. Israel is close to completing its Jenin operation, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday after the fiercest fighting in the flashpoint West Bank town in more than two decades killed 10 Palestinians and forced thousands to flee. A Palestinian wounded during the house-to-house clashes died overnight and another body was found in the morning, bringing the death toll to 10, with around 100 wounded, 20 of them critically, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli military said it had confirmation of nine Palestinians killed by its forces. Asked about its casualties, the military said one soldier had been lightly wounded by a grenade.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Tzachi Hanebi, Kan, Daniel Hagari, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Organizations: West Bank, Israel, West, Islamic, National Security, Palestinian, United, United Nations Locations: Israel, Jenin, West Bank, Jenin's, United States, Islamic Jihad

☆ Israel’s Raid on Jenin, in Pictures
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel’s most forceful incursion into the occupied West Bank for years has entered another day. Tuesday also saw a car ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, raising fears of a spiraling tit-for-tat. This year was already one of the deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank in more than a decade, with more than 140 killed over the past six months. Most died in armed clashes during Israeli military raids, though some were bystanders. A member of the local committee that administers the camp said that the incursion had transformed it into “a war zone in the full meaning of the word.”

Organizations: West Bank Locations: Jenin, Tel Aviv, “

☆ Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] People look at a damaged car where three Palestinian militants were killed during an Israeli operation, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaJERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed three Palestinians near a village close to the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, without giving details. Hamas radio said the Israeli forces targeted a group it called the Jaba Brigade and killed its leader. The operation came days after Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in Jenin and killed six Palestinian militant fighters, including the Hamas gunman suspected of killing two Jewish settlers in the West Bank on Feb. 26. Israeli forces have conducted near daily raids across the West Bank for months, making thousands of arrests and killing more than 200 Palestinians, including both fighters and civilians.

☆ West Bank settlers 'sing and dance' after outpost recognized
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Emily Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows mobile homes in the Jewish settlement of Givat Haroeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJERUSALEM, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Drama therapist Yael Drori left bustling Jerusalem 16 years ago to live in an unrecognised outpost in the Israeli occupied West Bank. She moved to the West Bank out of ideology, but what she found was a sense of community. Along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, the Palestinians seek the occupied West Bank for a state. Israel disputes that and cites biblical, historical and political links to the West Bank, as well as security interests.

☆ Israeli West Bank settlers 'sing and dance' after outpost recognised
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Emily Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows mobile homes in the Jewish settlement of Givat Haroeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJERUSALEM, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Drama therapist Yael Drori left bustling Jerusalem 16 years ago to live in an unrecognised outpost in the Israeli occupied West Bank. As a youth, she was active in the Israeli settler movement supporting new communities in the West Bank and protesting against Israeli disengagement from Jewish communities in Gaza. She moved to the West Bank out of ideology, but what she found was a sense of community. Israel disputes that and cites biblical, historical and political links to the West Bank, as well as security interests.

☆ UN Security Council denounces Israel in statement after US showdown averted
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-State solution based on the 1967 lines," the council said in the statement. "The Security Council expresses deep concern and dismay with Israel's announcement on February 12." Resolutions need nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Russia, China, France or Britain to be adopted. Netanyahu's office described the Security Council statement on Monday as "one-sided" and criticized the United States for supporting it, adding: "The statement should not have been made and the United States should not have joined it." Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council that the United States opposes Israel's Feb. 12 settlement plans.

☆ U.S. is probing Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, Israel's defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Abu Akleh’s supporters accuse Israel of intentionally killing the 51-year-old and have urged Washington to open a full investigation. Gantz, who is set to leave his post following elections earlier this month that vaulted Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, was defense minister when Abu Akleh was killed. In September, Israel acknowledged for the first time that Israeli fire probably killed Abu Akleh. Human rights groups have long accused the Israeli military of failing to properly investigate wrongdoing by its own troops and seldom holding forces accountable. Abu Akleh was shot while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, long a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

☆ Analysis: Russia's planned Kherson retreat a double-edged sword for Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] Civilians evacuated from the Russian-controlled part of Kherson region of Ukraine arrive at a local railway station in the town of Dzhankoi, Crimea November 10, 2022. If it happens, the planned retreat could make life easier for the Russian army, in some respects, and harder for Ukraine. Both men publicly accepted that Russia's position in Kherson had become untenable. Regardless of any potential military upside, retreat would represent a humiliating defeat for Russia's political and military leadership. Kherson is the first and only regional capital Moscow's forces have captured, at great cost, since their Feb. 24 invasion.

Search resuls for: "West Bank for"

24 mentions found