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☆ How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Videos issued by Hamas showed fighters breaching the security fences, with the dim light and low sun suggesting it was at around the time of the rocket barrage. A photograph released by Hamas showed a bulldozer tearing down a section of security fence. [1/3]A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7, 2023. Hamas videos and unverified images circulating on social media showed dead civilians, Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters. Israel's Foreign Ministry said Hamas gunmen had gone house-to-house killing civilians.

Persons: Erez, Zikim, Ammar Awad, Yaacov Shabtai, Jihad, Dan Williams, Nidal, Angus McDowall, Ros Russell Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Fighters, Reuters, Israel's, Ministry, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Zikim, Israeli, Reim, Sderot, Ofakim, Jerusalem

☆ What to know about the surprise Hamas attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Hadas Gold Richard Allen Greene Amir Tal Ibrahim Dahman Abeer Salman Kareem Khaddar Nadeen Ebrahim | Hadas Gold | Richard Allen Greene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In response to the attack, Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron,” striking a number of targets in the Gaza strip. After Hamas seized control of Gaza, Israel and Egypt imposed a strict siege on the territory, which is ongoing. Before Saturday’s operation, the last war between Hamas and Israel was in 2021, which lasted for 11 days and killed at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel. A member of Israeli security forces tries to extinguish fire on cars following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel. Western states condemned the Hamas attack and pledged support for Israel while Arab states, including those that have recognized Israel, called for calm.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, –, ” Netanyahu, Muhammad Al, Deif, ”, Mohammed Abed, Netanyahu, Daniel Hagari, Ammar Awad, Richard Hecht, Hecht, “, Jack Guez, Fatah, Israel, Harakat, Muqawama, Mahmoud Abbas, Ahmad Gharabli, Joe Biden, Washington “, Ilan Rosenberg, Reuters “, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Isaac Herzog, Israel “ Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israeli, Palestinian, Hamas, “, Beer Sheba, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, IDF, Getty, Reuters, West Bank, Gaza, West Bank ., Getty Images, Palestinian Authority, Islamia, Islamic Resistance Movement, Oslo Accords, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, European Union, United, Saturday Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv, Beer, Sderot, Al, Aqsa, Hamas, Gaza City, AFP, Ashkelon, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanese, Egypt, Yom Kippur, Oslo, United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, UAE

☆ Iran foreign ministry says Hamas attacks sign of 'confidence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Israeli soldiers work to secure residential areas following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel October 7. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry said attacks by its ally Hamas on Saturday were proof of the Palestinians' increased confidence in the face of Israel, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. "In this operation, the element of surprise and other combined methods were used, which show the Palestinian people's confidence in the face of the occupiers," ISNA quoted ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani as telling the agency in an interview. The attacks "proved that the Zionist regime is more vulnerable than ever and that the initiative is in the hands of Palestinian youth," government spokesperson Ali Bahadori-Jahromi told state news agency IRNA. Reporting by Dubai newsroom; editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ammar Awad, ISNA, Nasser Kanaani, Ali Bahadori, Jahromi, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Dubai, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Sderot, Israel, Rights DUBAI

[1/3] A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7. A resident reported seeing multiple bodies and bullet-scarred vehicles in the southern Israeli town of Sderot where groups of Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops 12 hours after the attack was launched. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies," said Shlomi from Sderot. In one incident, young Israelis told of fleeing a dance party in the early hours of Saturday as Hamas gunmen backed by rocket barrages entered towns and villages by the border. Israeli TV stations carried telephone calls from terrified residents of towns and kibbutzes speaking even as gunmen were trying to break into their shelters.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Ortal, Esther Borochov, Magen David, Ella, I've, Maayan, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Hamas, Reuters, N12, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Sderot, Israel, SDEROT, Palestinian, Reim, Israeli, Be'eri

☆ Brazil to call emergency meeting of UN Security Council over attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsBRASILIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Brazil's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it would convene an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council following the biggest attack on Israel in years. Brazil, which assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month, condemned the attacks in a public statement and expressed solidarity with the people of Israel. It also reaffirmed a commitment to a "two-state solution," with Palestine and Israel coexisting within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders. The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the largest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, killing at least 40 people and injuring hundreds. "The Brazilian government reiterates that there is no justification for resorting to violence, especially against civilians, and urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint to prevent an escalation of the situation," the Foreign Ministry said.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Israel coexisting, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marcela Ayres, Brad Haynes Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United Nations Security, UN Security, Hamas, Foreign Ministry, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Sderot, Israel, Rights BRASILIA, Brazil, Palestine, Palestinian

☆ In pictures: Israel 'at war' as Hamas gunmen launch attack from Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[15/35]Israeli police tape is laid over an abandoned pickup truck fitted with a heavy gun that entered Israel from Gaza as part of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel October 7. REUTERS/Ammar AwadSDEROT, ISRAEL

Persons: Ammar Awad SDEROT Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Israel, Gaza, Sderot, ISRAEL

☆ Why Hamas' unprecedented wave of attacks is a humiliation for Israel's legendary spy networks, say security analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel's inability to anticipate the attack was a "colossal" intelligence failure, analysts say. Israel has one of the most sophisticated intelligence networks in the Middle East. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael was rocked by a wave of unprecedented attacks carried out by Hamas fighters on Saturday, with reports of thousands of rockets being fired into the country and gunmen roaming the streets. Observers have noted that Israel's failure to anticipate the attack, which likely took months of complex planning, is a failure of their famously sophisticated intelligence agencies. There have also been unconfirmed reports of IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians being captured by Hamas fighters and taken to Gaza.

Persons: —, Eli Maron, Frank Gardner, Israel, Gardner, Paul Adams, John Sparks, Ammar Awad, Adams, Mohammed Deif, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israel, Hamas, Observers, IDF, Israeli Navy, BBC, Sky News, REUTERS, paraglider, Army Radio, Al Locations: Israel, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Sderot, Aqsa, Jerusalem

☆ Arab family of five shot dead as crime rates in Israel soar
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] People attend a protest against a spike in deadly crime-related violence in Israel's Arab communities after a family of five, including a woman and two teenagers, were shot dead in their home in Basmat Tab'un, northern Israel September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Five members of an Arab family were shot dead in their home in Israel, police said on Wednesday, in the latest in a wave of crime-related killings in Israel's Arab communities that has reached a new peak this year. Arab mayors have accused the government and police of deliberately neglecting their communities and of enabling criminals to act with impunity. "As police, we will do everything to get to the killers," police spokesman Eli Levi told reporters at the scene of Wednesday's crime. Arab citizens, most of whom are descendants of Palestinians who remained in Israel during the mass exodus of refugees in the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, make up about a fifth of the country's population.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Basmat Tab'un, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Mansour Abbas, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Netanyahu, Eli Levi, Henriette Chacar, James Mackenzie, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, National, Israel, Jewish, Thomson Locations: Basmat Tab'un, Israel, Basmat

☆ Morocco to spend $11.7 billion on five-year post-quake reconstruction plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ait Abdellah Brahim, 86, gestures among rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsRABAT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Morocco plans to spend at least 120 billion dirhams ($11.7 billion) in a post-earthquake reconstruction plan over the next five years, the royal palace said on Wednesday. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Sept 8, killing more than 2,900 people, mostly in the hard-to-reach villages of the High Atlas mountains. The plan would target 4.2 million people in the worst-hit provinces of Al Haouz, Chichaoua, Taroudant, Marrakech, Ouarzazate and Azizlal, the royal palace said, following a meeting of King Mohammed VI with government and army officials. The royal palace said the plan would be funded by the govenrment's budget, international aid and by a fund set up in response to the quake.

Persons: Ait Abdellah Brahim, Talat, Ammar Awad, Al Haouz, King Mohammed VI, households.It, Ahmed Eljechtimi, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, Al, Taroudant, Marrakech, Ouarzazate

☆ Palestinian trucker kills Israeli soldier in ramming, is shot dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Ammar Awad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NILIN, West Bank, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A Palestinian truck driver killed an Israeli soldier in a ramming attack near a checkpoint on the boundary with the occupied West Bank on Thursday, and was shot dead during an ensuing pursuit, Israeli military and medical officials said. The incident came hours after Palestinians wounded four Israeli soldiers in a roadside bombing in the West Bank, which has seen spiralling violence in recent months amid an almost decade-long deadlock in U.S.-sponsored peacemaking efforts. Security forces pursued the driver into the West Bank, shooting him near the Palestinian village of Nilin, Israeli police said. The West Bank is among areas where Palestinians seek statehood, a prospect ruled out by Israel's rightist government, which promotes Jewish settlement of the territory. Overnight, the Islamic Jihad faction said it set off a roadside bomb against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Dan Williams, Nidal, Alex Richardson, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: West Bank, Security, REUTERS, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Islamic Jihad, Thomson Locations: West, Palestinian, Israel, Nilin, Maccabim, Nablus

☆ Man killed in rare clash between Palestinian security forces and gunmen
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsRAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A Palestinian was killed in a rare clash between Palestinian security forces and gunmen in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, amid uncertainty over the future of Palestinian leadership that has widened internal rifts. Israel has stepped up military raids in Palestinian self-ruled areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank where Palestinian fighters have become increasingly assertive, challenging the internationally backed Palestinian Authority (PA). Witnesses said a man was killed in the West Bank town of Tulkarm after Palestinian security forces arrived to free up roads to its refugee camp, which gunmen had blocked as a precaution against Israeli incursions. Talal Dweikat, spokesperson for the PA security services, said gunmen had opened fire at the forces, "prompting security forces to intervene, taking necessary measures to restore order". PA security services launched an investigation into the incident and requested an autopsy, the official WAFA news agency reported.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Witnesses, Talal Dweikat, Mahmoud Abbas, Ali Sawafta, Nidal al, Jonathan Oatis, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, Reuters, U.S, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, RAMALLAH, West, Palestinian, Israel, Tulkarm, Israeli, Gaza, Oslo, Hebron

☆ Papua New Guinea says to open embassy in Jerusalem next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Kirsty Needham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will open an embassy in Jerusalem next week during a visit by Prime Minister James Marape, a spokesperson for his office said on Monday. "Yes, that is correct," said a spokesperson from Marape's office, when asked whether the country is set to open the embassy and that Marape would visit Israel next week. Israel's foreign ministry said in February Papua New Guinea would open its first embassy in the country some time in 2023. Israeli media including Channel 14 and the Times of Israel reported the inauguration of the embassy would take place on September 5. Reporting by Kirsty Needham in Sydney Writing by Alasdair Pal Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ammar Awad, James Marape, Kirsty Needham, Alasdair Pal, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Times, Thomson Locations: Papua New Guinea, Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv, United States, Kosovo, Guatemala, Honduras, Jerusalem . Israel, Sydney

☆ Israeli protesters keep pressure on Netanyahu after judicial turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] People carry flags while taking part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 29, 2023. From a remote intersection among the lush hills of the northern Galilee to the avenues criss-crossing the financial hub of Tel Aviv, protesters beating drums and blaring horns took to the streets on a hot evening at the end of Sabbath. The judicial overhaul pursued by Netanyahu and his right-wing government, the first part of which passed on Monday, has sparked an unprecedented crisis and opened up a deep social divide. Critics say he is threatening Israel's democratic principles and independence of the courts, possibly with an eye to a corruption case he himself is facing. Reporting by Rami Amichay and Ari Rabinovitch Editing by Frances Kerry and Giles ElgoodOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ammar Awad TEL, Netanyahu, Yariv Shavit, adjourns, Netanyahu's, Rami Amichay, Ari Rabinovitch, Frances Kerry, Giles Elgood Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Ammar Awad TEL AVIV, Galilee

☆ Civil unrest, legal appeals and military disobedience: What Israel may face after Supreme Court law change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Striking down a Basic Law would be uncharted territory for the Supreme Court, although the court has examined and commented on Basic Laws before. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images People in Tel Aviv, Israel, demonstrate against the judicial overhaul plan on Saturday, July 22. Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protesters from Tel Aviv walk the entrance road to Jerusalem after a four-day march on July 22. Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters Protesters block the main entrance to the Ministry of Defense during a protest in Tel Aviv on July 18. Israeli military reservist signs pledge to suspend voluntary military service if the government passes judicial overhaul legislation, near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 19.

Persons: CNN —, Israel doesn’t, Benjamin Netanyahu, Esther Hayut, ”, ” Hayut, Barak Medina, ” Medina, ” Yohanan Plesner, Ron Dermer, “, Plesner, Netanyahu, Monday, Amir Cohen, Corinna Kern, Oded, Jack Guez, Hazem Bader, Ammar Awad, Aryeh Deri, Shas, Ronaldo Schemidt, Ohad, Mahmoud Illean, Ronen Zvulun, Dar Yaskil, Saeed Qaq, Matan Golan, Eyal Warshavsky, Menahem Kahana, Ilan Rosenberg, Amir Levy, Medina, ” Plesner, Israel, Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, ” Dermer, Biden hadn’t, Martin Indyk, Dan Kurtzer, Indyk, Israel hasn’t Organizations: CNN, Law, Supreme, Nation State Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s, of Law, Israel Democracy Institute, Strategic, Israel Medical Association, IMA, High Tech, ”, Reuters, Getty, AP, Protesters, Getty Images, Reuters Protesters, AP People, Ministry of Defense, Air, House Press, New York Times, State Department Locations: Israel’s, United States, Israel, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israeli, AFP, Reuters Israeli

☆ Israel passes law to strip Supreme Court of power to block government decisions, defying months of protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Ivana Kottasová Richard Allen Greene Hadas Gold Amir Tal | Ivana Kottasová | Richard Allen Greene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The so-called reasonableness law takes away the Supreme Court’s power to block government decisions by declaring them unreasonable. Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protesters from Tel Aviv walk the entrance road to Jerusalem after a four-day march on July 22. Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters Protesters block the main entrance to the Ministry of Defense during a protest in Tel Aviv on July 18. Israel, which has no written constitution and no upper chamber of the parliament, has had a relatively powerful Supreme Court, which supporters of the changes argue is problematic. He has argued that the Supreme Court has become an insular, elitist group that does not represent the Israeli people.

Persons: –, Yair Lapid, Ohad, Ammar Awad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Aryeh Deri, Shas, Ronaldo Schemidt, Mahmoud Illean, Netanyahu, Ronen Zvulun, Hazem Bader, Dar Yaskil, Saeed Qaq, Matan Golan, Menahem Kahana, Ilan Rosenberg, Amir Levy, Jack Guez, Joe Biden, “, Israel, ” Biden, Biden, Thomas Friedman, ”, Maya Alleruzzo, Isaac Herzog Organizations: CNN, Israel Police, Air Force, Israeli, Quality Government, Supreme, AP, Reuters, Getty Images, Protesters, Reuters Protesters, Getty, Ministry of Defense, New York Times, TA, West Bank, Israel Bar Association, Association Locations: Israeli, Jerusalem, Reuters Israeli, AFP, Tel Aviv, Israel, United States

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

☆ Israeli settlers build new outposts amid rising West Bank violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A European diplomat checks a Palestinian house that was torched by Israeli settlers, during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2023. The developments followed some of the worst violence in years involving Palestinians, Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the West Bank in the past week. The Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported at least seven new outposts were built in the West Bank since Thursday with the government's knowledge. Since taking office in January, Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition has approved the promotion of more than 7,000 new housing units, most deep in the West Bank. According to the United Nations, some 700,000 settlers live in 279 settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, up from 520,000 in 2012.

Persons: Ammar Awad JERUSALEM, Itamar Ben, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Gvir, Israel, Netanyahu, Eli, Daniel Hagari, Henriette Chacar, Angus MacSwan Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Palestinian, National, United Nations, Military, Israel, Thomson Locations: European, Ramallah, Geneva, Israel, Palestinian, Jenin, West, Turmus, East Jerusalem

☆ In pictures: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after deadly Hamas strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

An aerial view shows burned vehicles after an attack by Israeli settlers near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 21, 2023. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank overnight, torching buildings and cars in...moreAn aerial view shows burned vehicles after an attack by Israeli settlers near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 21, 2023. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank overnight, torching buildings and cars in apparent retaliation for the killing by Hamas of four Israelis near a settlement the day before. REUTERS/Ammar AwadClose

Persons: Ammar Awad Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS Locations: Ramallah, Palestinian

☆ Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after deadly Hamas strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows burned vehicles after an attack by Israeli settlers near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 21, 2023. "There was heavy gunfire but we couldn't distinguish whether it came from settlers or the soldiers because of the darkness." Attacks were also reported in other West Bank towns and villages. Netanyahu's government is set on expanding settlements in the West Bank and includes members who rule out a Palestinian state. Hamas, which advocates armed resistance against Israel, has been steadily expanding its operations in the West Bank.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Yaqoub Oweis, Lubban, Eli, Mahmoud Dawoud, Gharbeya, Itamar Ben, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Israel Katz, Nidal al, James Mackenzie, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Bank, Rampage, Al, Palestinian, Monday . Local, Israeli National Security, Energy, Cabinet, Army Radio, West, Hamas, Seven, Thomson Locations: Ramallah, RAMALLAH, West, Palestinian, West Bank, Huwara, Hamas, Gaza, Jenin, Monday, Al, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem

☆ Palestinian gunmen kill four Israelis in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Ammar Awad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Ammar AwadNEAR ELI SETTLEMENT, West Bank, June 20 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an attack the militant Hamas group said was a response to a raid by Israeli forces in the flashpoint city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it was boosting forces in the West Bank after the attack. Police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a full-scale military operation in the West Bank and urged Jewish settlers in the area to carry a weapon. U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, aimed at establishing a state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival. Israel's government is set on expanding settlements in the West Bank and includes members who rule out a Palestinian state.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Eli, Morel Nicker, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Huwara, Israel Tom Nides, Maayan Lubell, Rami Amichay, Nidal, Ali Sawafta, James Mackenzie, Alex Richardson, Angus MacSwan, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Bezalel Smotrich ., West, Thomson Locations: Eli, ELI, West, Jenin, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, U.S, West Bank, East Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to Israel's calculations at work in dealing with Hamas in Gaza. "The gap between Hamas and Islamic Jihad is rooted in the fact that Hamas has a political programme and governing authority, whereas the Jihad has neither," he said. However, Israeli officials say Islamic Jihad would not be able to fire rockets without approval from Hamas. An Islamic Jihad official offered a similar line. "That's why they (Hamas) focus their attacks in the West Bank," the regional diplomat said.

☆ Israel, Palestinian Militants Agree to Cease-Fire After Five Days of Fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s Iron Dome aerial-defense system on Saturday near Ashdod, Israel. Photo: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERSTEL AVIV—Israel and Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a cease-fire late Saturday, to end five days of intense fighting that had raised fears of a wider conflict. The cease-fire, brokered by Egypt and the United Nations, came into effect at 10 p.m. local time, Palestinian officials said.

☆ After tense night, thousands pray at Jerusalem's Western Wall
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Dawn Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ended peacefully on Sunday after days of heightened tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site, as a mass Passover benediction at the adjacent Western Wall began. Small groups of Jewish visitors under heavy police guard walked through the mosque compound, known in Judaism as Temple Mount, as thousands of worshippers gathered for the Passover's special "Priestly Blessing" at the Western Wall below. At Al-Aqsa, the special Tarawih Ramadan prayer on Saturday night ended peacefully despite fears violence would erupt there once more. After a year of escalated Israeli-Palestinian violence, tensions are running especially high as Ramadan and Passover coincide, with a focus on the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's walled Old City. Clashes there between police and worshippers helped spark a 10-day war Israel-Gaza war in 2021.

☆ Israeli police attack worshippers in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Israeli border policemen set up a fence near Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, while tension arises during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, April 5 (Reuters) - Israeli police attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before dawn on Wednesday, witnesses said, in what Israeli police said was a response to rioting. It said in a statement that Israeli forces were preventing its medics from reaching the mosque. Friction at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, has set off violence in recent years. Videos circulating on social media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed fireworks going off and police beating people inside the mosque.

☆ Israeli raid at Al-Aqsa mosque risks igniting violence, Arab League says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Israeli security forces take position at the Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, while tension arises during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar AwadCAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - The Arab League on Wednesday strongly condemned an Israeli police raid on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, saying it put regional stability at risk. In a statement issued after an emergency meeting on the incident, the League condemned what it called "crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against defenceless Muslim worshippers" in the mosque. The pre-dawn raid risked "igniting a spiral of violence that threatens security and stability in the region and the world", it added. Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit had earlier condemned the raid in a separate statement.

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