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He suggested the more immediate reason for the unrest was less long-time grievances related to the Palestinian national cause and more Gaza's economic misery. "The protests are about money," said the Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the topic's sensitivity. FRAGILE CEASEFIREA recent International Monetary Fund report said that for any stable long-term economic recovery in Gaza, "lifting of the blockade and easing of the Israeli-imposed restrictions are essential". With an official unemployment rate in Gaza of over 46%, Hamas itself has faced rumbling discontent over its economic management although for its part, the movement blames the Israeli blockade for the enclave's economic woes. Last month, Israel imposed a brief blockade on exports from Gaza after inspectors said they uncovered an attempt to smuggle explosives into the West Bank.

Persons: Gaza's, Al, Bassem Naim, Bilal Al, Najar, Bashir Al, Nidal al, James Mackenzie, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, West Bank, Monetary Fund, Unipal Company, Thomson Locations: Israel, GAZA, Gaza, Al Aqsa, Egypt, Jerusalem, Lod, Gaza's

[1/5] Palestinian workers enter the reopened Erez crossing to Israel, after Israeli ends a ban on workers from Gaza, in Gaza City September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs in Israel and the West Bank, after nearly two weeks of closure prompted by violent protests along the border. Cogat, the Israeli Defence Ministry agency that coordinates with the Palestinians, said security assessments would determine whether the border remained open. Israel blocks many goods from entering Gaza with Egyptian backing, citing security concerns, and also reserves the right to restrict exports. According to IMF figures, per capita income in Gaza is only a quarter of that of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Israel, Khaled Zurub, Cogat, Hazem, Nidal Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, United, Reuters, Israeli Defence Ministry, Hamas, Bank, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, Egypt, United Nations

☆ Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank raid, Hamas says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Palestinians check a damaged house following an Israeli raid in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta Acquire Licensing RightsSept 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers and Hamas said. Israeli forces raided the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarm and a gun battle ensued with Palestinian fighters, medic Najeeb Adeeb said. Violence in the West Bank has raged for more than a year, with stepped-up Israeli military raids, increased settler assaults on Palestinian villages and a spate of Palestinian attacks on Israelis. As day dawned on the Nur Shams camp, residents took stock of the roads, infrastructure and buildings damaged during an operation that witnesses said lasted around six hours.

Persons: Ali Sawafta, Nur Shams, Najeeb Adeeb, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Bernadette Baum Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Tulkarm, Israeli, Nur Shams, Gaza

☆ Abbas Says Middle East Peace Only Possible When Palestinians Get Full Rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that Middle East peace was not achievable until the Palestinians are granted full rights. He spoke as the United States appeared to make progress in brokering a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. "Whoever thinks peace in the Middle East is possible before our people achieved their full right is delusional,” Abbas said. Israeli-Saudi normalization would dramatically redraw the Middle East by formally bringing together two major U.S. partners and longtime adversaries. Abbas also called on the United Nations to convene a conference to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which collapsed in 2014.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas, ” Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Abbas, Ali Sawafta, Nidal, Chizu Nomiyama, Howard Goller Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations General Assembly, Assembly, United Nations, West Bank Locations: United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Riyadh, U.S, New York, Ramallah, West, Gaza

☆ Abbas says Middle East peace only possible when Palestinians get full rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsUNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that Middle East peace was not achievable until the Palestinians are granted full rights. "Whoever thinks peace in the Middle East is possible before our people achieved their full right is delusional,” Abbas said. Israeli-Saudi normalization would dramatically redraw the Middle East by formally bringing together two major U.S. partners and longtime adversaries. Abbas also called on the United Nations to convene a conference to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which collapsed in 2014.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas, Brendan McDermid, ” Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Abbas, Ali Sawafta, Nidal, Chizu Nomiyama, Howard Goller Organizations: General Assembly, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United Nations General Assembly, Assembly, United Nations, West Bank, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Riyadh, New York, Ramallah, West, Gaza

[1/4] A view shows an empty Palestinian passenger terminal as Israel bans Gaza workers in punitive measures over border protests, at the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip, September 20, 2023. The move stops more than 18,000 Palestinians from crossing for work, depriving the blockaded territory's ailing economy of around $2 million a day, according to local economists. On Tuesday, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces during the protests and 11 others were wounded, according to Gaza health officials. A spokesperson for Cogat, the Israeli Defence Ministry agency that coordinates with the Palestinians, confirmed that the Erez crossing into Gaza was closed and said it would be re-opened "in accordance with situational assessments." Over the past few weeks, the military said its soldiers had been using riot dispersal means against Palestinians throwing explosives at the border fence along the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Al, Ayman Abu Krayyem, ”, Nidal Almughrabi, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Gaza, West Bank, Hamas, Cogat, Israeli Defence Ministry, World Bank, Gaza Ministry, Labour, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Al Aqsa, Palestinian, Egypt, Erez, Qatar

That stirred protests by Palestinian Americans and U.S. calls for a change in policy. Under the pilot, more than 5,400 Palestinian Americans have entered Israel or crossed its boundary with the West Bank, according to Interior Ministry figures. The U.S. Embassy says some Palestinian Americans have complained of being barred from travelling between Israel and the West Bank by car. Between 45,000 and 60,000 Palestinian Americans live in the West Bank, a U.S. official estimated. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, 15,000 to 20,000 are West Bank residents.

Persons: Joe Biden, Amir Cohen, Benjamin, blacklists, Hani Almadhoun, Dan Williams, William Maclean Organizations: Ben, Ben Gurion International, REUTERS, Palestinian, U.S, Visa, West Bank, Islamists, Ministry, Embassy, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Ben Gurion, Lod, Tel Aviv, JERUSALEM, GAZA, Gaza, United States, U.S, Egypt, Jerusalem, Palestinian American, Washington ,

[1/5] A view of Palestinian goods trucks in front of the commercial crossing of Kerem Shalom after the Israeli ban on Gaza exports deals a blow to the long-suffering economy, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip September 5, 2023. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the Israeli decision "would increase the already existing tension because of continued Israeli blockade and aggression against our people". In Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian economy minister Khaled Assaili demanded Israel cancel the ban which stops Gaza exports to Israel and the West Bank. Gaza exports are estimated at $134 million per year, mostly to Israel and the West Bank, according to the enclave's ministry of economy. As well as fish and agricultural produce, Gaza exports significant quantities of textiles and other products.

Persons: Kerem Shalom, Abu Mustafa, Bahar, Mohammad Al, Hajj, Hazem Qassem, Khaled Assaili, Assaili, Osama Nofal, Wadhah Bseisso, Nidal, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, Israel, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Palestinian Industries Union, Thomson Locations: Kerem, Rafah, Gaza, Israel, Ramallah, Hamas

☆ 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

☆ Suspected Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli woman in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Israeli troops stand guard, at the scene of a shooting, near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma Acquire Licensing RightsNEAR HEBRON, West Bank, Aug 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli woman was killed in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Israeli military said. Violence in the West Bank has surged over the past 15 months with stepped up military raids, Israeli settler rampages, and Palestinian street attacks. U.S.-brokered peace talks aimed at establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival. Its growing settlements in the West Bank, where Palestinian have limited self-rule, are considered by most countries as illegal, a view that Israel disputes.

Persons: Mussa, Hazem Qassem, rampages, Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gallant, Jerusalem's, Israel, Yosri al, Jamal, Maayan Lubell, Nidal, Ali Sawfta, Ari Rabinovitch, Henriette Chacar, Angus MacSwan, Bill Berkrot, Mark Potter Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, West, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Hebron, HEBRON, West, Israeli, West Bank, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Tehran, Nablus, Jerusalem's Al, Aqsa, U.S, East Jerusalem

Parents are able to sit and observe their children play with the cats through a glass partition as they sip their coffee. "The idea came from my childhood passion for cats since and I wanted to pass it on to people," said Mea'bed. The cafe is home mainly to Persian cats, but also Turkish angora and hybrid felines. For Hala Abu Maghaseeb, 14, who has so far not convinced her parents to get her a pet cat, the cafe was a pleasant and welcome surprise during her summer school break. Some Gazans were less impressed, arguing on social media that most residents were too impoverished to welcome such a project.

Persons: Naeema Mea'bed, Hala Abu Maghaseeb, Rewa Abdel, Hadi, Nidal al, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Turkish, Rewa

☆ Two Israelis shot dead in West Bank by suspected Palestinian gunman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEAR HUWARA, West Bank, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A suspected Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said, in a flashpoint area that has seen escalating violence for months. The two men, a father and son, were shot at close range at a car wash in the Palestinian village of Huwara, according to Israel's public broadcaster Kan. The Israeli military said it was searching the area for the assailant and had set up roadblocks in the vicinity of the attack. Violence in the West Bank has worsened over the past 15 months with frequent Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks. Prospects of reviving U.S.-brokered peace talks that aimed to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, remain dim almost a decade after their collapse.

Persons: Maayan Lubell, Raneen, Nidal, Toby Chopra, David Holmes Organizations: West Bank, Kan, West, Thomson Locations: HUWARA, West, Palestinian, Huwara, West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem

GAZA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - With car tyres, rocks and mounds of sand as seats, Palestinians of all ages have been enjoying a rare trip to the movies at a big-screen event on the Gaza beachfront. Hosted by "The Sea is Ours" cafe, the screenings were designed to promote issues of culture and history approved by the conservative Islamist Hamas government. "We can get movies on mobile phones, but this is something new and is nice," said 15-year-old Hadeel Hejji. Ali Mhana, 35, the cafe owner and local playwright, said he had never been to a regular cinema. People are here all the time, including children, who get attracted by the sound and image and come to watch the movies," Mhana said.

Persons: Ferdinand, Mohammad Zidan, lolled, Hejji, Ali Mhana, Mhana, Nidal Almughrabi, Alison Williams Organizations: Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza

GAZA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A heatwave and worsening power cuts in Gaza have left some of those living in the overcrowded Palestinian enclave struggling to breathe. Power cuts, which are unpredictable at the best of times, now last for around 12 hours a day instead of 10 as demand for air conditioning soars. "Power cuts deprive patients of their right to regular oxygen ventilation and that pushes patients to keep visiting hospital," Haj said. Alongside cases of acquired pulmonary fibrosis, Gaza health officials say more than 300 people in the enclave were born with cystic fibrosis, which causes the lungs and digestive system to become clogged with sticky mucus. Abdel-Majeed Al-Sbakhi, who has diabetes as well as cystic fibrosis, was among those forced in hospital by the heat.

Persons: Ismail Nashwan, Mohammad Al, Haj, Gaza's Shuhada, Majeed Al, Sbakhi, Nidal al, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Hamas, Aqsa, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Egypt, Israel, Gaza's, Gaza's Shuhada Al

"We are sons of Jenin," said one of the Islamic Jihad fighters, who identified himself as Abu Salah. Islamic Jihad is a Palestinian faction sworn to destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamic state. Many of the Palestinian attackers who have killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank came from the area. Sometimes the transfers involve criminals and sometimes legitimate or semi-legitimate businesses help to move funds to the West Bank, the militant sources said. Much of the weaponry used by the Jenin fighters comes from Israel itself, stolen and sold on through criminal gangs, Israeli officials say.

Persons: Raneen, Tzachi Hanegbi, Abu Salah, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Mahmoud Al, Saadi, Tamir Hayman, Daoud Shehab, Yasser Arafat, Ali Sawafta, James Mackenzie, Suleiman al, Khalidi, Raneen Sawafta, Maayan Lubell, Jonathan Saul, Jerusalem, Nidal, Michelle Nichols, Leila Bassam, David Clarke Organizations: Bank, REUTERS, West Bank, Islamic, Israel's National, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, HIT, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian, Israel's Institute for National Security, United Nations, Palestinian Center, Policy, Survey Research, Jenin Brigade, Gulf, Aqsa Brigades, Fatah, Thomson Locations: Jenin, JENIN, West, Islamic Jihad, Iran, Jihad, Lebanon, Israel, Oslo, Crescent, Tel Aviv, New York, Nablus, Palestinian Territories, China, Jordanian, Al, Aqsa, Amman, Maayan, Gaza, Beirut, Parisa, Dubai

☆ Israel rules out Jerusalem base for Saudi envoy to Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area at the State Department in Washington, October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/PoolJERUSALEM, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel ruled out on Sunday a diplomatic base in Jerusalem for the new Saudi envoy to the Palestinians, whose appointment comes as Washington tries to forge formal Israeli relations with Riyadh. Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef Al-Sudairi on Saturday expanded his credentials to include non-resident envoy to the Palestinians. "We will not allow the opening of any kind of diplomatic mission" in Jerusalem, Cohen added. Israel's hard-right government has played down any prospect of it giving significant ground to the Palestinians as part of a normalisation deal with Saudi Arabia.

Persons: Jonathan Ernst, Pool, Jordan Nayef Al, Sudairi, Donald Trump, Eli Cohen, Cohen, Bassam Al, Agha, Al, Trump, Nidal al, Dan Williams, Bernadette Baum Organizations: State Department, REUTERS, Saudi, Washington, Palestinian Authority, Tel, U.S, Palestine, Israel, Thomson Locations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Washington, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Saudi, Amman, East Jerusalem, United States, U.S, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

☆ Palestinians accept first Saudi ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

At a ceremony in Jordan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi received a copy of the credentials of Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi as a non-resident envoy, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. Palestinian analyst Talal Okal said the diplomatic appointment was a half-step toward an official Saudi representation office in the occupied West Bank. "It is also a message Saudi Arabia was committed to the rights of the Palestinians in a fully sovereign state," he added. PALESTINIAN CONCERNPalestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said last week that Abbas's Western-backed Palestinian Authority is hoping to engage with Saudi Arabia over their concerns about the potential normalisation with Israel. Saudi Arabia has quietly accepted the so-called Abraham Accords that have normalised ties between Israel and Gulf states United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas's, Majdi al, Khalidi, Nayef Al, Wafa, al, Talal Okal, Riyad al, Maliki, Abraham, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Ali Swafta, Maayan Lubell, Hatem Maher, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian, Saudi, Abraham Accords, United, NBC, Thomson Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Saudi Arabian, Israel, Saudi Arabia, U.S, Saudi, Jordan, Palestinian, Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Gaza, Ramallah, Maayan, Jerusalem, Cairo

[1/5] Majdi El-Tattar, a man with disability from Gaza trains children to swim as he became a high-in-demand swimming coach, in Gaza City August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaGAZA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Majdi El-Tattar was just nine years old when he lost his leg in an accident. Now he is an inspiration to aspiring swimmers in Gaza - as a qualified swimming coach who runs his own school. "I developed my skills and that enabled me to start a swimming school," Tattar told Reuters as a few dozen of his students trained in the water. Earlier this month, the U.S.-based Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) brought together 120 Gaza children who have upper and lower limb amputations, into a summer camp.

Persons: Abu, Tattar, Gazans, Saed, Nidal Almughrabi, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Palestinian Swimming Academy, International Committee, Assalama Charitable Society, Palestine Children's Relief, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Abu Mustafa GAZA, Israel, U.S

☆ Three Palestinian militants shot dead, say Israeli police
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Palestinians gather at the scene where Israeli forces targeted a Palestinian car, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaJERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said, drawing threats of revenge by Palestinian militant factions. Violence has worsened in the West Bank since last year with more Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks on Israelis. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has militants in Gaza and the West Bank, also vowed revenge. The Israeli police said the head of a militant group involved in military action against Israeli security forces and supporting "terrorists" in Gaza had died along with two other squad members.

Persons: Hazem Qassem, Tareq Selmaa, Benjamin Netanyahu, Emily Rose, Nidal, Ali Sawafta, Barbara Lewis, Hugh Lawson Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Washington, Thomson Locations: Jenin, Raneen, JERUSALEM, Gaza

☆ Palestinian attack leaves one Israeli dead in Tel Aviv, shooter killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] An emergency response vehicle is seen near the site of a suspected shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Nir EliasJERUSALEM, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A Tel Aviv municipal patrol officer has died, Israeli officials said on Saturday, after being shot by a Palestinian on a street in central Tel Aviv. The suspected shooter was then shot dead by another municipal patrol worker, Tel Aviv's mayor Ron Huldai told Israel's public broadcaster. The shooting came a day after a Palestinian teen was killed in an attack by Israeli civilians on a Palestinian village in the West Bank. Tel Aviv mayor Huldai said the municipal worker had approached the attacker after noticing something suspicious and was then fired at by the shooter.

Persons: Nir Elias JERUSALEM, Ron Huldai, Huldai, Benjamin Netanyahu, coalition's, Emily Rose, Nidal, Toby Chopra, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, Palestinian, Hamas, West Bank . Washington, Tel, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel, Jenin, Palestinian

☆ Exclusive: U.S. quietly inspects Israeli crossings for its Palestinian dual-nationals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Since the trial period began, Palestinian Americans already say there is a difference. The allies have sought to limit publicity around the trial period, which comes amid unusually intense strains between their leaderships over wider Palestinian policies and other issues. One official told Reuters the trial period has been "going smoothly," without significant hold-ups for Palestinian American travellers. The Arab American Institute Foundation puts the number of Americans of Palestinian descent at between 122,500 and 220,000. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that out of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, about 15,000 to 20,000 were West Bank residents.

Persons: Abdul Jalil Juda, Ben Gurion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Nuha Sharaf, Dan Williams, Peter Graff Organizations: Ben Gurion, West Bank, U.S, Visa, Reuters, Embassy, Israel's National Security Council, Israeli, Palestinian, ., City University of New, of Homeland Security, State Department, Arab American Institute Foundation, West Bank ., Thomson Locations: Israel, JERUSALEM, Palestinian, Israeli, West, Washington, United States, Ben, Jordan, Jerusalem, U.S, American, City University of New York, The U.S, Gaza

☆ Deadly clashes in Palestinian camp in Lebanon rage for third day
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMMAN, July 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security sources said. At least 11 people have been kllled and 40 wounded in the clashes that broke out in Ain el-Hilweh camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon, over the weekend, security and Palestinian sources said. On Monday, the warring groups fired rocket-propelled grenades at each other in the crowded alleys of the camp. More than 2,000 people were forced to flee, seeking safety, said Dorothee Klaus, head of UNRWA, the U.N.agency responsible for the welfare of Palestinian refugees, which runs basic services in the camp with over 50,000 inhabitants. Shrapnel injured several Lebanese soldiers outside the walled camp were the army control access for people in checkpoints outside.

Persons: Fatah, Dorothee Klaus, Klaus, Shrapnel, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Fatah, Iranian Hezbollah, UNRWA, Thomson Locations: AMMAN, Lebanon, Ain el, Sidon, Israel, Gaza, Ramallah

[1/3] A Palestinian, Mustafa Abdou, repairs a fan in his shop amid a heatwave at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemGAZA, July 30 (Reuters) - While soaring temperatures across the Middle East are causing discomfort for many, Gaza electrical appliance repairman Mustafa Abdou is enjoying a boom in business amid surging demand for electric fans. Temperatures have risen above 38 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Gaza and frequent power cuts have pushed more and more people to adapt their fans to work by battery. Despite being surrounded by fans, he was sweating as he spoke because his own fan couldn't work due to a power cut. More than 2.3 million people live in the Gaza Strip, the narrow strip of land squeezed between Egypt and Israel.

Persons: Mustafa Abdou, Mohammed Salem, Abdou, Nidal Almughrabi, Susan Fenton Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Mohammed Salem GAZA, Gaza, Gaza Beach, Egypt, Israel

☆ At least six die in Palestinian faction clashes in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said. Four of the aides later died of their injuries, a security source said, adding that sporadic clashes in the camp intensified later on Sunday. Fighting subsided but did not completely stop after a ceasefire was reached at a meeting between rival Palestinian factions that included representatives of pro-Iranian Hezbollah group and its ally Shi'ite Amal movement that hold sway in southern Lebanon. Shops had earlier closed their doors and some people fled the camp, the largest refugee camp in Lebanon, as tensions between the rival groups mounted on Sunday, a witness said. The U.N. agency responsible for the welfare of Palestinian refugees that provides basic services to nearly 50,000 people living in Ain el-Hilweh said it was suspending all operations in the camp.

Persons: Fatah, Hilweh, Dorothee Klaus, Najib Mikati, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Nidal al Mughrabi, Frances Kerry Organizations: Fatah, Iranian Hezbollah, Caretaker, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Ain, Sidon, Ain el, Israel, Gaza

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