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ZANUTA, West Bank—Hanaa Abul-Kbash was home with her children in this tiny village in the occupied West Bank when she says an Israeli settler, armed with a military-style rifle, barged in telling her she had to go. “I told him this has been my home for 21 years and that I would not leave,” recalls 43-year-old Abul-Kbash of the encounter in late-October. The man grabbed her by the collar, shook her violently, cocked his weapon and left, Abul-Kbash says. Days later, on Oct. 28, she and the roughly 250 other residents of Zanuta abandoned the Palestinian village.

Persons: West Bank — Hanaa Abul, Kbash, “, ” Organizations: West Bank —, West Bank Locations: Zanuta

BEITUNIA, West Bank—After more than a year of detention, Azhar Assaf has finally returned to her home in the occupied West Bank. Although she doesn’t consider herself to be political, she says she owes her freedom to Hamas. Assaf and other freed prisoners, many of whom have been held without trial, are attributing their release to Hamas, with some openly praising the group. That is helping to boost Hamas’s public image among Palestinians amid a war with Israel that has left more than 15,000 dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to authorities in the enclave. The numbers don’t distinguish between militants and civilians.

Persons: Azhar Assaf, doesn’t, Assaf Organizations: West Bank —, West Bank Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Israeli Siege Leaves Gaza Without Clean Water, Causing Disease
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Margherita Stancati | Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At Rami Hijjo’s home in Gaza City, showering is a luxury of the past. The taps are running dry and he spends hours each day trying to procure rationed drinking water that isn’t even clean enough to make tea. “Sometimes the water is salty and the tea we prepare with it is murky,” said the father of three, a former humanitarian worker.

Persons: Rami Hijjo’s, ” Locations: Gaza City

BAGHDAD—The U.S. is rushing to support Middle East leaders facing domestic turmoil over the Israel-Hamas conflict, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken making two surprise visits Sunday to the West Bank and Iraq, as the Biden administration comes under pressure to secure a pause in fighting and ease regional tensions. The unannounced stops, first to the West Bank city of Ramallah, and then, to Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, followed a summit of Arab leaders Saturday in Jordan, where Blinken reassured Middle East allies that the U.S. would work to keep the conflict from spreading and help Palestinian civilians caught in the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Blinken departed Baghdad late Sunday for Ankara, where he was expected to hold discussions with his Turkish counterpart about humanitarian aid and the collective interest in preventing a broader conflict.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken Organizations: West Bank, Turkish Locations: BAGHDAD, The U.S, Israel, Iraq, Ramallah, Baghdad, Jordan, U.S, Sunday, Ankara

QUSRA, West Bank—On the morning of Oct. 12, Hani Odeh was considering a problem: how to get the bodies of four Palestinians shot dead during an attack by Israeli settlers to the cemetery in Qusra, where he is mayor. The four men had been killed the day before. Israeli police are still investigating the circumstances of the deaths, which came after Hamas’s massacre of over 1,400 people a few days earlier, and the Israeli military had instructed the mayor to change the route of the cortege from the hospital to avoid inflaming the situation further. Odeh, smoking cigarettes in his office, the customary portrait of Yasser Arafat hanging above his desk, said he complied.

Persons: Hani Odeh, Yasser Arafat Organizations: West Bank — Locations: Qusra

☆ Blast Goes Off at Orthodox Church Campus in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A blast went off at a building on the premises of the St. Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza City on Thursday night while dozens of Palestinian families were sheltering there. Rescuers were pulling people out of the rubble, several of whom were injured, according to people at the site. Majdy Jildah, who had been seeking refuge at the church, said about 500 people had been sheltering on the church campus, including about 80 in the church council building where the explosion occurred. Dozens were inside the assembly hall of the church, which was also damaged. The church is one of the oldest in the world.

Persons: Majdy Jildah Organizations: Church Locations: Porphyrius, Gaza City

☆ Egypt's President Says Israel Can Host Palestinian Refugees in Negev Desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said that Israel could move Palestinians affected by the fighting in Gaza to the desert in southern Israel instead of asking Cairo to host them. Egypt is opposed to hosting any Palestinians on its territory despite coming under intense pressure to allow refugees to cross the border to the Sinai Peninsula to escape an Israeli bombing campaign and expected ground invasion. “If the Palestinians are transferred to Egypt...Sinai will be a base for operations against Israel and in this case, Egypt will be labeled as a base for terrorists,” he said. In 1948, after the creation of Israel, tens of thousands of Palestinians flooded into Egypt, turning the town of Rafah into a refugee camp.

Persons: Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Israel, ” Organizations: Israel Locations: Gaza, Israel, Cairo, Egypt, Sinai, Rafah

☆ The Extent of the Evacuation Zone in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Nations said more than a million people, almost half the total population of Gaza, have been displaced since the Israeli military laid siege to the enclave and began a campaign of airstrikes in retaliation for the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel by Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist group that controls Gaza. Hamas killed at least 1,400 Israelis and took at least 199 people hostage in its attack.

Organizations: United Nations, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S

An explosion rocked a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, killing hundreds in one of the deadliest single incidents of violence in the strip—hours before President Biden was expected to visit Israel in a show of support. Hamas and Palestinian officials blamed Israel and said at least 500 people were killed. Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said there were “clear indications” that the blast was a misfire by the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which the group denied. The source of the explosion couldn’t be immediately verified.

Persons: Biden, Israel Organizations: Israel, Minister’s Locations: Gaza

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Persons: Dow Jones, biden, cd6889d6 Locations: israel, gaza

☆ Violence Surges in the West Bank Following Hamas Attack on Israelis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, f1393059 Locations: gaza

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: gaza

☆ Palestinians Consider Returning to Northern Gaza Amid Dire Situation in South
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Conditions in southern Gaza have become so desperate that some civilians who fled there said they are now returning to the north , where bombing is more intense. Feda Bassiouni, a 33-year-old mother, left her home in Gaza City and headed to southern Gaza on Saturday with her 2-year-old daughter, thinking they would be safer there. But short of food and water, she said the search for refuge feels pointless and she is considering returning home. “If we’re going to die anyway, I’d rather die in my own home,” she said. “I don’t know if my house is still there, but I’m sure to find some of my daughter’s toys.”

Persons: ”, “ Locations: Gaza, Gaza City

☆ Map of Gaza Shows Extent of Evacuation Zone
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Organizations: United Nations, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S

☆ What's Happening in the Israel-Gaza Conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Ari Flanzraich | Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel continued to pound the Gaza Strip on the 10th day of fighting, in response to attacks launched by Hamas militants from the enclave that left at least 1,400 people dead and almost 200 held captive. A flurry of international diplomacy is underway to prevent a wider regional conflagration, allow aid to enter Gaza and some civilians out. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday for the second time since the Oct. 7 attacks.

Persons: Israel, Antony Blinken Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Palestinian Authority President Criticizes Hamas in Call With Venezuelan Leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas criticized the actions of Hamas in a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA, his first public comments on the group since the Oct. 7 killings of Israeli civilians by Hamas. Abbas, who said Hamas’s actions don’t represent the Palestinian people, called for the release of “civilians, prisoners, and detainees on both sides of the conflict.” He also urged an “immediate cessation of Israeli aggression against Palestinians” and called for the opening of urgent humanitarian corridors to Gaza.

Persons: Mahmoud Abbas, Nicolás Maduro, WAFA, Abbas, ” Organizations: Venezuelan Locations: Gaza

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: gaza

☆ Latest Death Tolls in Israel and Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The number of Palestinians who have died since the start of the war in Gaza rose to 1,799, and there have been 7,388 wounded, the Gaza Ministry of Health said Friday. Israel said on Thursday that 1,300 people were killed during rocket attacks and deadly raids into Israeli territory by fighters from Hamas, a U.S-designated terror group. More than 3,000 people have been wounded.

Persons: Israel Organizations: Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Gaza, U.S

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: gaza

☆ Hamas Says Its Attack on Israel Was Planned for Two Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | Ghassan Adnan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hamas's idea for Saturday's attack on Israel dates to 2021, when the militant group began preparing intensively by studying the tactics and strategies of its opponent, according to Abu Obaida, the spokesman for Hamas's military wing, on its Telegram account. "Our forces achieved an unprecedented military victory in the history of conflict with the Zionist enemy," he said. Already, he said the result was "more than we had planned." The group's plan was to deploy 3,000 fighters for the battle, and another 1,500 for backup and support. It studied everything from how the Israeli military trains and deploys its soldiers, to the land and weather conditions.

Persons: Abu Obaida, Obaida Locations: Israel

☆ Latest Casualty Figures From Israel and Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The death toll from the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza continued to rise as the fighting entered a fourth day on Tuesday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 830 people have been killed in Gaza and 4,250 people injured since the fighting began. In the West Bank, 19 people have been killed and about 110 injured over the past two days, the ministry said.

Organizations: Palestinian Health Ministry, West Bank Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Israel Seals Off Jerusalem and West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel closed roads and entry points in and out of the West Bank and Palestinian areas of Jerusalem, Palestinian media reported. Israeli security forces added dirt mounds and cement blocks at checkpoints around the cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron, as well as refugee camps where Palestinians live, the media said.

Organizations: West Bank Locations: Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Bethlehem, Hebron

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: palestinian

Khader Adnan, who died Tuesday, had been detained by Israel 10 times and on hunger strike six times, according to Palestinian authorities. Photo: saif dahlah/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—Militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on Tuesday after the death of a Palestinian on hunger strike in Israeli custody, raising fears of an escalation amid a particularly violent period between the two sides. Khader Adnan, a prominent member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, was detained in early February on charges of supporting terrorism and incitement. He went on hunger strike soon after and refused medical testing and treatment. He died early Tuesday.

Khader Adnan in the village of Arraba in the West Bank in 2012. Photo: saif dahlah/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—A Palestinian prisoner accused of terrorism died in an Israeli prison early Tuesday after a nearly three-month hunger strike, according to Israel’s prison services, heightening tensions amid a particularly violent period between the two sides. Soon after Khader Adnan, who was detained in early February on charges of supporting terrorism and incitement, died, militants in Gaza fired three rockets and one mortar into southern Israel.

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