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☆ Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Nor, he said, was he motivated by the claim that UNRWA perpetuates Palestinian refugee status. AFP/Getty ImagesThe entrance to Aida Refugee Camp, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. “If they shut down UNRWA, that means there is no Palestinian refugee cause. Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty ImagesAn UNRWA school in al-Am'ari Refugee Camp, in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after an Israeli raid in September.

Persons: Jerusalem CNN — Benjamin Netanyahu, –, “, Nikki Haley, ”, Israel –, Donald Trump’s, Netanyahu –, Trump’s, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees – Netanyahu, ‘, Boaz, Hani Alshaer, Israel, ” –, Netanyahu, Aaron David Miller, Mick Krever, ” Philippe Lazzarini, they’re, Diana Buttu, ’ Saleh Shunnar, “ Israel, Miller, Mahmoud Issa, Deir, Abd Abu Amra, Dawoud Abo, Issam, Chris Sidoti, Nadav Tamir, ’, Nur Shams, Mohamad Torokman, Jerusalem –, don’t, ” Tamir, Zeena, Abeer Salman, Mohammed Al, Shira Gemer Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, US, United, UN, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, West Bank, UNRWA, Israel Defense Forces, Qassam, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Washington Post, Assembly, CNN, Refugees, UNHCR, Reuters, Dawoud, Dawoud Abo Alkas, East, UN’s Independent International Commission of, Geneva Convention, Anadolu, J, Israel Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, American, Gaza, ”, Hamas, Be’eri, British, Palestine, AFP, Bethlehem, Swiss, “, Deir Al, Palestinian, Gaza City, Anadolu, al, Ramallah, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, East Jerusalem, Australian, Palestinian Territory, “ Israel, Geneva, New York, Tulkarm

☆ Palestinian Fighters in West Bank Seek to Emulate Hamas in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Steven Erlanger | Sergey Ponomarev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The alleys are cast in permanent semidarkness, covered by black nylon tarpaulins to hide the Palestinian fighters there from Israeli drones overhead. This is not Gaza or a traditional Hamas stronghold. It is a refugee camp in Tulkarm, a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where the relatively moderate Palestinian faction of Fatah had long held sway. One of Israel’s most wanted men, he and other fighters like him say they have switched allegiances from the relatively moderate Fatah faction, which dominates the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to more radical groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Asked what lesson he had taken from the war in Gaza, Mr. Jaber paused for a moment to think.

Persons: Fatah, Muhammad Jaber, Jaber, Patience, ” Organizations: Hamas, West Bank, Fatah Locations: Gaza, Tulkarm, Jihad, Israel

☆ Palestinian groups demand inspection of Israeli prisons as detainees are released with chronic health problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Kareem Khadder | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza has demanded international inspections of Israeli detention centers, after the release of a number of prisoners this week who appeared frail and thin after several months in detention. Among those released was the Council’s former Speaker, Aziz Dweik, who had been held for nine months, accused of affiliation with Hamas. Most of the approximately 30 prisoners released from the Negev and Ofer prisoners this week were administrative detainees, who had not been charged with any offenses. One of them, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, was Saed Abu Shanab from Tulkarm, who had spent 21 years in Israeli prisons. The Prisoners’ Society said in April that the vast majority of detainees released suffered from health problems “which required the transfer of some of them to the hospital immediately upon their release.”

Persons: Aziz Dweik, Dweik, Ofer, Abu, ” Organizations: CNN, Palestinian Legislative, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Prisoners ’ Society, ’ Society Locations: Gaza, Negev, Abu Shanab, Tulkarm, Israel

☆ Jordan Says Southern Gaza Hospital Badly Damaged by Israeli Shelling Nearby
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Palestinian health officials said seven people were killed by Israeli air strikes that damaged homes near the hospital. Explosions from shelling and air strikes sounded further west in Khan Younis as the Israeli tanks moved on, with lines of thick black smoke rising from bomb sites. Israel said it had killed six Palestinian fighters, including the southern district Hamas officer in charge of interrogating suspected spies. The Israeli military said its forces had eliminated a "terrorist cell" during a precise air strike on a car near the Balata camp in the city of Nablus.

Persons: Arafat Barbakh, Tyrone Siu, Nidal, Khan Younis, Nasser, Sean Casey, Israel, Bilal Nofal, Tahreer, Yoav Gallant, Gazans, there's, John Kirby, Abdullah Abu, Crescent, Nidal al, Dan Williams, Clauda, Philippa Fletcher, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, World Health, COMMUNICATIONS, Communications, Palestinian, U.S, House, WEST, West Bank, Israel Locations: GAZA, ISRAEL, DOHA, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Jordanian, Khan, Rafah, Qatar, France, Egypt, Nablus, Tulkarm, Mughrabi, Doha, Jerusalem, Dubai

☆ Palestinian militants in West Bank say two 'collaborators' executed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A statement from the Tulkarm Brigades, a group based in the West Bank city of Tulkarm that is associated with the Fatah faction, said there was "no immunity for any informant or traitor". Footage shared on the Tulkarm Brigades Telegram channel showed a man apparently confessing to working with Israeli security services and providing details of his activities. The Tulkarm Brigades statement said anyone who had been working with Israeli security services had until Dec. 5 to come forward and repent. The Independent Commission for Human Rights, a Palestinian rights group, issued a statement criticising extrajudicial killings but said Israeli authorities were responsible for recruiting Palestinian agents. There was no comment from the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited governance in the West Bank, and no immediate comment from the Israeli security services.

Persons: Fatah, Ali Sawafta, James Mackenzie, Hugh Lawson Organizations: West Bank, Tulkarm Brigades, Reuters, Independent Commission, Human Rights, Palestinian Authority, Thomson Locations: RAMALLAH, Gaza, Tulkarm, Israel

☆ Palestinian militants execute 2 alleged Israeli collaborators and publicly display their corpses on the West Bank, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two Palestinian men accused of collaborating with the IDF were executed, say reports. The two men were executed in Tulkarm on the West Bank, accused of being Israeli collaborators on Friday night, per i24NEWS. AdvertisementA third man accused of being a spy was executed in Jenin, also on the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported. Violence in the West Bank has dramatically increased since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7 . The IDF's actions in the West Bank have focused on arrests and targeted assassinations.

Persons: —, Israel, Hamza Mabarech, Azzam Joabra, Allahu Akbar Organizations: Service, West Bank, Islamic, Jerusalem Post Locations: Tulkarm, Jenin, Jerusalem, Israel

☆ Israeli forces kill six Palestinians in West Bank clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Israeli troops backed by the air force raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, touching off clashes in which at least six Palestinians were killed, medics and local media said. The Israeli army and police said their forces, sent into Tulkarm to detain suspected militants, came under fire and killed several Palestinian gunmen in the ensuing skirmish. An Israeli air strike hit a group of Palestinians who shot and threw a bomb at the group, the army and police statement added. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the air strike was carried out by a drone and killed three people. Anger over the fighting has risen in the West Bank and many parts of the Arab world with growing calls for a Gaza ceasefire.

Persons: WAFA, Anger, Ali Sawafta, Jacqueline Wong, Michael Perry, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: West Bank, Islamic, Thomson Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Tulkarm, Israeli, Israel, Gaza

☆ Israeli Drone Strike in West Bank Kills Three Palestinians, Two Others Shot Dead -WAFA
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - At least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, the Palestinians' official news agency WAFA reported, citing a hospital in the western city of Tulkarm.

Persons: WAFA Organizations: West Bank, Reuters Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Tulkarm

☆ Israel missile strikes West Bank's Jenin, two killed -medics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft struck the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others, Palestinian medics said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the air strike, which is at least the second to hit the West Bank in recent days. Violence in the West Bank has flared since Hamas gunmen carried out a deadly rampage in Israel on Oct. 7, drawing retaliatory bombardment on the besieged Gaza Strip. At least 84 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinian officials say. The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said the strike hit an area near al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the territory.

Persons: Ali Sawafta, Rami Ayyub, Daniel Wallis Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian, Crescent, Thomson Locations: RAMALLAH, West, Jenin, Israel, Gaza, al, Palestinian, Tulkarm

The president also stressed the urgency of getting relief to Palestinian civilians in Gaza who lack food, water and medicine. Israel appeared to be getting closer to a full-scale invasion of Gaza, a densely populated enclave ruled by Hamas. The Israeli military has massed troops and equipment near the Gaza border. The command will come," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border on Thursday. [1/8]Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

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☆ Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank - WAFA news agency
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinians use slings to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsOct 19 (Reuters) - Three Palestinians, including two teenagers, were killed by Israeli forces in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, Palestinian official news agency WAFA said. Israeli forces stormed the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah, shooting dead a young man, Gebriel Awad, and wounding another, WAFA said. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in the latest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israeli forces have carried out their fiercest bombardment of Gaza in response, killing more than 3,000 Palestinians and imposing a total siege on the blockaded enclave that Hamas controls, fuelling anger among Palestinians in the West Bank.

Persons: Ammar Awad, WAFA, Gebriel Awad, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Hatem Maher, Ahmed Tolba, Muralikumar Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Palestinian, The West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Al, Thomson Locations: Ramallah, Budrus, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, Aqsa, Jerusalem's

☆ Israeli troops kill two Palestinian gunmen, suspected shooter, in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A Palestinian protestor kicks a tear-gas canister during clashes with the Israeli forces, near Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta Acquire Licensing RightsTULKARM, West Bank, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Two Palestinian gunmen were killed and five Israeli soldiers were wounded in occupied West Bank clashes on Thursday and Israeli troops killed the suspect in a later shooting attack on Israeli motorists. It said a pursuit and gunfight ensued, and soldiers killed the two men before recovering an assault rifle from their car. Hours later, a suspected Palestinian gunman shot at an Israeli vehicle driving through the village of Huwara, emergency services said. The West Bank, among the territories where Palestinians seek statehood, has experienced a surge of violence in recent months amid an almost decade-old impasse in U.S.-sponsored peacemaking.

Persons: Raneen, Jihad, Ali Sawafta, Nidal, Bernadette Baum, Howard Goller Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Reuters, Palestinian Health Ministry, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Tulkarm, TULKARM, West, Huwara

☆ 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

☆ 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

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