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☆ Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth in the West Bank, health officials say
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian 18-year-old in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, health officials said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the territory. The Israeli military said its soldiers had opened fire at people throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles driving down a road and that "hits were confirmed". The Palestinian Health Ministry said the teenager had been killed and a second Palestinian wounded by the Israeli gunfire. On Thursday, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, including an Islamic Jihad militant and a man accused by police of stabbing an officer. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his concern over spiralling violence in a call with outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday.
☆ Israeli far-rightist vows to impose order under new Netanyahu government
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he addresses his supporters at his party headquarters during Israel's general election in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. In the latest violence, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including an Islamic Jihad militant in the occupied West Bank and a Jerusalem man who police said had stabbed an officer. In the West Bank, troops killed an Islamic Jihad militant and a 45-year-old man in a separate incident, medics said. A West Bank settler and former member of Kach, a Jewish militant group on Israeli and U.S. terrorist watchlists, Ben-Gvir wants to become police minister. With Netanyahu still not officially confirmed as prime minister, it was still unclear what position Ben-Gvir might hold in a future government.
☆ Israeli PM Lapid congratulates Netanyahu on election win
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
JERUSALEM, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier's triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance. This time Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of his generation, won a clear parliamentary majority, boosted by ultranationalist and religious parties. Netanyahu still has to be officially tasked by the president with forming a government, a process that could take weeks. [1/3] Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he addresses his supporters at his party headquarters during Israel's general election in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. Since the election, both he and Netanyahu have pledged to serve all citizens.
☆ Explainer: What is the Palestinian militant group 'Den of Lions'?
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a leader of the so-called "Den of Lions", a fast-rising Palestinian militant group from the city of Nablus on Tuesday in a targeted operation that set off one of the biggest gunfights seen in the West Bank in weeks. While members of the group have great prestige in the Old City, none of its leaders has established a wide profile outside their home town. According to local Palestinian officials, the original core group of four young militants was mainly motivated by anger at the encroachments of Israeli settlers and confrontations with the Israeli military. The group is not linked to the mainstream Palestinian factions or the deeply unpopular Palestinian Authority and does not appear to have any fully articulated political goals beyond fighting the Israeli occupation. Clashes with settlers at Jacob's Tomb, a well-known monument and pilgrimage site in Nablus, were taken by members of the group as a particular challenge.
☆ Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers during West Bank clash
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
SALFIT, West Bank, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank and he later died of his wounds, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday. The Israeli military said Palestinians had started "a violent riot" near the town of Qarawet Bani Hassan on Saturday and soldiers who had been operating there opened fire. One Palestinian who was shot later died, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The incident follows months of tensions that have deepened since Israeli forces began a crackdown in the West Bank in March in response to a series of attacks by Palestinians in Israel. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ali Sawafta, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Palestinians protest as Jerusalem refugee camp locked down
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A woman reads in a commercial thoroughfare which is closed in protest of an Israeli clampdown on Jerusalem's outlying Shuafat refugee camp after a Palestinian gunman carried out a deadly attack on a military checkpoint, in Jerusalem's Old City October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Palestinians protested at checkpoints into a major refugee camp in Jerusalem on Wednesday and shops across the West Bank closed, following an Israeli security crackdown after two soldiers died in shooting attacks this week. Earlier this week, security forces began a manhunt for the killer of an 18-year-old soldier who was shot while on duty at a checkpoint into the Shuafat refugee camp on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem. Many shops in East Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank were closed as a mark of protest, while private schools also told pupils to stay at home. "The strike is in solidarity with Shuafat refugee camp and how it is being dealt with," said Jerusalem resident Khaled Alqam.
☆ Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli soldier in West Bank
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Israeli soldiers patrol near the site of a shooting incident, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaJERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, and a local armed group claimed responsibility for the roadside ambush. read moreAnnouncing the soldier's death, a military spokesman said searches were under way for the gunmen, who escaped in a car. The "Den of Lions", a group of Nablus gunmen with loose factional affiliations, claimed responsibility in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Dan Williams and Ali Sawafta; Editing by Frank Jack DanielOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Raneen Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
General view of the closed shops during a strike following an Israeli raid in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaNABLUS, West Bank, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian militant on Sunday during an army operation in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, in the latest in a series of incidents in recent months around the volatile town of Nablus. In Nablus, site of one of the largest refugee camps in the West Bank, most shops were closed on Sunday after militant factions called for a general strike. U.S.-brokered peace talks aimed at establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and the steady expansion of Israeli settlements since then has made reviving the talks increasingly problematic. However the Palestinian Authority, increasingly unpopular among many in the West Bank, says its ability to exert its rule has been systematically undermined by Israel.
☆ Israeli forces shoot Palestinian driver, say he tried to ram them
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian motorist in disputed circumstances in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the latest casualty in a spate of violence. The Israeli military said the man had tried to ram them but his family said they believed he had lost control of his car. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReuters could not immediately verify either account. The Israeli military said a soldier and a police officer saw a vehicle speeding up as it headed straight at them in an apparent attempt to ram into them. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell; Editing by Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Palestinian President Abbas calls on Israel to resume negotiations immediately
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Sept 23 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's call for a two-state solution was a "positive development" but said the proof would be a return to negotiations. Israel captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza - areas that Palestinians seek for an independent state - in the 1967 Middle East war. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEfforts to reach a two-state deal, which involves an Israeli and Palestinian state existing side by side, have long been stalled. Most countries deem Israel's West Bank settlements illegal. Lapid spoke less than six weeks before a Nov. 1 election that could return to power the right-wing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longstanding opponent of a Palestinian state.
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