Tag: Palestine
Gaza toll hits 172 as Israeli campaign enters 7th day
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Israeli strikes on Gaza claimed the lives of a man and a woman early on Monday, medics said, raising the overall death...
Death toll in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza tops 120
GAZA CITY,
Gaza Strip, Officials say the death toll from Israel's air offensive on Gaza has topped 120 and the campaign shows no sign of stopping.
Israel...
Israeli air strikes kill six in Gaza
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Israeli air strikes on Friday killed six Palestinians, including one attack on the home of fighter, medical sources said.
Five Palestinians, including a...
Israel air strikes kill 20 on third day of Gaza campaign
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Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 20 people on Thursday including four women and four children, medics said, on the...
UNSC to hold emergency talks on Israel-Hamas conflict
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The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Thursday on the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas following a request by...
Hamas rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Gaza Strip
At least 23 people were killed across Gaza, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday, by a bombardment Israel said may be just the start...
Palestine holds Israel responsible for teen killed in suspect revenge attack
Netanyahu condemns ‘despicable murder’, urges authorities to expedite investigations
The Palestinian leadership said on Wednesday it held Israel responsible for the murder of an east...
Israel bombs Gaza sites hours after bodies of Israeli teens found
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Israeli aircraft bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military said, and troops opened fire and killed a Palestinian...
Palestinians halt 62-day hunger strike after deal
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Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners who have refused food for 62 days have suspended their hunger strike after reaching a deal with the Israel Prisons...
Israeli troops kill two palestinians in West Bank raid
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Israeli troops shot dead a mentally ill Palestinian during a raid in a West Bank refugee camp early Sunday, the army said,...
Vatican denies political meddling as Muslims, Jews, Christians set to pray...
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Pope Francis hopes an unprecedented meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian presidents at the Vatican on Sunday can help end "eternal negotiations"...
Mahmoud Abbas swears in Palestinian unity govt
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday swore in a Palestinian unity government, taking a major step toward ending a crippling territorial and political split...
Palestinians mark 66th year since displacement
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Palestinians marched in the West Bank and Gaza on Thursday to commemorate their displacement in the 1948 Mideast war that followed the establishment of...
U.S. official says Hamas-PLO government would prompt aid reconsideration
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The United States would have to reconsider its assistance to the Palestinians if Islamist group Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization form a government...
Netanyahu warns of unilateral measures against Palestine
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would take unilateral measures against the Palestinians if they go ahead with applications to adhere...
Palestinians sign treaties to press Israel; U.S. hopes to keep talks...
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A surprise decision by President Mahmoud Abbas to sign more than a dozen international conventions giving Palestinians greater leverage against Israel left the United...
Three Palestinians killed in clash with Israeli army
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Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in an early morning raid that was followed by a clash with angry protesters in a West Bank town...