par This is Beirut, 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Palestinian man was killed on Sunday as he tried to attack soldiers with a knife during an “anti-terrorist” operation in Hizma, north of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army announced. The man, whose identity was not given, “accelerated in his car towards soldiers who were carrying out an anti-terrorist operation in the ...
par This is Beirut, 26/10 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian militant who belonged to Hamas's armed wing during a raid on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. In a joint statement, the Israeli military, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet said that they conducted a "counterterrorism operation in Tulkarem to ...
par This is Beirut, 18/10 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas Israel Palestine West Bank Yahya Sinwar
Israel's announcement on Thursday of the elimination of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and a significant figure within the organization, marks a pivotal moment following over a year of a devastating conflict in Gaza. With Yahya Sinwar's passing, several names have surfaced as potential successors within the Hamas leadership. These leaders have ...
par This is Beirut, 11/10 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea met in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the wars in the Middle East, which they fear will fuel migration and threaten their own security. Heads of state or government from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia were joined by the king of Jordan, ...
par This is Beirut, 11/10 11:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's Army said on Friday that it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The military said Mohammad Abdullah was "eliminated" on Thursday after Israeli aircraft struck the camp in Tulkarem. An additional "terrorist" was killed in the operation, which ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/09 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mourners gathered in southwest Turkey on Saturday for the funeral of a US-Turkish activist, who was shot dead while protesting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The killing last week of 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has sparked international condemnation and infuriated Turkey, further escalating tensions over the war in Gaza that began with ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/08 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said Friday he would propose sanctions against Israeli government "enablers" of Jewish settler violence, following a deadly attack on a village in the occupied West Bank. "Day after day, in an almost total impunity, Israeli settlers fuel violence in the occupied West Bank, contributing to endanger ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/08 22:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States criticized on Thursday the Israeli authorities' approval of a plan to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank on land designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the plan on Wednesday, openly stating that Israel aimed to create elements to "combat the dangerous project ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu G7 Israel West Bank
G7 foreign ministers condemned on Thursday the move by Israel to legalize five outposts in the West Bank, and slammed its decision to expand existing settlements and establish new ones. Settlement expansion has increased sharply since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in late 2022, at the helm of a hardline pro-settler ...
par Ali A. Hamadé, 17/03 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since October 7, global attention has been largely focused on the Israeli war’s dual fronts: Gaza and Southern Lebanon. However, amidst this multifaceted war, a third, less spectacular yet equally crucial front has emerged: The West Bank where there are no massive bombings or missile salvo, but rather a theater of operations for Israeli ...