Jakarta – Israel is being asked to reconsider its decision to ban the Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) from operating in the country. Until now, UNRWA is considered a lifeline in Gaza amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis. Many countries, including Israel’s main allies such as the United States, Great Britain and Germany, have expressed great … Read more
In recent days, the low-intensity conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has turned into a high-intensity one. Will this escalation lead to war? Many believe that Israel is hitting Hezbollah’s military infrastructure to prepare the ground for a possible ground invasion of southern Lebanon. Why Israel is pounding Hezbollah Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the massive … Read more
A young American woman of Turkish origin was killed at noon in the occupied West Bank during a demonstration against the settlement. 26-year-old activist Eisenur Ezgi Eggi was killed by a bullet to the head, it is not clear whether she was shot by a settler or a soldier. The girl, who was participating in … Read more
Jenin, West Bank. Life slowly returned to Jenin, a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank that was reoccupied and was littered with rubble after Israeli forces withdrew, AFP journalists noted on Friday. According to several residents, Israeli soldiers left the town and its refugee camp at night, after a 10-day operation in this autonomous … Read more
“It is with deep sadness that we learned that the citizen of our country, Eisenur Ezgi Evgi, was killed by Israeli occupying soldiers in the city of Nablus (…) We condemn this murder committed by the Netanyahu government,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced about the 26-year-old woman who was accepted bullet to the head. “Israel … Read more
Nablus, West BankAn American woman was shot dead in the West Bank on Friday, two doctors told The Associated Press. Ward Basalat, an emergency room physician at the hospital, said the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head and died shortly after arriving at the hospital. Palestinian witnesses and media reported that Israeli troops shot … Read more
Jenin, Palestinian Territories. Fighting gripped the northern West Bank on Saturday, the fourth day of a large-scale Israeli operation in the occupied territory, where Palestinians are reporting “black days.” In Gaza, despite fighting and Israeli bombing, a polio vaccination campaign has begun after the conflict-ravaged territory recorded its first case in a quarter of a … Read more
Israel’s military announced today that it had “launched an anti-terrorist operation” in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, where it said it had “neutralized nine armed terrorists” during several simultaneous raids. Israeli forces “neutralized 9 armed terrorists” in Jenin, Toumbas and Tulkarem, of which 7 were “neutralized in airstrikes,” he said. An Israeli … Read more
The Israeli soldiers and tanks have just withdrawn. And everyone, from the neighbours sweeping up the broken windows of their shops or fixing the windows of their cars to the militiamen who – with an M16 rifle on their shoulders and a headband with the legend “There is no god but Allah” – dare to … Read more
Israel’s military said it launched an operation overnight in the Jenin and Tulkarem sectors in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, while the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry reported seven dead in the former city (file photo, top , from Israel Defense Forces). “Exchanges of fire occur in the camps of Jenin, Nur Shams … Read more