Israel raids Al Jazeera's West Bank bureau, hands out 45-day closure order
Sep 22, 2024, at 10:59 pm
Israeli military raided the offices of news organisation Al Jazeera in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on early Sunday morning during a live broadcast and ordered it to shut down for 45 days, media reports said.
Three Israeli civilians shot dead at West Bank-Jordan crossing, attacker 'eliminated'
Sep 09, 2024, at 01:32 am
At least three Israeli civilians were shot dead during a shooting incident at the Allenby Crossing on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday.
Israel-Gaza crisis: Turkish-American Aysenur Eygi shot dead during West Bank protest
Sep 07, 2024, at 02:49 pm
A Turkish-American woman was shot dead in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday, media reports said.
Three Israeli cops killed during West Bank shooting
Sep 02, 2024, at 01:07 am
At least three Israeli cops were killed in a shooting incident at a checkpoint in the Palestinian city of Tarqumiyah in the West Bank, media reports said on Sunday.
UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
Aug 17, 2024, at 09:47 pm
The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must face justice to deter future attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Friday.
US opposes unilateral recognition of Palestine, says 'state should be achieved via talks'
May 23, 2024, at 04:48 pm
Washington/IBNS: The Palestine state should be achieved through negotiations and not by unilateral recognition, the United States said in response to the move by Ireland, Spain and Norway, media reports said.
US plans visa ban on extremist Israeli settlers in West Bank: Reports
Dec 02, 2023, at 01:44 am
Washington/IBNS/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the White House plans to impose visa bans within a matter of weeks on Israeli settlers involved in extremist violence in the West Bank, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing a senior State Department official.
Israeli gunfire in West Bank claims lives of two Palestinian children
Nov 30, 2023, at 07:39 am
Ramallah: In the course of the Israeli army's attack on Jenin, a West Bank city, and its refugee camp, at least two Palestinian children were killed in gunfire, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Israel-Hamas war: Death toll in West Bank rises to 103, says Palestinian Health Ministry
Oct 26, 2023, at 01:43 am
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in the West Bank has risen to 103 since the latest armed conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
‘Urgent steps’ needed to end surge in violence across West Bank
Jul 29, 2023, at 12:22 am
New York: Insecurity and violence increased rapidly in the occupied West Bank over the last month, punctuated by one of the most intensive Israeli military operations in nearly two decades, the Security Council heard on Thursday.
Beijing reiterates demand for probe into Al Jazeera reporter's murder in West Bank
May 11, 2023, at 08:06 am
Beijing: China supports a thorough, fair and unbiased investigation into the murder of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday, a year after the reporter was killed.
Palestinian teen killed in clashes with Israeli forces: Health Ministry
May 25, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Gaza/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: Ghaith Rafiq Yamin, a 16-year-old Palestinian, was killed by Israeli forces in the northern city of Nablus lying occupied West Bank overnight Wednesday, according to media reports.
Dozens displaced in largest demolition in years in the West Bank, reports UN relief office
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: Seventy-three people, including 41 children have been displaced after Israeli authorities demolished their homes and other structures, and destroyed belongings in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the West Bank, the UN humanitarian wing has reported.
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in West Bank
Jul 27, 2020, at 11:40 pm
Gaza/Sputnik: Israeli settlers torched in the early hours of Monday a mosque in the Palestinian city of Al-Bireh, located in the central West Bank province of Ramallah, Palestine’s state news agency WAFA has reported.
Twenty-six Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank - Red Crescent
Nov 27, 2019, at 05:08 pm
Gaza/Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Twenty-six Palestinians were injured in the early hours of Wednesday during clashes with the Israeli armed forces near Joseph’s Tomb, located on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestine Red Crescent’s spokeswoman, Erab Al Fuqaha said.
Jul 23, 2019, at 09:00 am
New York, July 23 (IBNS): Following “with sadness” the Israeli authorities’ destruction of homes in the Palestinian community of Sur Bahir, three top United Nations officials issued a statement on Monday underscoring that the move was “not compatible” with Israel’s “obligations under international humanitarian law”.
Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
May 31, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Ramallah, May 31 (Xinhua) Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Friday that a young Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces' gunfire in the West Bank.
Ten Palestinians detained, two Injured in Israeli raids across West Bank
May 23, 2019, at 07:35 am
Moscow, May 23 (Sputnik/UNI) Israeli forces have injured two Palestinians and detained another ten during raids across the West Bank, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday.
Israeli police kills Palestinian man in West Bank
Mar 10, 2019, at 04:51 pm
Ramallah, Mar 10 (Xinhua/UNI) A Palestinian youth was shot dead by the Israeli policemen on Sunday at a military checkpoint in Jericho in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Prospect of lasting peace ‘fading by the day’ in Gaza and West Bank, senior UN envoy warns
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:50 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): The spectres of violence and radicalism in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are growing, and the prospect of sustainable peace is fading by the day, a senior UN envoy in the region told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN calls for funds to ease ‘deteriorating’ humanitarian situation in Gaza and West Bank
Dec 18, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Dec 18 (IBNS): The need for aid in the occupied Palestinian territory has increased, following a year that has seen a “serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation,” said Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the region, in a statement on Monday.
Senior UN official calls on Israel to stop demolition of Palestinian village in the West Bank
Sep 18, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, expressed concern on Monday “at the intention of the Israeli authorities to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar/Abu Al-Helu” in the West Bank, where 181 Palestinians currently live, more than half of whom are children.
Israeli PM Netanyahu planning to set up new settlement in West Bank, US opposes
Feb 03, 2017, at 07:04 pm
Jerusalem, Feb 3 (IBNS): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to set up new settlement in West Bank for the first time in more than two decades, according to media reports on Friday.