Occupied West Bank

Israeli foreign minister floats Gaza development plan

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he had presented the plan to "partners in the Arab world", as well as to the United States, Russia and the European Union.

Israeli troops fire at Palestinians protesting boy's killing, one dead

Twenty-year-old Palestinian killed, more than a dozen others wounded in protests during funeral of 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say.

Unilever fully commits to Israel despite Ben & Jerry's decision

Unilever CEO Alan Jope gave no indication that Unilever would force Ben & Jerry’s to roll back its controversial decision to stop serving Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.

UN investigator: Israeli settlements in West Bank amount to 'war crime'

"Make clear to Israel that its 'illegal occupation' cannot be cost-free," Michael Lynk, UN special rapporteur on human rights in occupied Palestinian territories, tells UN Human Rights Council.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank

An Israeli army statement did not confirm the fatality, but said troops had fired at a suspect who threw "a suspicious object that exploded on the soldiers".

Palestinians call for change of government at Abbas critic's funeral

Thousands of people accompanied Nizar Banat’s coffin through the streets of occupied West Bank, many of them chanting “the people want the fall of the regime” and “leave, leave Abbas”.

Autopsy shows head blows in death of Abbas critic as UN seeks probe

Palestinian parliamentary candidate Nizar Banat was severely beaten in custody, causing his death, his relatives allege. Banat had accused Palestinian leadership of corruption and had condemned a short-lived Covid-19 vaccine exchange with Israel.

Israel continues air assault on besieged Gaza

Israel also carried out air strikes early on Wednesday, targeting what it is said were sites used by Hamas, claiming the group’s cross-border fire balloons were a justifiable provocation.

Palestine warns of ‘dangerous escalation’ after Israel kills PA forces

Israeli special forces kill two Palestinian Authority intelligence unit officers in a raid in occupied West Bank in what one official described as “misidentification” during an operation targeting wanted gunmen.

UN rights council orders probe of 'crimes' committed in Gaza war

By a vote of 24 states in favour, nine against, with 14 abstentions, the 47-member forum adopts resolution brought by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Palestinian delegation to UN.

Israel police arrest over 1,500 Palestinians in two weeks amid Gaza tension

In addition, Israeli forces detained 41 Palestinians in overnight raids mostly from occupied East Jerusalem, where potential evictions of families from Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood had triggered recent solidarity protests.

UN chief urges end to Israel assault as Gaza ‘hell on earth for children’

The UN chief Antonio Guterres and representatives of several other states have urged an immediate halt to the violence in Palestine at the start of a General Assembly emergency meeting, as Israeli aggression against Palestine continued on the field.