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European states urge Israel to stop settlement expansion

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, along with other 11 European countries, urged Israel on Thursday to reverse its decision to advance plans to construct around 3,000 settlement units in the West…

Biden administration issues sharpest rebuke yet to Israel over settlements

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday said it strongly opposed Israel's plans for Jewish settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank as damaging…

Israel advances plans for new West Bank settlement homes

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday published tenders for about 1,300 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank and authorities are also expected to discuss proposals for another 3,000…

Israeli troops kill Palestinian throwing fire-bomb, military says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man who was throwing fire-bombs at cars near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military…

Israeli police catch two of six Palestinian jail escapees

By Rami Ayyub NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) -Two Palestinian militants who were among six who broke out of a maximum security Israeli jail this week were caught on Friday on a…

Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in support of six militants who broke out of a maximum security…

Israeli troops shoot Palestinian dead in Gaza border clashes

(This Sept. 2 story corrects paragraph eight to add Hamas member) GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian along the Gaza border on Thursday as hundreds…

Israeli military investigates fatal shooting of Palestinian

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Thursday it was investigating the fatal shooting of a Palestinian civilian in the occupied West Bank, who residents said was killed by…

Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank, health ministry says

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday. Village residents said there…

India concerned by recent escalation in Gaza Strip, says FS Shringla at UN

New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday (local time) raised concern over the recent escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and underscored the…

Forty Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank: Red Crescent

Gaza [Palestine] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 40 Palestinians were reportedly injured overnight in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank, with some sustaining bullet injuries from live…

Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Syrian province

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 18 (ANI): Israel struck Hezbollah posts near Syria's Quneitra province, a media report said on Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war…