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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians, injure 22 others

Israeli troops have killed two Palestinians and wounded at least 22 others during clashes in the town of Rahat in the Negev desert. The scuffles broke out on Sunday when Palestinians gathered to hold a funeral for Sami al-Ja’ar, a young Palestinian Bedouin who was shot dead by Israeli forces near a junction between the cities of Bethlehem and al-Khalil (Hebron) on January 14. A large number of people attend ...

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Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian youth in West Bank

Israeli soldiers have shot and injured a young Palestinian man during a raid on a number of houses at a refugee camp north of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said scuffles broke out between dozens of Palestinian youths and Israeli troops after the latter stormed a refugee camp in Jenin, and arrested four young Palestinians. The Palestinians hurled st ...

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Egypt starts work on expanding Gaza buffer zone

The buffer zone will be increased twofold, from 500 meters to a kilometer, the source said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Authorities have prepared a list of 1,200 houses located in the area to be evacuated and demolished. Owners of the houses will be reimbursed, the source said. Abd al-Fattah Harhour, the governor of the North Sinai district, said in a statement that "the government will provide ...

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Palestine to hand over statehood bid to UN

Palestinians are set to submit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this week which calls for the recognition of the Palestinian state and sets a two-year deadline for Israel to end its occupation, Press TV reports. Palestinian officials decided to take their case to the UNSC next Wednesday following a meeting chaired by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of ...

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Palestinians protest in West Bank against Israel

Palestinians have taken to the streets in the occupied West Bank to protest against the Israeli regime. The Palestinian protesters held a demo in the town of Qalandiya after Friday prayers to express their anger at Israel’s new settlement construction plans as well as the martyrdom of a Palestinian youth by the regime’s forces in Kafr Kanna in northern Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories last week. The ...

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Palestine asks Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing

Palestine has asked the Egyptian government to reopen the Rafah border crossing closed by Cairo following deadly attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. The Palestinian ambassador to Egypt, Jamal al-Shobaki, asked Cairo on Tuesday to reopen the border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Last month, Egyptian authorities sealed the crossing -- Gaza's only land terminal that bypasses Israel -- after the October ...

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France censures Israel over new settlement plan

France has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s plan to construct 2,610 illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). "If this decision is upheld, it would mark the creation of a new settlement in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) for the first time in more than 15 years," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement on Thursday. He added, "This announcement directly threatens the two-state sol ...

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Israel inflicted huge damage on Gaza education sector

The Palestinian Ministry of Education says the latest Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has caused USD 33 million in damage to its education sector. The ministry said in a report released by the Public Administration of Buildings and Projects on Monday that the destructive offensive inflicted USD 14 million in damage on public schools alone. The report added that 49 non-governmental schools and 199 kindergarten ...

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Autopsy shows Palestine prisoner died of blow to head

The result of an autopsy on the body of a Palestinian prisoner, who lost his life in an Israeli jail, shows he died from a blow to the head. On Thursday, Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian committee for prisoners, denied that Raed Abdel Salam al-Jaabari had hanged himself in a bathroom in Israel’s Eshel prison in the southern city of Beersheva. The main cause of the detainee’s death was "a strong blow ...

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Israeli forces attack Palestinian teenager funeral

Israeli forces have attacked the funeral of a Palestinian teenager who was shot to death by the Tel Aviv regime’s troops last month, injuring dozens of mourners. On Monday, at least 50 Palestinian mourners were injured in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians near East al–Quds (Jerusalem). The Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the mourners. On Sunday, Mohammed Sinokrot died from ...

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