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(MENAFN) Three members of a Palestinian family — among them a 7-month-old infant in critical condition — were wounded Friday after Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

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(MENAFN) A 7-month-old Palestinian infant was shot and killed Friday after Israeli army soldiers opened fire on a family's vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area of the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset on Thursday granted final endorsement to a law that provides tax relief to numerous unauthorized settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement, lawmakers passed the measure in its concluding reading,...

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(MENAFN) The third edition of the Global Islamic Economy Summit opened in Istanbul on Wednesday, bringing together policymakers, central bank leaders, investors, financial experts, academics and representatives from various sectors around the...

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(MENAFN) Thousands of Palestinian patients, including more than 4,000 people undergoing cancer treatment, are facing growing health risks as essential medicines and medical supplies disappear from public warehouses due to an escalating financial...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has sharply condemned Israel's approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, demanding immediate US intervention to halt what it called Israeli "madness." "All settlement activity is illegal...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has denounced Israel’s approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, urging the United States to take immediate steps to halt what it described as Israeli “madness.” “All settlement activity...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament has passed legislation providing tax benefits to residents of dozens of settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a final vote held on Thursday.

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(MENAFN) Palestinians have expressed growing concern over what they view as increasing Israeli efforts to take control of Solomon’s Pools, a historic landmark and tourist destination located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The...

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(MENAFN) Israeli military units swept through multiple towns and neighborhoods across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as settlers simultaneously torched Palestinian agricultural land in a series of separate incidents, sources and witnesses...

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(MENAFN) Two vehicles owned by Palestinian residents were set ablaze by Israeli settlers in the early hours of Tuesday during an incursion into the village of Umm Safa, located northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. According to...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has introduced travel restrictions against three Israeli individuals accused of using violence to support the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, joining similar measures already taken by Australia and...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, early Tuesday — torching two vehicles belonging to local residents and scrawling racist slogans in Hebrew across the...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has joined Australia and the European Union in imposing travel bans on three Israeli nationals accused of deploying violence to accelerate illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, adding fresh momentum to...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man late Sunday after alleging he carried out a car-ramming attack that injured Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian worker Sunday near the separation wall in the town of al-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, adding yet another casualty to a growing toll of laborers killed while attempting to reach their...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, photo and video journalists working in Gaza are set to be honoured with the 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom award in recognition of their reporting during the ongoing war, despite extreme risks and difficult working...

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(MENAFN) Israel is moving forward with proposals for more than 2,700 additional settlement housing units throughout the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian government body said Sunday that Israel is advancing plans to construct more than 2,700 new settlement units across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements stated that Israel’s...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli army has extended its ongoing military operation in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank until July 31, according to an official statement on Sunday.