Israel's latest move comes amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
Staff Sergeant Geri Gideon Hanghal was killed in a ramming attack involving a fuel tanker near Ramallah on Wednesday. Heavy clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters have been reported since Israel launched a series of raids in the northern West Bank two weeks ago.
Israeli strikes tore a huge crater, set tents ablaze and buried Palestinian families alive under sand in a supposedly safe zone of southern Gaza before dawn on Tuesday. Earlier Gaza claimed at least 40 killed but later minimised the death toll in a revised announcement.
A 26-year-old American activist of Turkish origin was shot dead by the Israeli army during a protest in the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred amid ongoing demonstrations, with the activist reportedly being fatally wounded during the clash.
Israel eliminated Muhhamad Jabber, also known as 'Abu Shujaa', who was allegedly responsible for carrying out numerous terrorist attacks that killed an Israeli civilian in June. This came after Israel launched simultaneous raids in the West Bank cities Tulkarm, Jenin and areas in the Jordan Valley.
Israel's major operation in the West Bank came as it noted a rise in militant activities since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7 last year. More than 660 people have been killed as Israel stepped up military activities in the occupied territory.
According to Hamas-controlled media, a commander of the Palestinian militant group's Tulkarm Brigades when the Israeli airstrike struck a vehicle. This came amid red-hot tensions after the killings of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Mujahed Azmi, a Palestinian man reportedly wounded in the Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, was strapped to the hood of a jeep. The Israeli military said this act "does not conform to the values" of the Army and the incident will be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
Abbas appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a US-educated economist and politically independent, to lead the government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The US wants the Palestinian Authority to administer a postwar Gaza, but faces staunch opposition from Israel.
Two of the three attackers were killed on the spot, while a third was apprehended later and detained. This comes at a time of high tensions with the escalating Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, where thousands of Palestinians have been killed.
The sanctions include freezing the US assets of the four men and generally barring Americans from dealing with them. The rift between US President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has widened over escalating violence in the Israel-Hamas and the two-state solution.
A Hamas member played down Israel's attempts to flood the group's tunnels in Gaza saying when militants built them
” In an op-ed published on Saturday in the Washington Post, Biden reiterated his position of recent weeks that a temporary halt to the fighting wasn’t a real possibility and wouldn’t ultimately advance greater US objectives.
The "Sons of Abu Jandal" group demanded Abbas to announce a full confrontation against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Notably, Abbas is the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which rules the West Bank and was ousted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007.
The attack comes on the heels of a major Israeli military operation at the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, in which 12 Palestinians were killed.
The West Bank operation in the Jenin refugee camp was one of the most intense military offensives by Israeli forces in the last two decades. At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several more were injured, as per the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Jerusalem blasts: The first explosion occurred near a bus stop on the edge of the city, where commuters usually crowd waiting for buses. The second went off in Ramot, a neighborhood in the city's north.
Israel says the technology saves lives — both Israeli and Palestinian. But critics see another step toward a dystopian reality in which Israel fine-tunes its open-ended occupation of the Palestinians while keeping its soldiers out of harm’s way.
The Israeli military said its forces came under attack with heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin, and that they fired back.
West Bank and the Gaza Strip returned to their schools as the new academic year.
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