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Wael al-Jabaa's home was demolished by the IDF after two Israeli soldiers were shot dead. He didn't know until afterwards that his son was one of the gunmen.

Contested West Bank holy site is reopened exclusively for Israelis, deepening tensions over control of the mosque.

I have just returned from a 10-day field mission to the West Bank, a place I have worked and documented since the civil unrest of the first intifada. Over the past 36 years, I have continued to return and document the ethnic cleansing and crimes committed by Israeli soldiers and settlers against Palestinian civilians. I have seen the political area worsen un

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Israeli forces demolished five homes in Biddu, occupied West Bank, displacing more than 100 people.

Palestinians and Israelis are divided in their opinion following the win by Democrats in the US midterm elections.

Returning Hebron residents face significant economic and structural devastation after Israeli military operation.

Former senior Israeli military officials joined Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to help harvest olives, in a rare show of solidarity as escalating attacks...

The smell of freshly baked zaatar bread mingled with smoke rising from an open fire as Saed Abu Baraka gathered with his family beneath the olive trees in central Gaza, trying to revive a tradition that the war has severely disrupted. Around him, displaced families who had taken shelter on his land joined the breakfast gathering, sharing home-made bread and

Four-year-old among eight Palestinians killed in Israeli drone attacks across the Gaza Strip.

As one of Lebanon's most vulnerable communities, Palestinians are struggling to make ends meet.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers have turned olive harvesting into a deadly activity for Palestinians.

Israel carried out several attacks in Gaza, including shelling the Nuseirat refugee camp.

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If the opposition refuses to go into coalition with the Arab parties, it will not only squander a decisive victory, it will be guilty of moral bankruptcy

Troops hold at least 12 Palestinians near demolished homes as nearly 5,000 remain displaced from Hebron neighbourhoods

Israeli forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of killing two Israeli soldiers in Hebron last week.

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As Israel renews a ban on Al-Aqsa imam, Islamic Waqf officials warn of shrinking authority at Muslim holy site.

This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron as Israel's military offensive continues.

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A common concern is that "an even worse leader" could come into power.

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Israelis are deeply divided over Netanyahu's leadership and moral character, but they largely support settlement expansion and are opposed to a Palestinian state.

On the eve of Israel’s general election, some Israelis call for change while others back Netanyahu to stay in power.

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AJLabs tracks how Israeli parties voted against eight Knesset bills that disfavoured Palestinians ahead of the election.

Israel's assault on the West Bank city has forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

After years of war, displacement and restrictions, Gazans ask whether Israel’s election will affect their future.

<p>Families forced to flee as Netanyahu tries to prove security credentials after two Israeli soldiers killed days before election</p><p>Hebron, the biggest city in the West Bank, had paid little attention to Israel’s looming elections until it found itself suddenly in the midst of them, a proving ground for Benjamin Netanyahu’s security credentials in the r

Binyamin Netanyahu’s hold on power is in the balance as neither his far-right coalition nor the opposition is forecast to win a majority

“For the first time, I saw in Hebron hundreds of citizens, elderly men, women,and children leaving their homes and wandering aimlessly in the streets,” Al-Khalil (Hebron) Mayor Yousef Al-Jabari said,reporting that the Israeli army had displaced over 2,000 Palestinians in the southern West Bank city over the past two days. According to Al-Jabari, […]

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3649,w_5473/743377' alt='A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, Oct

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

<p>Humanitarian catastrophe largely ignored as rivals Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu vow to end Hamas rule</p><p>As Israel prepares <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/theres-a-lot-of-racism-a-lot-of-hatred-far-right-gains-predicted-as-israel-heads-to-the-polls">to go to the polls</a>, Palestinians in Gaza are bracing for an outcome

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Already struggling after losing homes to Israeli military operations, Palestinians face hardship as WFP halves aid.

Israeli military raid targets at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Jenin.

Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as continued attacks underscored the fragility of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that ha...

At least four Palestinians were killed and several others wounded Thursday in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said, as renewed a...

A family in the South Hebron Hills has spent more than two weeks cut off by settlers camped outside.

Many in Gaza and the West Bank are desperate to avoid more years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which has made life close to unbearable.