Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies.
Israeli forces take over homes, impose lockdown on West Bank’s Qabatiya
Incursion follows Israeli defence minister’s order for military to ‘act forcefully’ against the Palestinian town.
Two people dead in stabbing, car-ramming attack in Israel
Attack comes a day after Israeli army reservist in civilian clothes rammed into Palestinian man praying on roadside.
Infant, adults wounded in West Bank attacks by Israeli forces, settlers
Eight-month-old among multiple Palestinians wounded in attacks across the occupied West Bank.
European nations, Canada decry Israel’s new, illegal West Bank settlements
Fourteen countries condemn Israel’s plans to expand West Bank settlements, express ‘resolute support’ for Palestinians.
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