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(MENAFN) More than 20,000 Palestinian students have been killed in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank over the past three years, according to figures released Wednesday by the Palestinian Education Ministry.

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(MENAFN) Schools and universities across the occupied West Bank closed, shifted online or rescheduled classes Wednesday as Palestinian authorities braced for possible unrest on the third anniversary of the start of Israel's genocide in the Gaza...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian man was killed, and 12 others were injured Wednesday in attacks targeting olive harvesters in the northern occupied West Bank, according to local reports and the Palestinian Red Crescent.

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(MENAFN) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has described violence against Palestinians by what he called “extremist settlers” in the West Bank as reaching an “unprecedented” level. “The development of illegal settlement activity in the West...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank city of Nablus early Wednesday, demolishing memorials dedicated to Palestinians killed in previous violence, while imposing restrictions on movement and detaining residents.

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(MENAFN) At least 20,748 Palestinian students and 1,058 education and administrative staff have been killed in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank over three years of what the Palestinian Education Ministry calls Israeli genocide, the...

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(MENAFN) Four Palestinians were injured in separate attacks by Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, among them a married couple trapped in their home near Hebron, according to local accounts and Palestinian media.

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(MENAFN) Israel has refused to let representatives of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission enter Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem as preparations advance for legislative elections set for late November, a Palestinian source said Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Israel's genocide in Gaza has killed 263 Palestinian journalists and media workers in three years, and hundreds more have been wounded, jailed or driven from their homes, according to Palestinian authorities and press-freedom groups....

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(MENAFN) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in several Australian cities Wednesday as activists and Muslim organizations called on the government to impose sanctions on Israel and introduce a two-way arms embargo.

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(MENAFN) An Israeli airstrike killed a volunteer medic working with the Palestinian Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as attacks and other military operations continued across several areas of the enclave.

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(MENAFN) A volunteer medic was killed in Israeli attacks on several areas of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a medical source said.

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(MENAFN) Israeli military fire killed three Palestinians and wounded several others across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to reports, as incidents continued to be reported despite the ceasefire.

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(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Tuesday with the family of Hind Rajab, the 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed in 2024 when Israeli forces fired on the car she was riding in. The closed-door meeting took place at the...

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(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the Gaza ceasefire has so far failed to establish lasting security or ensure sufficient humanitarian assistance, urging all parties to fulfill their commitments and move toward a...

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(MENAFN) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Berlin's backing for Israel on Wednesday while pressing for a Palestinian state alongside it, calling that the surest route to lasting peace and security in the region.

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(MENAFN) For Rae'd Basbous, losing his family home in occupied East Jerusalem marked the end of an 11-year legal struggle that had begun while his children were still young.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces demolished a five-story residential building in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, leaving around 70 Palestinians without their homes, while two Palestinians were injured in separate attacks in the West Bank, according to...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces demolished a five-story residential building in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday while carrying out raids and searches in several areas of the occupied West Bank, according to local authorities and reports.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian was killed and five others were injured Monday in separate Israeli army and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and medical sources.