Press Releases

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(MENAFN) According to reports, Israeli forces carried out a raid in the central West Bank city of Ramallah early Tuesday, storming the local office of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian worker and wounded a second on Tuesday evening in the West Bank town of al-Ram, as the two men attempted to cross the separation wall encircling occupied East Jerusalem.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians during a large-scale military raid in the West Bank on Wednesday, as attacks across the occupied territory intensified, witnesses reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Monday that he has submitted a formal proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize key territories across the occupied West Bank — a direct challenge to the European Union's...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Monday that he has put forward a proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at taking control of strategic territories in the occupied West Bank, shortly after the European...

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(MENAFN) At least 70 Palestinian children have lost their lives in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of 2025, averaging nearly one child killed every week, UNICEF said Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has moved forward with early-stage approval of a bill that would place heritage and archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank under direct Israeli state authority.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has reportedly presented a proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the seizure of what he described as strategic territories in the occupied West Bank, according to reports....

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(MENAFN) Foreign ministers from the European Union agreed Monday to impose a fresh package of sanctions targeting Israeli occupiers and groups accused of backing illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. French Foreign Minister...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and assaulted an elderly Palestinian woman in a separate incident, as Israeli forces carried out a series of detentions across multiple towns, sources...

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(MENAFN) The World Food Program (WFP) has confirmed that a cyberattack compromised sensitive personal data belonging to approximately 600,000 Palestinian households across Gaza, according to media reports.

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(MENAFN) Multiple Palestinians were injured on Saturday during a series of Israeli military raids and settler attacks across different areas of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources and medical teams.

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(MENAFN) Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council that expanding Israeli settlements and related measures in the occupied West Bank are undermining the feasibility of an independent Palestinian state, calling on influential...

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(MENAFN) Two German activists who participated in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have accused Israeli forces of mistreatment and torture following their return to Germany, according to statements made at Hannover Airport.

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(MENAFN) According to reports from Palestinian health authorities, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army fire during a military operation in the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian General Authority...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian man was fatally shot by Israeli forces during a pre-dawn military raid on the West Bank town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, Palestinian health authorities confirmed Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described allegations of sexual abuse made by Australian activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla as “horrific,” according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians lost their lives Wednesday as Israeli army strikes hit the central Gaza Strip, marking the latest in a series of attacks that authorities say breach a ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025. Two of the...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that an Israeli plan to expand control over roughly 70% of the Gaza Strip is not included in the Trump administration’s official framework for ending the war. Speaking...

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(MENAFN) Activists from Italy who participated in a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza said Wednesday that they were subjected to what they described as torture and mistreatment after an interception by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean...