Palestine
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire
Middle East
June 16, 2021
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday,…
New Israel government vows change, but not for Palestinians
Middle East
June 15, 2021
New Israel government vows change, but not for Palestinians
BEITA, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s fragile new government has shown little interest in addressing the decades-old conflict with the…
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
Middle East
June 13, 2021
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said a Palestinian woman carrying a knife ran toward an Israeli military checkpoint on Saturday…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank clash
Middle East
June 12, 2021
Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank clash
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant, 2 security officers in West Bank clash
Middle East
June 10, 2021
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant, 2 security officers in West Bank clash
Israeli special forces on Thursday killed an Islamic Jihad militant and two Palestinian security men in an exchange of fire…
‘She screams when someone comes near’: Gaza children in trauma
Middle East
June 9, 2021
‘She screams when someone comes near’: Gaza children in trauma
Three weeks since Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli air strike, the…
Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march in east Jerusalem
Middle East
June 8, 2021
Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Monday they blocked a planned procession by Jewish ultranationalists through parts of Jerusalem’s Old…
Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
Middle East
June 8, 2021
Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
LOD, Israel (AP) — Israeli security forces guard the streets of Lod, weeks after rioters torched patrol cars, synagogues and…
Palestinian teen bears scar of eviction battle in East Jerusalem
Middle East
June 7, 2021
Palestinian teen bears scar of eviction battle in East Jerusalem
Jana Kiswani, a 16-year-old Palestinian, was entering her home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah when an Israeli…
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition
Middle East
June 7, 2021
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — Sanaa Shalaby says she had no idea what her estranged husband was up to…