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Israeli forces raid al-Aqsa mosque after clashes- two dead in Gaza

Israeli forces raid al-Aqsa mosque after clashes- two dead in Gaza

Israeli troopers entered Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, the third-holiest shrine in Islam, and carried out arrests on Friday in what police described as a pursuit of youths who had lobbed rocks and fireworks during clashes with its forces outside. The rare raid, on a site that is an emblem of Palestinians’ statehood hopes and a frequent […]

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Israeli forces kill four Islamic State linked gunmen after Golan attack

Israeli forces kill four Islamic State linked gunmen after Golan attack

Israeli forces killed four gunmen linked to the Islamic State group after they fired on soldiers Sunday, the military said, in the first such attack on the occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli soldiers were targeted with machinegun fire and mortars and they shot back, before the air force bombed the vehicle carrying the gunmen identified […]

November 27, 2016 | By | Reply More
Palestinian shot dead trying to stab Israeli soldier- army

Palestinian shot dead trying to stab Israeli soldier- army

Feb 13, – “An assailant drew a knife and attempted to stab a soldier,” an Israeli army statement said. “Responding to the attack, forces fired at the perpetrator, resulting in her death.” Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager as she tried to stab a soldier in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on […]

February 13, 2016 | By | Reply More
Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard – police

Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard – police

Jan 24, – Hours later, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came out against Palestinian groups he said were encouraging youth to take part in an almost four-month long surge of violence with Israel which has raised concern of wider escalation a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided. A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead on […]

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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank clashes

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank clashes

Nov 26, – The attacks, many of them carried out spontaneously by young Palestinians, have killed 19 Israelis and an American since Oct. 1. Israeli forces have killed 91 Palestinians, some while carrying out assaults and others in clashes with police and troops. Many of those killed have been teenagers. Military commanders and the Netanyahu […]

November 26, 2015 | By | Reply More
Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier and is shot dead- army

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier and is shot dead- army

Nov 25, – The attack occurred in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at a road junction near a cluster of Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements. The army said the soldier was critically hurt and a an official at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem said the Palestinian assailant died on the operating table. A Palestinian stabbed and […]

November 25, 2015 | By | Reply More
Israel bans Islamist Arab party, says it’s inciting violence

Israel bans Islamist Arab party, says it’s inciting violence

Nov 17, – The government declared the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement of Israel illegal, saying its activists could be subject to arrest if they violate the ban. Israel has outlawed an Islamist party accused of inciting violence among the country’s Arab citizens, the government announced Tuesday, as part of measures to stamp out […]

November 17, 2015 | By | Reply More
Palestinian gunman kills two Israelis in West Bank

Palestinian gunman kills two Israelis in West Bank

Nov 13, – The gunman opened fire on a family traveling near the Jewish settlement of Otneil, which is close to Hebron, Israel medics and media reported. A Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in the southern West Bank on Friday, the military said, while in the nearby city of Hebron Israeli troops shot dead a […]

November 13, 2015 | By | Reply More
Palestinian killed in Israeli raid on hospital

Palestinian killed in Israeli raid on hospital

Nov 12, – “Abdallah Azzam Shalaldeh, aged 27, was killed by a unit of (undercover agents) at the Hebron hospital,” said the Palestinian health ministry. Palestinian related to a man suspected of being behind an anti-Israeli attack was killed by undercover Israeli agents in a West Bank hospital, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Israel’s internal […]

November 12, 2015 | By | Reply More
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian knife attackers

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian knife attackers

Nov 10, – In the latest incident, a Palestinian drew a knife and tried to attack paramilitary border policemen at a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, police spokesman Luba Samri said. They shot him after he ignored calls to stop and was later declared dead, he said. Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian attackers […]

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