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‘Unparalleled’: Israeli army raids Ramallah, more occupied West Bank cities

Israeli forces also ‘seize $2.5m’ from money exchange shops in largest operations in area since October.

Al Jazeera · Dec 28, 2023

Gaza health officials say Israel's offensive has now killed more than 20,000 people

Just more than 10 weeks into the conflict, the number of people killed in Gaza is nearing 1% of the territory's pre-war population. The rising death toll has fueled calls for Israel to shift strategy.

WEKU · Dec 22, 2023

As Israel fights to destroy Hamas, the group's popularity surges among Palestinians

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a recent poll found 68% of Palestinians say the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was a legitimate act of defiance and support for the group has more than tripled to 44%.

WEKU · Dec 21, 2023

What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails

Human rights groups say Israel stepped up arrests in the occupied West Bank during the war. Only a fraction of those arrested have been released as part of hostage and prisoner exchanges.

WEKU · Dec 3, 2023

Young, bright, Palestinian: the three friends shot in Vermont

Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, all 20, are childhood friends and ‘incredibly tight’ – especially now

The Guardian - US · Dec 2, 2023

Blinken keen for truce to ‘continue to move forward’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Nov 30, 2023

Locked up with no charge, Palestinian prisoners tell of pain and sorrow as they are freed in hostage exchange

Dozens of women and children released from prison in Israel were held without trial or charge, a practice rights group says violates international law, writes Bel Trew

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

'Welcome Back': Joy In West Bank As Freed Prisoners Return

A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' arms after being freed from an Israeli prison.

International Business Times · Nov 29, 2023

Mother of Palestinian student shot in Vermont thought he would be safer in U.S.

Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."

WEKU · Nov 27, 2023

Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank

In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.

International Business Times · Nov 27, 2023