The construction is likely years away: Report (Representational) Jerusalem: Israel is to build the first West Bank settlement since 2017, announced the Israeli Civil Administration, the country’s governing body that operates in the West Bank, local media reported. Nahal Heletz, the new settlement, will cover approximately 148 acres (about 600,000 square metres) southwest of Jerusalem, … Read more
Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. (File) Ramallah: Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank late on Saturday, killing one man and torching a car, Palestinian authorities said. The Palestinian ambulance service said a 38-year-old man in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in the northern … Read more
The Palestinian health ministry said 14 were killed in the raid. Jenin, Palestinian Territories: Around four tyre fires belching black smoke, Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in Jenin on Thursday in the deadliest army raid the occupied West Bank has seen since 2005. The Palestinian city, a Hamas stronghold and the site of frequent army … Read more