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Israel-Gaza truce shines light on Palestinian hunger striker

A Palestinian hunger striker who has refused food for the past five months and is wasting away in an Israeli jailhouse infirmary has suddenly been thrust into the center of efforts to firm up a Gaza cease-fire

The Independent UK

Flights for West Bank Palestinians to Turkey to start at end of August

Palestinians from the West Bank will be able to fly on special flights from Ramon Airport, near the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, to destinations in Turkey, Israel's Airports Authority said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Israeli forces kill al-Aqsa Brigades commander in Nablus raid

Ibrahim al-Nabulsi had been on the run for months and evaded several assassination attempts by Israeli forces.

Al Jazeera

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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in battle; two teens killed in clashes

Israeli security forces killed a Palestinian militant commander and another fighter in a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military said, triggering further clashes in which Palestinians said two teens were killed in separate incidents.

Reuters

Israeli Troops Assassinate Senior Fatah Military Commander in West Bank Clash

Israeli forces killed four people Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, including two teens and a man Israel said was a senior militant commander. The latest violence comes two days after a truce halted deadly conflict between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad militants in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel: Troops kill 2 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

Israeli police say troops killed two Palestinian gunmen in a shootout in the occupied West Bank, during an arrest operation in the city of Nablus

The Independent UK

Away from Gaza, Islamic Jihad digs in against Israel on West Bank

For the masked gunmen in Jenin refugee camp, Israel's unannounced strike against Islamic Jihad in Gaza on Friday can have come as little surprise after months of clashes that have steadily lifted the profile of the Iran-backed militant group.

Reuters

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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – family and politics collide

Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, both Palestinian lawyers, had different views on how to achieve statehood for their nation. Raja recounts their struggle, and his father’s murder, in this highly readable memoir

The Guardian - UK

Gaza attack: What is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad?

Palestinian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1981 with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state in occupied territories.

Al Jazeera

EXPLAINER: What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violence

Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are exchanging fire in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year

The Independent UK

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – truth and memory in Palestine

A human rights lawyer charts the history of his country through his late father’s papers

The Guardian - UK

Israel pounds Gaza with air strikes, arrests militant suspects in West Bank

Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes on Saturday, prompting Palestinian retaliatory rocket fire as Israeli forces broadened their offensive in the West Bank, arresting 20 people in early morning raids. Israel’s latest “pre-emptive counter-terror operation” has sparked fears of escalated violence in the Palestinian Territories.

France 24

Israeli strikes kill senior Gaza militant, prompting retaliatory rocket fire

Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes Friday, killing more than 15 people, including a top militant, and triggering a barrage of retaliatory rocket fire from the territory. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad militant group amid days of heightened tensions following the arrest of a senior militant in…

France 24

A Banksy painting that was sprayed in the West Bank resurfaces in Tel Aviv

The relocation of the painting — a slingshot-toting rat and likely intended to protest the Israel occupation — raises ethical questions about the removal of artwork from occupied territory.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Banksy Painting Sprayed in West Bank Resurfaces in Tel Aviv

A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive and a world away from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed. The relocation of the painting — which depicts a…

The Independent UK

Banksy painting sprayed in West Bank resurfaces in Tel Aviv

A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv

The Independent UK

Israel sends reinforcements to Gaza border as tensions rise

The Israeli military says it is sending additional forces to the area around the Gaza Strip as it braces for possible attacks after the arrest of a senior militant in the West Bank this week

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Left in Tense Limbo by Israeli Expulsion Order

After repeatedly rebuilding his home only to have it demolished by Israeli soldiers, Mohammed Abu Sabaha has a new plan to remain on the land — he is moving into a cave. Abu Sabaha is among some 1,000 Palestinians at risk of expulsion from an arid region of the occupied…

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The Independent UK

Palestinians left in tense limbo by Israeli expulsion order

Some 1,000 Palestinians are at risk of expulsion from an arid region of the occupied West Bank that the Israeli military has designated as a live-fire training zone

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts Slam Israel's 'Harassment' In West Bank

UN experts on Tuesday condemned Israel's "harassment" of human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta villages, where Israel has a military zone. The special rapporteurs insisted such harassment must stop, and said residents continue to be threatened by the risk of forcible transfer, including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Army Closes Areas Near Gaza Citing Reprisals Risk

Israel's army closed areas near the Gaza border to civilians Tuesday, citing a risk of reprisals, following the overnight arrest of two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members, the military and Palestinian sources said. A 17-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a late Monday raid in the flashpoint…

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in raid on Jenin camp

Israeli army kills 17-year-old and arrests a senior Islamic Jihad leader during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Say 1 Killed During Israeli Raid in West Bank

At least one Palestinian was killed and another wounded during an Israeli military raid late Monday in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The military said security forces arrested two suspects and confiscated a handgun, ammunition and cash. It said the troops came under…

Reuters

Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank flashpoint Jenin

Israeli undercover troops carried out an arrest raid in a town in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint of violence on Monday, Israeli police said, and the Palestinian health ministry said a local man had been killed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Teen in West Bank

An Israeli soldier shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian near a road leading to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said, and the army said it had opened fire to protect motorists from rioters. Witnesses said the incident, east of the hub city of Ramallah,…

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