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Breaking News Extremists Torch Bedouin Tent in West Bank
A tent in a West Bank Bedouin village was set on fire in a suspected arson attack. The tent in a village located north of Ramallah, which was used for storage and unoccupied at the time of the fire, was burned completely early Thursday morning, according to reports. Graffiti spray painted on a rock near…
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Breaking News Palestinian Shot Dead After Stabbing Israeli
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops after he stabbed an Israeli man at a West Bank gas station. The 26-year-old victim was slightly injured in the attack near Modiin, in central Israel, where he was filling up his car, the Israel Defense Forces said. He reportedly was attacked by a group of approximately…
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News Frustration and Sadness at Funeral of West Bank Firebombing Victim
The father of Ali Saad Dawabshe, the 18-month-old Palestinian killed in an arson attack, apparently at the hands of Jewish settlers, died in an Israeli hospital on Saturday morning. Saad Dawabshe, 32, was laid to rest in a funeral in Duma, outside of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. His wife, in critical condition, and…
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Breaking News Father of Palestinian Toddler Killed in Arson Attack Dies of Wounds
The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds sustained in the fire. Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and…
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Breaking News 3 Israelis Injured in Suspected West Bank Terror Attack
Three Israelis were injured, two seriously, in a suspected terror attack in the West Bank when a car intentionally rammed pedestrians. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon near the Shiloh settlement located north of Ramallah. The two seriously hurt pedestrians sustained head and chest injuries and were on respirators, according to reports. Israeli soldiers fired at…
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Breaking News Gaza Hosting a West Bank Soccer Team for First Time in 15 Years
A Palestinian soccer team in Gaza is hosting a team from the West Bank for the first time since 2000. After receiving permission from Israel, the West Bank club, Al-Ahly from Hebron, crossed into Gaza on Tuesday for Thursday’s match against Shejaia, Reuters reported. Israel’s office that controls travel in and out of Gaza confirmed…
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Breaking News Shin Bet Arrests Kahane Grandson in Connection to West Bank Firebombing
In the aftermath of a deadly firebombing in a West Bank Palestinian village believed to have been perpetrated by Jewish terrorists, Israel’s Shin Bet arrested its most wanted Jewish terrorist suspect. Meir Ettinger, 24, a grandson of the late militant far-right leader Rabbi Meir Kahane, according to Haaretz, was arrested Monday in the northern Israeli…
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Breaking News Israel Approves Detention of Militants Without Trial in Arson Case
Israel’s security cabinet approved on Sunday the detention of citizens suspected of waging violence against Palestinians without trial in a crackdown aimed at capturing the perpetrators of a lethal West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish militants. The extension to Israelis of so-called “administrative detention,” a practice commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and condemned…
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