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Israel to send 1M doses to Palestinians in vaccine exchange
Middle East
June 18, 2021
Israel to send 1M doses to Palestinians in vaccine exchange
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around one million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian…
Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas fires incendiary balloons
Middle East
June 18, 2021
Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas fires incendiary balloons
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip late Thursday for a second time since a shaky cease-fire…
Hamas chief meets party leaders in Morocco visit
Middle East
June 17, 2021
Hamas chief meets party leaders in Morocco visit
RABAT, June 17 (Reuters) – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will meet Morocco’s main opposition party on Thursday as part of…
Israeli officer charged in killing of autistic Palestinian
Middle East
June 17, 2021
Israeli officer charged in killing of autistic Palestinian
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a border police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of…
Israel strikes Hamas sites over fire balloons, challenging truce
Middle East
June 16, 2021
Israel strikes Hamas sites over fire balloons, challenging truce
GAZA, June 16 (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from…
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire
Middle East
June 16, 2021
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday,…
Israel braces for unrest from right-wing Jerusalem march
Middle East
June 15, 2021
Israel braces for unrest from right-wing Jerusalem march
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists gathered Tuesday near Jerusalem’s Old City ahead of a contentious march that threatened…
New Israel government vows change, but not for Palestinians
Middle East
June 15, 2021
New Israel government vows change, but not for Palestinians
BEITA, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s fragile new government has shown little interest in addressing the decades-old conflict with the…
EXPLAINER: Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new leader?
Middle East
June 14, 2021
EXPLAINER: Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new leader?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Naftali Bennett, who was sworn in Sunday as Israel’s new prime minister, embodies many of the contradictions…
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
Middle East
June 13, 2021
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said a Palestinian woman carrying a knife ran toward an Israeli military checkpoint on Saturday…