… The agency said its staff continues providing essential services to Palestine refugees across its five fields of operation — Gaza, the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. …
Audio By VocalizeOne of the shop owners inspects the rubble of nearly two dozen shops that were demolished by Israeli bulldozers, east of the Palestinian city of Jenin in West Bank on August 12, 2026. …
Audio By VocalizeAn Israeli army vehicles are pictured during an official visit by a group of foreign diplomats accredited by the Palestinian Authority at the archaeological site of Sebastia, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on June 29, 2026. …
… AFP journalists saw about a dozen armoured military jeeps going into the Qalandia camp, which Israeli soldiers did not allow press or residents to enter, in the occupied West Bank. …
… AFP journalists saw about a dozen armoured military jeeps going into the Qalandia camp, which Israeli soldiers did not allow press or residents to enter, in the occupied West Bank. …
UN alarmed at 'rapidly deteriorating' West Bank By AFP July 29, 2026 12:42 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference outlining his pr …
West Bank woman delivers stillborn baby after checkpoint delay: medics By AFP July 27, 2026 04:35 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillb …
… "We monitored today's launch toward the Aqaba area, and our Aerial Defence Array remains on alert to protect Israeli civilians," Zamir told military commanders in the occupied West Bank, according to a statement issued by the military. …
… Three sites, so far unlisted, are expected to be fast-tracked and voted straight onto the list of endangered places.These could include the archaeological site of Sebastia, identified as being Biblical Samaria, in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank. …
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The UN has warned that more than 1,000 humanitarian workers have been killed over the past three years as aid work becomes increasingly dangerous. Secretary-General António Guterres cited growing attacks in conflict zones, shrinking funding, access restrictions, and new weapons like armed drones as compounding security threats to aid personnel.
The UN has warned that more than 1,000 humanitarian workers have been killed over the past three years as aid work becomes increasingly dangerous. Secretary-General António Guterres cited growing attacks in conflict zones, shrinking funding, access restrictions, and new weapons like armed drones as compounding security threats to aid personnel.
Israeli forces moved against settlers who have besieged Palestinian homes near Nablus since Sunday, blocking residents from food and supplies. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee denounced the siege as "thuggish behaviour" and said Israel had intervened at US request, though witnesses said settlers remained in the area.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and President Donald Trump as he shores up his political base ahead of close elections. Netanyahu said Israel will not carry out any withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas is genuinely disarmed, despite receiving assurances that Israel would not need to withdraw immediately.
Israeli military forces raided the Qalandia refugee camp next to Jerusalem on Wednesday, with about a dozen armoured jeeps deployed. Eight people were reported injured; the military said the operation targeted terrorist elements and wanted individuals, while residents have expressed fears of eviction amid growing tensions.
Israeli military forces conducted a large-scale operation in the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, saying they targeted terrorist elements and weapons trafficking; a camp spokesman said at least 20 people were arrested and soldiers took positions on house roofs.
A senior UN official told the Security Council that violence in the occupied West Bank has escalated in the past week, resulting in civilian casualties, displacement, and property damage, with Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian communities persisting at alarming levels.
Palestinian health workers said a 28-year-old woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The woman was six months pregnant and experiencing heavy bleeding when medics collected her; the ambulance faced blocked routes and a closed gate at the Awarta checkpoint.
Israel's defence minister said his country would respond powerfully to any attack by Iran, after Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted an Iranian missile launched towards Aqaba. The military chief also vowed to retaliate with "determination" if Iran attacked Israel.
UNESCO member states are to vote on adding new sites to its World Heritage and World Heritage in Danger lists at a meeting in Busan, South Korea. Sites under consideration include a Biblical location, Lebanese castles, an antelope migration path, and the world's deepest lake, threatened by conflict or climate change.
Palestinian rights organisations launched an international campaign on Tuesday to document and combat sexual violence against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. Campaign coordinator Youssef al-Amayreh, released in January after two years in Israeli custody, said the initiative had collected dozens of testimonies from former detainees alleging sexual violence and abuse.
Israel will hold a general election on October 27, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to remain in power against rivals including former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who founded his own party in 2025 after serving in Netanyahu's war cabinet.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 76, is Israel's longest-serving prime minister and has led multiple wars and outlasted several American presidents. He now faces an international arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in Gaza, a corruption trial, and a nearly three-year multi-front conflict including direct military confrontations with Iran, ahead of an election scheduled for October 27.
Palestinian handlers and breeders maintain a passion for Arabian horses as a rare form of recreation and cultural identity in the occupied West Bank, with events like beauty pageants drawing communities together despite shrinking open land amid Israeli settlement expansion.
EU foreign ministers will discuss imposing an import ban on products from Israeli settlements at a Monday meeting in Brussels, after pressure from member states. Several EU countries including Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain have already imposed their own trade restrictions on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
The Group of Seven has welcomed a US-Iran agreement that allows ships to resume passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a corridor handling about a fifth of the world's oil. The G7 said the deal, brokered by President Trump, offers a chance to prevent Iran's nuclear development while ending a blockade, and a multinational naval mission led by France and the United Kingdom will help clear mines and protect merchant vessels.
Iran and Israel say they have halted attacks on each other after exchanging fire for the first time since April's truce. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was holding fire "at the moment," while Iran warned of "more severe and crushing measures" if Israel carried out more strikes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed Israel's military to seize 70% of Gaza, expanding from the estimated 64% already effectively controlled. This breaks an October U.S.-brokered truce that stipulated Israeli troops should withdraw to a "Yellow Line" demarcating control at roughly 53% of Gaza.
A UN special rapporteur on torture raised alarm on Tuesday over alleged torture, potentially unlawful deaths, and incommunicado detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons since October 2023, citing information gathered on 52 cases of torture or ill-treatment and 33 additional cases.
Yasser Abbas, 64, son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and a businessman based in Canada, won a seat on Fatah's central committee in preliminary results from the movement's first congress in years. Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti topped the results with the highest number of votes.
A far-right Israeli settler movement called Uri Tzafon ("Awake, North Wind") is advocating for Israel's northern border to extend to at least the Litani River, some 30 kilometres into Lebanese territory, and aims to establish permanent Israeli civilian presence in the area. The group, comprising dozens of families and co-founded in 2024, has gained traction amid the Israel-Hezbollah conflict that has displaced over a million Lebanese.
Lebanon's Simon Karam and Israel's Yechiel Leiter, both veteran politicians, will meet in Washington for the third round of direct negotiations as President Trump seeks a breakthrough. Lebanon seeks to consolidate a ceasefire and secure Israeli troop withdrawal, while Israel wants Hezbollah disarmed.
Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced they will run together on a joint list in this year's elections to challenge incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu. They are founding the "Beyahad" (Together) party under Bennett's leadership.
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza's Deir el-Balah area voted Saturday in municipal elections, the first vote since the Gaza war began in October 2023. Nearly 1.5 million registered voters participated in the West Bank, along with 70,000 in Deir el-Balah, with most electoral lists aligned with President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party or running as independents, amid widespread disillusionment and criticism of the Palestinian Authority.