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Mosab Shawer APA images The new year is off to a deadly start in the occupied West Bank where Israeli soldiers reflexively use lethal force against Palestinians. A Palestinian man was shot dead by soldiers at a settlement road junction near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday. The military claimed that the slain man, identified as Ahed Abdulrahman Qawqas Ikhleil, 25, had thrown a knife at soldiers. No one besides Ikhleil was injured during the incident, as in countless other alleged attacks on Israeli soldiers in which only the accused Palestinian assailant was injured, often fatally. ...

35 shares Palestinians protest Israeli policies and settler attacks in the south Hebron Hills as soldiers look on, January 2, 2021. (WAFA) Palestinian witnesses to a shooting by Israeli troops on Friday that reportedly left a 24-year-old Palestinian man paralyzed disputed the army’s account that a violent, massive demonstration had preceded the shooting. Haroun Abu Aram, 24, was shot in the neck by an Israeli soldier during a scuffle over a generator allegedly used in illegal construction. Abu Aram, who witnesses said was unarmed, was engaged in a tug-of-war over the electric generato...

Palestinian prisoner Zubaidi begins his open-ended hunger strike Israeli occupation forces suppress a peaceful march condemning the settlements, in the village of Mughayir, north east of Ramallah A PALESTINIAN prisoner on Sunday started an open-ended hunger strike in protest against his ongoing detention despite the completion of his sentence in Israeli custody. Jibril Mohammad Zubaidi, a resident of Jenin refugee camp, announced going into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against being placed under extended detention although he completed his 10-month sentence in Israeli custody. Jamal...

Settlers break into Palestinian houses, assault owners south of Hebron HEBRON, Friday, December 18, 2020 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Friday morning broke into several Palestinian houses and assaulted their owners in Masafer Yatta village cluster, south of Hebron city, according to a local activist. Coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees Fuad al-Amour said that a group of armed settlers, under the military protection, forced their way into several houses in al-Markez community, ransacking them.  When the homeowners attempted to prevent the settlers from tampering with the...

Before the military will be able to determine if it was, indeed, an accidental bombing by the u.s. military? >> i think they shouldn't take too long. it will take a day or two. the finger pointing now is too soon. my experience in situations like this is the first information is almost invariably erroneous. we have a tragedy here. doctors without borders is a terrific organization. they are in the front lines, they might be in a firing zone. the question as you rightly raised is whether they provided the gps information early enough to prevent this. right now, i don't think we have enough info...