At least 63 killed in Gaza in last 24 hours

12 April 2024 • International, News • No Comments

Gaza’s Health Ministry has said at least 63 Palestinians have been killed and 45 injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the past 24 hours. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said destruction in Khan Younis and damage to the medical sector was “disproportionate to anything one can imagine”[…]

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Israeli forces launch deadly raids in occupied West Bank

13 March 2024 • International, News • No Comments

Casualties mounting, with at least four Palestinians – including two minors – killed and dozens wounded. Israeli forces have killed at least four people, including two minors, in raids on multiple locations in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials reported on Wednesday. Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old boy, identified[…]

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Ramadaan 1445: “It was difficult for Palestinians to reach the Mosque peacefully as soldiers invaded the homes of Palestinians”

11 March 2024 • International, News, VOC News • No Comments

By Kouthar Sambo Amid the ongoing aggression in Gaza, Palestinians are graced with the blessed month of Ramadaan as they underwent their first Taraweeh (Ramadaan prayer) last night. Speaking to VOC News, the President of the National Association of Human Rights Defenders on Al Khalil and Ibrahimi Mosque, Badee Dwaik,[…]

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Meet the Jewish Doctor navigating the interplay of health and politics in Palestine and Israel for a brighter tomorrow

17 December 2023 • International, News • No Comments

“Health, as we all know it, is political but the word politics is never used,” according to Dr Norbert Goldfield, the Jewish founder of the non-profit organisation, Healing Across the Divides (HATD), based in Northampton, US. In Palestine, this interplay between health and politics has led to catastrophic consequences. First[…]

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US President Biden advocates for’ revitalized Palestinian Authority’ in Gaza

19 November 2023 • International, News • No Comments

US President Joe Biden emphasized, in a recent statement, the necessity of Gaza ultimately being under the control of “a revitalized Palestinian Authority.” In an opinion piece Biden penned for The Washington Post, he expressed his vision for the future of Gaza and the West Bank. “As we strive for[…]

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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank confrontation

5 October 2023 • International, News • No Comments

Israeli troops have killed two Palestinians during a confrontation with gunmen in the occupied West Bank, according to the military and medical officials. Israel’s military said on Thursday that a gunfight had erupted after soldiers identified a “suspicious vehicle”, from where the two men shot at the settler, near Shufa[…]

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The Israeli occupation forces raided the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Jenin overnight, killing five more Palestinians while injuring thirty others

20 September 2023 • International, Local, News, VOC News • No Comments

By Kouthar Sambo Following the data released by the Ministry of Health, the Israeli occupation forces raided the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Jenin overnight, killing five more Palestinians and gravely injuring thirty others. This comes after the bodies of three martyrs were pronounced dead on the scene, while the[…]

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The PA’s concept of popular peaceful resistance is political acquiescence

30 August 2023 • International, News • No Comments

The Palestinian Authority has revealed its increasing discomfort with the rise of Palestinian anti-colonial resistance in the occupied West Bank. The narrative of Hamas as the epitome of Palestinian resistance can no longer be relied on to foment discord between resistance groups, as armed resistance now denotes a unified Palestinian[…]

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Israel destroys ‘weapons lab’ in West Bank, locals say it was a meeting room

16 August 2023 • International, News • No Comments

Israel today claimed that occupation forces targeted and destroyed a weapons laboratory and explosives warehouse belonging to the Palestinian Fatah movement. The site, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Balata in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, was destroyed by Israel’s army and Border Police using explosives last night. The Palestinians who investigated[…]

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US slams murder of Palestinian by Israel settlers as ‘terrorism’

7 August 2023 • International, News • No Comments

Washington has condemned as “terrorism” the killing of a Palestinian by suspected Jewish settlers, in language that appears to reflect US frustration with surging violence in the occupied West Bank under Israel’s hard-right government, Reuters reported. Israeli police detained two settlers following Friday’s attack near the village of Burqa. According to Palestinians,[…]

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