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Israeli troops kill three Palestinian militants, wound dozens during arrest raid in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian protester runs during clashes with Israeli security forces vehicles during their raid in the old town of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on August 9, 2022. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli forces kill two gunmen in West Bank clash, strike boat off Gaza
A gunman stands guard as Palestinian mourners gather for the funerals of Muhammad Al-Azizi and Aboud Sobh, two Palestinian militants killed when Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians Sunday, the Palestinian rescue service said, as the Israeli military said it confronted armed men during overnight operations in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinians in West Bank
People react following an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status as deadline looms
A section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, seen on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Israel’s fragile ruling coalition faces major test with settler laws vote
FILE - A general view shows the West Bank Jewish Jewish settlement of Efrat, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Israel's coalition is gearing up for a major test of its viability with an expected vote on the legal status of Jewish settlers in the West Bank that could break apart the fragile union if the motion falls. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians, one an alleged attacker
A general view shows the house of assailant Palestinian militant Diaa Hamrasheh, as the Israeli forces blew it near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 2, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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Palestinian Health Ministry says teen killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
Palestinians confront Israeli soldiers who stormed Huwara, Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 26, 2022. Picture taken May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Palestinian teen shot in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during a protest against the West Bank Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israel approves 4,427 new settler homes in occupied West Bank, rights group says
An aerial picture shows the Palestinian village of Jinba, part of the Masafer Yatta area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 9,2022, following an Israeli High Court decision that approved the eviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make way for a military training zone. - Israel's top court ruled against the Palestinians last week saying they had "failed to prove" their claim to permanent residence before its declaration as a military training zone. Masafer Yatta residents insist they lived in the area even as control of the West Bank changed hands -- from the British mandate period through Jordanian rule from 1948 to 1967, the year the Israeli occupation began. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Al-Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
Palestinians wait for the body of veteran Al-Jazeera Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead as she covered an Israeli army raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on May 11, 2022, in front of the Anatomy Institute at An-Najah University in the city of Nablus where an autopsy was scheduled before her burial in Jerusalem. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinians facing eviction by Israel vow to stay on land
A Palestinian man walks inside his house in the West Bank Beduin community of Jinba, Masafer Yatta, Friday, May 6, 2022. Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Israel’s Supreme Court paves way for razing eight Palestinian hamlets
FILE - A stockyard that suffered damage following a settlers' attack from nearby settlement outposts on the Bedouin community, in the West Bank village of al-Mufagara, near Hebron, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless. The Israeli rights group representing the residents says the Supreme Court issued the verdict late Wednesday, May 4, 2022, when Israel was largely shut down for its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
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Israeli and Palestinian killed in West Bank violence
An Israeli security guard secures the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Ariel in the West Bank near the Palestinian city of Nablus, Saturday, April 30, 2022. The Israeli military says it is searching for a pair of Palestinian attackers who shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank. The shooting took place late Friday at the entrance to Ariel, a major settlement in the northern West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israel says it intercepted rocket fired from Gaza
FILE - Israeli army soldiers guard a section of Israel's separation barrier, in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Two Palestinian men were critically injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest incident in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
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Israel and West Bank on edge after more bloodshed
An Israeli soldier guards an opening in Israel's West Bank separation barrier that was reinforced with barbed wire to prevent Palestinians from crossing into Israel, in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah, Sunday, April 10, 2022. Israel has stepped up its surveillance of the barrier following a pair of attacks in recent weeks carried out by Palestinians who had entered Israel without a permit. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian attacker after manhunt
Israelis gather to pay their respects outside a bar which was the site of a fatal shooting attack in central Tel Aviv, Israel April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Corinna Kern
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian during clashes in West Bank
Israeli security forces deploy amid clashes with Palestinian protesters in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, on April 1, 2022. - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the flashpoint occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the latest in a surge of violence, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Palestinian Wafa news agency identified the dead man as Ahmad al-Atrash, who had previously served six years in an Israeli prison. (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER / AFP) (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli forces kill two in West Bank clash, Palestinian stabs bus passenger
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Sanad Abu Atiyeh, 17 into the family house, during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, Jenin, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Israeli military says forces kill Palestinian gunman in raid
A general view of the village of Burqa, near Nablus the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 29, 2021. Picture taken December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank operation
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Palestinians say man killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Relatives of Palestinian Saddam Bani Odeh, who was killed earlier amidst dawn clashes with Israeli troops, react during his funeral in the village of Tammun near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on November 16, 2021. - The 26-year-old Palestinian died in hospital from a bullet wound to the lungs following the clashes on the road into the northern town of Tubas, as per the Palestinian health ministry. Israel's army said that during an operation to arrest two "suspects" in Tubas overnight, "live ammunition was fired towards (Israeli) troops and an explosive device was hurled from a passing vehicle". (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel proposes U.S. open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to reporters following a session at the Knesset (Israeli parliament), in Jerusalem on November 4, 2021. - Israeli lawmakers passed the country's first state budget in three years, in a victory for the disparate governing coalition, ahead of a key vote on a 2022 spending package. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in West Bank clash
Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags as members of Israeli forces stand guard during a protest against Israeli settlements in Masafer Yatta, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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Israel approves 1,355 settlement homes, anger some in governing coalition
Palestinians built new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Israel is expected to move forward with thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank this week, a settlement watchdog group said Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli troops kill five Palestinian gunmen in arrest clashes
Palestinians gather at the site where three Palestinian where killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Beit Anan, in northwest Jerusalem on September 26, 2021. - An Israeli operation to dismantle a Hamas Islamist cell in the West Bank sparked fierce gun battles at multiple locations, killing four Palestinians, Israel's army and Palestinian official sources said. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinian slain in clash with Israeli troops
Palestinians hurl stones during the funeral of 12-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammad Al Alami, who was killed by Israeli troops, according to the Palestinian health ministry, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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Israeli settlements amount to war crime: UN rights expert
Israeli settlers gather in Evitar settlement during a protest by Palestinians against the settlements in Beita, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Israel demolishes Palestinian village in West Bank again
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file, photo, Palestinian Bedouin watch Israeli troops demolish tents and other structures of the Khirbet Humsu hamlet in Jordan Valley in the West Bank. Israel on Wednesday, July 7, demolished the Bedouin herding community of Khirbet Humsu in the occupied West Bank, the latest chapter in the military's attempts to uproot the Palestinian village of makeshift homes.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
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Fervent new Palestinian youth rebellion is aimed at both Israel and leadership in the West Bank, Gaza
Palestinian protesters chant slogans as they gather in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on June 26, 2021, during a demonstration against the death of human rights activist Nizar Banat while in the custody of Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces earlier in the week. - Thousands of mourners attended on June 25 the funeral of the 43-year-old Banat, a day after he died in custody following his violent arrest by Palestinian security forces, which sparked outrage in the occupied West Bank. He was known for social media videos denouncing alleged corruption within the PA. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Garneau to visit Israel, West Bank to advance two-state solution following 11-day war
Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau speaks during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP
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Israel to halt ‘intelligence mapping’ of Palestinian homes
FILE - In this May 12, 2020 file photo, Israeli soldiers patrol after a soldier was killed when a rock thrown off a rooftop struck him in the head during an arrest raid, in the village of Yabad near the West Bank city of Jenin. The Israeli military says it is reining in a controversial practice of conducting late-night raids of Palestinian homes in the West Bank aimed at gathering information about the houses and their inhabitants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Restaurants press to keep delivery app caps as they rebound from COVID-19 pandemic
Sharon Bond, the owner of Kekuli Cafe in Westbank, B.C., hopes food delivery apps will keep their commissions low after caps provinces enacted during the pandemic expire. Bond is pictured in a handout photo with Elijah Mack-Stirling, who owns a Kekuli location in Merritt, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kekuli Cafe MANDATORY CREDIT
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank clash
Israeli troops take take position during confrontations with Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, on May 20, 2021. - Israel and the Palestinians are mired in their worst conflict in years as Israel pounds the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery, while Hamas militants fire rockets into the Jewish state. (Photo by Hazem BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)