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Israeli Army Sniper Killed Unarmed Boy

Video has emerged of the ­moment an unarmed 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by a sniper during the Jenin military operation there last week, demolishing Israel’s claims that only combatants were killed. The video, which The Times has verified with witnesses, as well as with the parents of the dead teenager, appears to capture […]

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The UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military operation

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s United Nations ambassador called on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of the country for its excessive use of force in its largest military operation in two decades targeting a refugee camp in the West Bank. U.N. deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the secretary-general conveyed his views on Thursday […]

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‘Blood Spilled in Jenin to Determine Response,’ Palestinian Factions Warn as Israeli Op Continues

Palestinian militant factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad threatened on Monday to retaliate for the Israeli operation launched in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin overnight Monday which has killed seven Palestinians. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh said that “the blood that will be spilled will determine the next phase,” while Islamic Jihad declared that […]

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Palestinians killed as Israel launches attack on West Bank city

Jerusalem: Israeli drones struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early on Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at least eight Palestinians were killed and […]

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Major Israel army raid kills 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a large-scale operation Monday in the occupied West Bank that the army labelled an “extensive counterterrorism effort,” involving air strikes and hundreds of troops. The raid, launched under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government, targeted the northern city of Jenin and was the biggest in the West Bank for […]

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