Overnight strikes targeted former army positions, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.
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West Bank Settlement Supporters Have Big Hopes for Trump’s Presidency
As Donald J. Trump nominates staunch supporters of Israel to key positions, advocacy groups are taking aim at the departing administration’s policies.
Israeli or Palestinian, U.S. Voters in the West Bank Say Biden Let Them Down
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens live in the Israeli-occupied territory, on opposing sides of an entrenched conflict, where neither Palestinians nor Israelis have much enthusiasm for Kamala Harris.
U.S. Tries to End War in Lebanon That Biden Envoy Calls ‘Out of Control’
Israel and Hezbollah say they will keep up attacks in an escalating conflict that has devastated Gaza, is causing misery in Lebanon and could draw Iran deeper into the fighting.
How Palestinians Are Roadblocked in the West Bank
Driving in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is an incredibly different experience depending on who you are. Ben Hubbard, international correspondent for The New York Times, rode along on two bus trips, one for Israelis, the other for Palestinians, that t…
Athens Democracy Forum: Seeking the Road to Peace in the Middle East
Panelists at the Athens Democracy Forum discussed the widening conflict and the challenge of getting the warring parties to a consensus.
Palestinians Hold Funeral for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, American Slain in West Bank
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old from the Seattle area, was shot and killed, when Israeli forces opened fire during a protest she was attending in a village in the West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian officials said.
Family of American Slain in the West Bank Demands an Independent Inquiry
With witnesses and Palestinian officials accusing Israeli soldiers of firing the fatal shots, “an Israeli investigation is not adequate,” the family said in a statement.
American Woman Shot and Killed at West Bank Protest
In a separate incident, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl was also fatally shot, part of the rising toll of West Bank violence during the war in Gaza.
Aysenur Eygi, American Killed in the West Bank, Was a Campus Organizer
Her trip to the West Bank, where she was shot on Friday, was Ms. Eygi’s latest effort in years of activism that began nearly a decade ago when was still a teenager.