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Palestinians look for survivors in buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Sunday.

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2nd batch of aid crosses into Gaza as Israel intensifies strikes

5:10pm October 22, 2023

by Robert Griffiths

Fourteen trucks with essential supplies provided by the United Nations entered the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. It included water, food and medical equipment, but no fuel.

Palestinians inspect a damaged building following an Israeli army raid in Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Palestinians said at least two people were killed in the raid, which the army said was carried out to destroy a militant command center and bomb-storage facility in the building.

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Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates

2:17pm September 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

A series of violent escalations on the border between Israel and Gaza over the past week during a sensitive Jewish holiday period raised the specter of an escalation for the first time since May.

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp fled their homes as the Israeli military pressed ahead with an operation in the area, in Jenin, West Bank, Tuesday. Palestinian health officials put the Palestinian death toll from the two-day raid at 10. The Israeli military said Israel launched the operation because some 50 attacks over the past year had emanated from Jenin.

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Israel says it's ending its largest West Bank offensive in years

6:47pm July 04, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

As much as a quarter of the Palestinian population of the crowded Jenin refugee camp has fled an Israeli military offensive, the United Nations says.

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Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid of the militant stronghold of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Monday, July 3, 2023.

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Israel stages a deadly large-scale raid on Palestinian Jenin camp in the West Bank

6:03am July 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Israeli media said the military also conducted airstrikes, reviving a tactic it had largely halted during the past two decades.

Israeli police stand next to the body of a Palestinian gunman Tuesday at the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank Israeli settlement of Eli.

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A Palestinian attacker kills at least 4 people at a West Bank gas station

2:55pm June 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

A surge in violence this year has killed 128 Palestinians and 24 people on the Israeli side so far, according to a tally by The Associated Press.

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Deadly West Bank firefight leaves at least 3 Palestinians dead, dozens more injured

4:26am June 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

The violence marked a rare use of Israeli airpower in the territory. During the clashes, Palestinian militants detonated a roadside bomb next to an Israeli military vehicle.

Israeli police gather next to an overturned car at the site of an attack Friday in Tel Aviv in which an Italian tourist was killed and several other people were injured.

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An Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque triggers a spate of violence

4:12pm April 08, 2023

by Willem Marx

The escalating conflict in Israel and the occupied territories has played out against a backdrop of religious celebrations — Ramadan for Muslims, Passover for Jews and Easter for Christians.

Israeli soldiers operate in village of Sarra near the Palestinians West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region.

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Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in a shootout in the West Bank

5:45am March 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank, the military said, the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region.

Israeli security forces examine the scene of a shooting attack in the West Bank on Monday.

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A U.S. citizen is one of the latest killed in West Bank violence

2:50pm February 28, 2023

Elan Ganeles of Connecticut was visiting Israel for a friend's wedding. The 27-year-old was shot on a road frequented by international tourists that passes through the West Bank toward the Dead Sea.

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on Feb. 22. The raid left scores of people hurt and killed 10 Palestinians. Israel's military says it suffered no casualties.

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Israeli raid leaves 11 dead and 100 wounded, Palestinians say, as violence rises

4:59pm February 22, 2023

The Israeli military says it was targeting a militant group in the West Bank called the Lion's Den. So far this year, at least 55 Palestinians — including civilians — have been killed.