Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said Monday his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to US-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority.
President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Shtayyeh and his (...)
Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a central square when he is suddenly shot and drops to the ground. Two others rushing to his aid are also hit, leaving a 17-year-old dead, moments before Israeli military (...)
Protests erupted in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday shortly after top Hamas official Saleh Arouri and six other members of the militant group were killed by a drone strike in Beirut.
Hamas and Hezbollah officials confirmed that Arouri was killed (...)
If Ramallah has a center, it is Al-Manara Square. Six roads meet here, and pedestrians weave their way confidently across the tight roundabout, forcing cars to make way. It is always busy.
Demonstrators will rally here to protest, but when CNN (...)
In a family home in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, Yazen Alhasnat was sitting next to his mother rubbing sleep from his eyes.
The 17-year-old had been released from prison the night before, nearly five months after being arrested in a 4am (...)
Fatima Shahin spent seven months in an Israeli prison. Authorities initially accused her of attempted murder of an Israeli in the occupied West Bank, but she was never charged with any crime.
On Friday, the 33-year-old from the West Bank city of (...)
Just hours before the four-day truce was due to expire om Monday, Qatar said Israel and Hamas have agreed to a two-day extension, raising the prospecct of a longer halt to their destructive war.
For a fourth successive night, a batch of Israeli (...)
A bus carrying Palestinian teenagers released from Israeli prisons arrived in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday evening local time.
Earlier, Israel's Prison Service confirmed it had released 39 prisoners and detainees from a (...)
At least 14 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli military raid, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The incursion resulted in clashes with Palestinians early Thursday (...)
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has denounced the "genocide" carried out in the Gaza Strip by Israel.
Abbas was speaking during a meeting with the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
"Once again, we meet in the harshest (...)
Ibrahim Wadi, 62, and his son Ahmad, 24, were on their way to a funeral for four Palestinians shot dead by Israeli settlers in their occupied West Bank community, when their car came under attack.
The father and son were driving through the small (...)
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed on Sunday into Al-Aqsa Mosque heavily guarded by occupation police force who attacked several worshippers.
The Islamic Endowment directorate at Al-Quds said in a press release that about 600 settlers stormed (...)
An Israeli soldier has been killed and several other people wounded in a suspected lorry ramming attack by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.
It comes at a tense time where deadly violence there has surged to a level not seen for some two (...)
There's been a dramatic rise in violence carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank this year, with more than 100 incidents reported a month according to the UN.
It warns that some 400 people (...)
Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority government in the occupied West Bank, prompting clashes the Palestinian Ministry of Health said left at least six people wounded.
The Israel Defense Forces (...)
Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say.
The women were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the (...)
The Palestinian Presidency welcomed the agreement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations.
It expressed its appreciation for the positive Chinese role that contributed to reaching this agreement, expressing its hope (...)
Nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say - the deadliest in years.
An elderly woman was reported among the dead in the flashpoint town of Jenin.
The Israeli military said it (...)
Israeli soldiers killed a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager during a military raid on the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, AlJazeera reported quoting local sources.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the girl as Jana Majdi (...)
US President Joseph Biden affirmed on Wednesday his deep commitment to the two-state solution for the Middle East, saying that a general atmosphere of dialogue and stability should be set for peace to prevail.
In a speech delivered after arrival to (...)
Shireen Abu Aqla's brother has heavily criticized a US report that concluded unintentional Israeli gunfire was likely to have been responsible for the Palestinian-American reporter's death.
Tony Abu Aqla told the BBC the findings were "unacceptable" (...)
Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Sunday raided the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from "Bab Al Magharbeh," on the occasion of the "Feast of the Revelation of the Torah", to be celebrated on Monday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious (...)
A Palestinian investigation has concluded that Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla was intentionally shot dead by an Israeli soldier.
Announcing the findings, the Palestinian attorney general said "the only shooting was by the occupation forces, (...)
The top UN official in the Middle East has urged Israel to halt all settlement activity following the latest approval given to new construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, announced on Thursday.
"I condemn today's decision by Israeli (...)
The Palestinian president says he will immediately refer the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a speech at a remembrance service attended by thousands of people, Mahmoud Abbas declared (...)