A Palestinian-American teenager has been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say. Omar Mohammed Saada Rabea, 14, was shot on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya on Sunday evening along with two other 14-year-old boys, one of whom was seriously wounded. The other suffered minor wounds. The Israeli military said its…
Paul Adams BBC News, West Bank EPA The month-long operation has displaced about 40,000 Palestinians from four camps in the West Bank “The army forced us out. Me, my wife and family. We took nothing with us.” Alaa Ofi is trying to figure out how to manage his drastically changed circumstances. “We left behind our…
Israel has expelled the residents of three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank as it steps up a major month-long operation in the Palestinian territory. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said the camps in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams were now “empty” and would be occupied by the Israeli military for the coming year….
BBC Eye Investigations BBC World Service BBC Mumbai-based Aveo had been selling the addictive combination in West Africa Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. In a letter seen by the BBC from India’s Drugs…
Reuters An Israeli military commander said the Tayasir attack demonstrated the necessity of its operation in the northern West Bank Israel’s military says two soldiers have been killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, as its forces continue a major operation against Palestinian armed groups in the north of the territory. Another…
A total of 200 Palestinian prisoners have been released to jubilant scenes in the West Bank after Israel freed them in exchange for four female hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. More than half of the 200 released had been serving life sentences in Israeli jails – some were convicted of multiple murders, including the…
Three Israelis have been killed and eight wounded in a Palestinian shooting attack on a bus and other vehicles in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and paramedics say. The Magen David Adom ambulance service identified the dead as two women in their 60s and a man in his 40s. The…
The Palestinian Authority says it has suspended broadcasting by the prominent Arab channel Al Jazeera in parts of the occupied West Bank, citing incitement and bias. Qatari-owned Al Jazeera expressed shock and denounced the decision as “an attempt to hide the truth about events in the occupied territories”. It links the closure to news coverage…
Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an end-of-year address, Ivory Coast’s President, Alassane Ouattara, said the move was a reflection of the modernisation of the country’s armed forces. Separately, Senegal, which last month…
The West shouldn’t assume that China is lagging behind the U.S. and Europe on tech developments, Microsoft’s president and vice-chairman warned. U.S-China tensions in the past few years have centered on the battle between the two nations for tech supremacy, culminating in a slew of export controls on critical technologies. Late last year, China’s Huawei…
