Tag: WestBank

Palestinian woman shot dead after stabbing Israel soldier: army

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, May 4, 2023 (AFP) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army called a “stabbing attack”. Iman Odeh, 26, was “killed by a bullet to the chest fired by the occupation soldiers in Huwara, south of Nablus,” a ministry statement said. The Israeli army said an assailant stabbed a soldier, who was “lightly injured” and taken […]

Israel, Gaza militants trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Friday 1/27/2023 by Mai Yaghi with Gareth Browne in Jenin Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire Friday, raising fears of a further escalation after one the deadliest army raids in the occupied West Bank in years. Israel said in response to the missiles, it “targeted an underground rocket manufacturing site” belonging to Hamas and a north Gaza military base used by the Palestinian […]