Israel cancels railway project linking northern region with West Bank
Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev on Tuesday announced in a statement the cancellation of the planned railway linking northern Israel with the northern West Bank.
Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev on Tuesday announced in a statement the cancellation of the planned railway linking northern Israel with the northern West Bank.
Israeli authorities have approved the appropriation of 12.7 square km of land in the occupied West Bank, marking the largest single appropriation in about three decades, an Israeli settlement monitor group has said.
The detainees reportedly also include two Palestinian prisoners who were released during the Israel-Hamas truce in November 2023.
Israel's war cabinet fears heightened tension near the West Bank and Temple Mount during the upcoming month of Ramadan after the ceasefire talks failed to yield the desired results.
Over the past weeks, the world has seen a widespread wave of pro-Palestine protests in revulsion against the Israeli attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank in the form of an Israeli invasion and bombing campaign that, in disproportionate response to the initial attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7 2023
The leaders of four EU member states have urged the bloc to agree on a firm position complete with sanctions on the situation in the West Bank.
The US Vice President spoke with the Israeli President on the one-month anniversary of Hamas's terrorist attack against Israel on October 7.
Israeli authorities said that Wednesday's operation in Nablus targeted three suspects that were planning attacks on Israel.
A Palestinian was killed during clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the town of Halhul near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses.
A Palestinian man died of injuries he sustained during an Israeli raid last week in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics have confirmed.
