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The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

Australian citizens in Palestine raise fears about Dfat efforts as rescue buses cancelled

Buses had been scheduled to take Palestinian Australians from Ramallah in West Bank to Jordan but they did not go ahead

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: history shows the dangers of a creeping occupation

The US president, Joe Biden, has warned Israel that occupying Gaza “would be a big mistake”. The warning seemed to be aimed directly at voices within the Israeli government who are calling for Israel to not only destroy Hamas, but also to occupy the Palestinian territory.

The Conversation

A Palestinian mother fled to the US for safety. 12 years on, war in her homeland fueled her son’s murder

Hanaan Shahin left the West Bank in 2011 in search of a better life in the US. More than a decade later, she and her six-year-old son Wadea Al-Fayoume were targeted in a deadly attack allegedly driven by fresh violence in her homeland. Martha McHardy reports

The Independent UK

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Australians land in Dubai on flights from Israel but Gaza efforts not yet successful

Of the 255 people who took the repatriation flights, Clare O’Neil says, most are Australian citizens and family members

The Guardian - AU

Father and son killed at funeral procession as violence increases in the West Bank

The family of a father and son killed by Israeli settlers in Gaza speak exclusively to The Independent about the impact of losing loved ones to Israeli settler violence

The Independent UK

I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

In my lifetime, leaders on both sides have talked of justice and freedom. Here in the West Bank, those days seem long ago, says author Raja Shehadeh

The Guardian - UK

‘They want revenge. They’re saying, either we die or you die’: West Bank residents fear rising tide of violence

Palestinians in the territory are facing a harsh crackdown from Israeli forces and threats to their lives from settlers

The Guardian - UK

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Palestinian Americans watch with dread, as family members in Gaza struggle to stay alive

For Palestinian Americans, there’s a sense of helplessness and hopelessness as many struggle to hear from their families in Gaza

The Independent UK

While the world is watching Gaza, violence fuels growing tensions in the occupied West Bank

With the world’s attention focused on the war in Gaza, tensions have risen in the occupied West Bank, where 54 Palestinians were killed over the past week in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and attacks by Jewish settlers

The Independent UK

Some Gaza residents with Israeli work permits unable to return home

Hundreds of Gaza residents who were working in Israel when Hamas launched its deadly attack find themselves stranded in the West Bank, after Israel cut off access to the enclave. They are among some 18,000 Gaza residents who have work permits for Israel. Some workers say they chose to leave…

France 24

A war that ends the Saudi-Israel ‘normalisation’ process

The Gaza war has once again placed the Palestinian issue at the centre of West Asian politics

The Hindu

Shock and retribution: Israel pounds Gaza after Hamas attack

First came the shock, then the horror and now the escalation. Israel's government had been putting the squeeze on the West Bank when the unprecedented attack came from Gaza, stunning the world and targeting the innocent. Seven days later, Israel dropping leaflets on the Gaza Strip, the prelude to a…

France 24

Forced from Israel for being Palestinian, they fear what comes next for them – and their families in Gaza

Amir and his companions were beneficiaries of a scheme allowing 18,000 people from Gaza to work in Israel. Now, they have fled to the West Bank having faced retribution for last weekend’s attack by the militants of Hamas, writes Kim Sengupta in Ramallah

The Independent UK

What are the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Recent events are the culmination of a decades-long clash in the disputed region of the Middle East

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France 24

From Gaza to Lebanon, Israel faces threats on multiple fronts

While Israel has amassed tanks and troops around the Gaza border to the south, rocket fire and shelling incidents on its northern borders with Lebanon and Syria have multiplied since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Amid fears of a renewed uprising in the West Bank, security experts are…

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Israel’s Gaza invasion could test its occupation of the West Bank

Israel will struggle to man its ever-increasing checkpoints in the West Bank and flood the Gaza Strip with soldiers.

The Guardian - UK

Violence hits East Jerusalem and West Bank as Israel orders Gaza evacuation

Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces clash in several areas before expected ground offensive

WEKU

What did Hamas aim to gain by its brazen attack on Israel? Here's what to know

The surprise attack on Israel has brought the militant group back into the spotlight. A Hamas official tells NPR the attack was meant in part to lead to the release of Palestinians in Israeli jails.

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The Independent UK

Palestinians fear ‘new wave of killing’ in the West Bank as Israel puts it on lockdown

Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians in West Bank following Hamas terror attacks which left hundreds of Israelis dead

The Conversation

Hamas: what you need to know about the group that attacked Israel

The group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, crossing into the country from Gaza killing hundreds of civilians and taking dozens of hostages.

Al Jazeera

‘This is different’: At a West Bank cafe, Israel’s assault edges closer

The Conversation

A crisis of legitimacy: what's at stake for Israel and the Palestinians?

Hamas’ attack on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War was the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Showers of rockets, kidnappings and indiscriminate killings have led to a death toll already over 1,200 Israelis, leading many to describe the event as “Israel’s 9/11”.

France 24

Shock Hamas terror attack: The beginning of the end for Israel’s Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated the political landscape in Israel for more than two decades but, almost one year after regaining the role of prime minister, an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Saturday looks set to shake his grip on power. In a speech late Wednesday, Netanyahu vowed to destroy the…

The Conversation

How Hamas weaponised Palestinians' despair

The scale of Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 and 8 October is unprecedented and the failure of the Israeli army and secret services, astonishing. Yet for observers such as former Israeli ambassador to France, Elie Barnavi, the events that have unfolded in the region over the past days were…

Al Jazeera

What is the Palestinian Authority and what is its relationship with Israel?

Set up in the mid-90s as an interim body on the path to Palestinian statehood, the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy

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