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Since the Gaza war began, violence against Palestinians has also surged in the West Bank – and gone virtually unnoticed

While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The Conversation

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian children in occupied West Bank raid

Residents of Jenin camp, which has seen nightly raids since October 7, say they were ‘shocked’ at scale of attack.

Al Jazeera

Eight-year-old boy among four reported dead in Israeli raid on Jenin

Palestinian officials say incursion in West Bank also killed boy of 15 as IDF reports deaths of terror leader and associate

The Guardian - UK

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'Welcome Back': Joy In West Bank As Freed Prisoners Return

A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' arms after being freed from an Israeli prison.

International Business Times

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 54

The truce is nearing its end as Israel escalates crackdown in the occupied West Bank; here are the recent updates.

Al Jazeera

Qatar mediator says latest prisoner release would comprise 16 children and 14 women – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 53

As the truce extends and northern Gaza’s hospitals fear fuel shortages, here are the major updates.

Al Jazeera

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Live updates | Israel and Pakistan extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war

The Independent UK

The beginning of the end? The hypothetical future of Palestinian politics

Could Hamas’s rival, the PA, return to rule Gaza? Would Palestinians even accept it?

Al Jazeera

Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank

In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.

International Business Times

Hamas says it wants to extend truce after latest exchange of captives with Israel

The announcement from the Islamist militant group came after a third hostages-for-prisoners swap with Israel in which 17 captives and 39 Palestinian prisoners were released.

WEKU

'Multiple Palestinians killed in the West Bank,' officials claim

Multiple Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its third day.

Evening Standard

Syria says Israeli strikes put Damascus airport out of service – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Israeli army says 17 hostages handed over to Red Cross by Hamas

Hamas fighters on Sunday confirmed the handover of 17 hostages to the Red Cross – the third round of hostage-prisoner swaps on day three of a fragile four-day truce between Israel and the Palestinian militants.

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The Independent UK

Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say

Health officials say Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces carry out deadly raids in the West Bank amid Gaza truce

Five Palestinians were shot dead in Jenin, while three others were killed elsewhere in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

WEKU

In pictures: emotional scenes as Israel and Hamas trade prisoners for hostages

Hamas freed 17 hostages and Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees. We take a look at what has happened so far.

The Guardian - UK

Disappointed, disenchanted, defiant: inside the world of the West Bank’s angry armed youths

A new generation of young Palestinian militants speak about their beliefs and what drives them to take up the fight

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The Guardian - UK

Hair, makeup and hopefully a sister back home: Palestinians await prisoner release

With 42 women and children set to be released under the ceasefire deal, hopes for family reunions are running high in the West Bank

The Independent UK

Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap

More than three dozen Palestinian prisoners have returned home to a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank following their release from Israeli prisons as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas

The Hindu

Seven films to be screened as part of IFFK’s anti-colonisation package

IFFK to screen 7 films in anti-colonisation package, incl. Mujib, Omar, Degrade, Crescendo, Paths of Glory, Thin Red Line, Great Dictator. Package in solidarity with Palestine. Mujib is biopic on Bangladesh's founding father; Omar tells story of Palestinian youth scaling West Bank wall; Degrade about 2 hairdressers in Gaza; Crescendo…

Al Jazeera

Chocolate cake, loving parents await Palestinian teen Israel might free

In a home in the West Bank, Ubai’s family is praying that the Israel-Hamas truce brings him back to them.

France 24

West Bank forgotten? Settler violence against Palestinians grows as war continues

The world's eyes are on Gaza at the moment, and rightly so. But violence is also continuing in the occupied West Bank. Even before the October 7 Hamas attacks, 2023 was already the deadliest year for Palestinians there in two decades. Now, violent confrontations are happening almost every day. Israel…

Al Jazeera

Palestinians, supporters fly flag in emotional World Cup qualifier

Palestine’s flag was ubiquitous at the game, which was moved from the West Bank to Kuwait due to the Israel-Hamas war.

The Independent UK

Gaza health officials say they lost the ability to count dead as Israeli offensive intensifies

Palestinian health officials in Gaza say they have lost the ability to count the dead because of the collapse of the enclave's health system and the difficulty of retrieving bodies from areas overrun by Israeli tanks and troops

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