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Mother of Israeli sisters killed in West Bank attack dies -hospital

The mother of two Israeli sisters who were killed last week in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank has died of her wounds, hospital officials said on Monday.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2023

Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen in raid as settlers march through West Bank

Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition.

France 24 · Apr 10, 2023

Two More Die as Israel-Palestinian Unrest Simmers, Political Faultlines Widen

A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party amid a divisive plan to rein in the Supreme Court's powers. A Palestinian teen was killed during a military raid in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2023

Israel Extends Closure of West Bank, Gaza

The Israeli army on Sunday announced that all crossing points of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would remain closed until Wednesday for security reasons.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2023

Outpouring of grief at funeral of British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank drive by shooting

Maia and Rina Dee were mourned by hundreds of people at a service in Kfar Etzion after days of rocket fire

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Israeli sisters killed in shooting attack laid to rest

The family of two Israeli sisters who were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank shared tearful eulogies on Sunday with a room full of weeping mourners, while their mother who was wounded remained in a coma.

Reuters · Apr 9, 2023

Funeral takes place for British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank

Former London rabbi, living with his family in West Bank settlement Efrat, gives eulogy for daughters Maia and Rina Dee, killed in Jordan Valley shooting

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

London rabbi breaks down during funeral for daughters killed in West Bank shooting

Rabbi Leo Dee says Maia and Rina Dee ‘are two flames who have not gone out’

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2023

Dad of Brit sisters killed in West Bank says family is 'diminished' after gun attack

Leo Dee, 51, discovered his daughters had died and his wife had been seriously injured when he turned on a Google tracking device and reached the Hamra settlement

Daily Mirror · Apr 9, 2023

Daughters of London rabbi named as victims of West Bank shooting

The two British-Israeli sisters killed in a West Bank shooting earlier this week have been named as the daughters of a Londonrabbi.

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2023