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June 18th, 2026 - 11:16 GMT

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Video: Car blast reported in Kiryat Gat, 1 killed

ALBAWABA - At least one person was killed in a car explosion in Israel's Kiryat Gat on Thursday. A car blast was reported in Kiryat Gat, a city in Southern Israel. A video was released on social media showing thick black smoke rising into the sky following the explosion. A man was killed Thursday in a car explosion in Kiryat Gat. A spokesperson for Magen David Adom (MDA) stated, "At ...

Israeli soldiers stand guard near the scene of a reported car-ramming attack north of the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 29, 2020. A Palestinian man tried to ram a car into Israeli soldiers in the West Bank before being shot dead by troops, the Israeli army said in a statement. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP

June 1st, 2020 - 10:53 GMT

Despite 'Warmer Ties' UAE Minister Says Israeli Talk of Annexing West Bank Lands Must Stop

Palestinians gather at the beach during the Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which starts at the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on May 26, 2020 amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Local authorities in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave allowed mosques to reopen for Eid al-Fitr as social distancing procedures for the novel coronavirus are maintained while encouraging the elderly to perform prayers from home. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP

June 1st, 2020 - 08:58 GMT

UN Calls For Immediate Action to Prevent Palestinian Economic Collapse Under Covid-19

Israel has recently made frequent arrests in the occupied West Bank, as it searches for "wanted" Palestinians (AFP)

May 31st, 2020 - 11:28 GMT

Not Only in The US: Palestinians Also Suffer The 'Knee-on-Neck' by Israeli Troops

Member of the Israeli security forces patrol in the area where Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem reportedly shot dead a Palestinian with special needs they mistakenly thought was armed with a pistol, on May 30, 2020. The incident happened in the alleys of the walled Old City near Lions' Gate, an access point mainly used by Palestinians. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

May 31st, 2020 - 07:51 GMT

Israeli Police Kill a Disabled Palestinian in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa With Eight Bullets

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), wearing a protective face maks, speaks with his lawyer inside a courtroom at the district court of Jerusalem on May 24, 2020, during the first day of his corruption trial. Fresh from forming a new government after more than 500 days of electoral deadlock, Netanyahu is expected to begin a new battle in the Jerusalem District Court -- to stay out of prison. The 70-year-old was scheduled to appear at a court hearing to formally confirm his identity to judges, afte

May 26th, 2020 - 07:16 GMT

Netanyahu; 'Will Not Miss Historic Opportunity to Extend Sovereignty Over West Bank'

Mask-clad Palestinians demonstrate along the controversial separation barrier at the western entrance of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on May 16, 2020, marking the 72nd anniversary of Nakba (catastrophe). (AFP/File)

May 25th, 2020 - 05:45 GMT

Italian Lawmakers Call on PM Conte to Pressure Israel Not to Annex Occupied Land

The images of two Israeli soldiers are projected on the sunglasses of a third one wearing a mask against the coronavirus Covid-19 during a protest by Palestinians against Israeli settlements on May 15, 2020 in al-Sawiya village, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP

May 22nd, 2020 - 08:04 GMT

Saudi Arabia Rejects Israel’s Pledge to Annex Parts of the Occupied West Bank

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May 20th, 2020 - 10:18 GMT

What's Behind Jordan's Military Warning to Israel

President Mahmoud Abbas (Twitter)

May 20th, 2020 - 06:57 GMT

President Mahmoud Abbas Declares an End to All Agreements With Israel and US

Tear gas fumes are seen as Israeli security forces run during clashes with protesters in a demonstration near the northern Arab Israeli city of Arara on May 14, 2020, after a man was shot to death after stabbing a security guard outside Tel Hashomer Hospital. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

May 19th, 2020 - 08:37 GMT

EU Warns Israel Not to Annex Parts of The West Bank

Tires burn as a Palestinian youth uses a sling shot to hurl rocks at Israeli troops, during clashes with them in the West-Bank village of Kfar Qaddum, following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, on May 8, 2020. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP

May 19th, 2020 - 06:27 GMT

How Can The Palestinians Confront Israel’s Annexation Plans?

In this file photo taken on February 24, 2020, leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz (R) listens to Gabi Ashkenazi (L), member of the Blue and White electoral alliance, as he speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on the border with Gaza. Former Israeli army chief Gabi Ashkenazi, who spent nearly four decades in the military, will be nominated as Israel's next foreign minister, his Blue and White political alliance said on May 13. Jack GUEZ / AFP

May 18th, 2020 - 11:46 GMT

Annexation or Not Israel's FM Sees The US-Sponsored Peace as a 'Historic Opportunity'