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The United Nations has condemned the seizure of eight Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, saying the settlers assaulted residents and forced dozens of people to flee. Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told...

Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice has begun developing a national victims registry to document serious human rights violations, preserve the rights of those affected and support efforts to establish the truth, ensure accountability, and provide reparations. The initiative seeks to...

At least eight Palestinians, including a four-year-old boy, have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, hospital sources told Al Jazeera. An Israeli drone attack killed five Palestinian police officers and wounded several people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza on Sunday...

No clear winner has emerged from Israel’s election, with nearly 90 percent of ballots counted and both major political blocs falling short of the 61 seats needed to form a government. The Israeli Central Elections Committee said on Wednesday that it had counted more than five million votes as of 9pm...

Palestinian citizens of Israel have turned out in unprecedented numbers for Israel’s parliamentary elections, with some towns reporting participation rates exceeding 70 percent. Historically, however, Arab towns have witnessed lower participation rates in Israeli elections, ranging between 45 and 65...

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint in the United Kingdom against Lidor Dafna, an Israeli reservist believed to be visiting the country, over alleged war crimes committed during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Dafna, who served in the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, is...

Jordan has carried out air strikes in Syria in “retaliation” for last week’s deadly church attack, killing at least seven people, including three children, according to Syrian authorities. The attacks on Monday prompted Syria to close its main crossing with Jordan. The Jordanian Armed Forces said in...

At least five people have been killed in Gaza and more than a dozen have been wounded in Israeli ground and air attacks. Four Palestinians, including a young girl, were killed on Monday in an Israeli air attack on a camp for displaced people in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to...

Israel has committed crimes against humanity, including “extermination,” in the occupied West Bank, United Nations-mandated investigators have reported. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Monday that the Israeli government and its...

The Israeli military forced around 2,000 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Israeli defense minister Israel Katz confirmed Saturday in an interview with public broadcaster, Kan – a day after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers. "They will not be...