Netanyahu orders lockdown of West Bank following fatal attack

"We will pursue Hamas terrorists and their dispatchers everywhere and at all times. You have no safe haven," said the Israeli prime minister.

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In Egypt's Sinai, Gazan builds school for children displaced by war

The students are among hundreds of Palestinian children uprooted by the Israel-Hamas war who now live in El-Arish, a coastal city of dusty streets and low-rise apartments located 44 kilometres (27 miles) from the Gaza border.

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Iraq welcomes international restrictions on Israeli settlement trade

More than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in communities scattered across the West Bank, territory Israel has occupied since 1967. These settlements are deemed illegal under international law.

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Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank

The killing of Palestinian children and teenagers by Israel has become increasingly common since the start of the war in Gaza.

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Driven by faith, activists stand up to fellow Jews to protect Palestinians

Sharp and around 30 other activists are part of a small movement of Israelis, many of them religious Jews, who periodically go to the occupied West Bank with a mission to protect Palestinians under growing assault by violent settlers.

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US envoy Kushner meets Hamas' leader in push for a Gaza road map before heading to see Netanyahu

The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war.

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'Surrounded': Israel's new West Bank settlements bring chaos to Palestinians

"We never leave the place unless we have two people here," says Rahal, a 31-year-old father of three, pointing to the roof of a settler's newly installed prefabricated home 100 metres from his house.

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Hamas agrees to disarm, Israel to withdraw from Gaza: Board of Peace

"For the first time, Hamas officially has committed to an actionable plan for relinquishing all its weapons, which will be followed by Israeli withdrawal from Gaza," said the US-backed Board of Peace.

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Israel vows to strengthen West Bank settlements as four Palestinians killed in clashes

The Palestinian Presidency accused the Israeli government of providing “financial and political support” to settlers to escalate their “terror attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and to implement a plan of forced displacement, while continuing its war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip despite the announcement of a ceasefire.”

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