Israeli fighter jets strike central Gaza, with no immediate reports of casualties in the blockaded Palestinian territory.
Gunman kills seven people outside a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, an illegal Jewish settler neighbourhood, before being shot dead by Israeli police, day after Israel killed 10 Palestinians in occupied West Bank.
Sources in Hamas-governed Gaza, blockaded by Israel since 2005 from land, sea and air, say there have been 15 strikes, with no casualties reported.
The Palestinian health ministry says Israeli import restrictions on medical equipment are putting people’s lives at risk.
Defence Ministry says work on the project, aiming to protect illegal settlements from anti-tank missiles from besieged Palestinian enclave, has already started.
The equipment was funded by international relief and medical institutions on behalf of hospitals in Gaza, Health Ministry Director Medhat Abbas said.
Sea of Palestinians converge in Gaza's Katiba Park to mark 58th anniversary of founding of Fatah party, whose leaders seek reconciliation between Palestine's factions in the face of most right-wing government in Israel's history.
Request for International Court of Justice's opinion is made in a resolution adopted by General Assembly with 87 votes in favour. Israel, US and 24 other members vote against, while 53 abstain.
Israel has expanded the severe measures in its playbook–all aimed at erasing, disenfranchising and dehumanising Palestinians.
Revered in Christian tradition as birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem city welcomes thousands of pilgrims and tourists for Christmas every year, a windfall that dried up over the past two years due to pandemic and travel restrictions.
The Palestinian official added that the Israeli ban also makes it difficult to repair medical devices due to lack of spare parts.
"There will be no peace with the policy of annexation and apartheid," says Palestinian Authority, adding world is "tired" of such Israeli positions on Middle East peacemaking.
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