Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager, and critically injured another in an offensive against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of lawmakers have called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to run an inquiry into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.
Nakba Day comes as tensions have been running high amid repeated Israeli arrest campaigns in the occupied West Bank and killing of a trailblazer journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Younger Palestinian journalists remember how Abu Akleh’s coverage inspired them to follow in her footsteps and shaped the way Palestinians tell their own story.
Israeli police surrounded the mourners and used stun grenades and batons to assault the pall bearers carrying the casket of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
The report of further expansion comes amid heightened tensions in the occupied West Bank, one day after veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli army in the Jenin refugee camp.
Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the face and died of her wounds while reporting on an Israeli army raid in Jenin town, Palestinian officials and Al Jazeera say.
Nearly 40 structures have been razed in occupied East Jerusalem this year, displacing about 100 people, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs.
It will be the biggest advancement of settlement plans since the Biden administration took office if approved.
The 27-year-old man, shot dead by Israeli gunfire, is among more than 25 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since late March as tensions run high across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israel's housing policy, which prioritises zoning for Israeli settlements and limits housing options for Palestinians, "clearly amounts to segregation based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin," UN experts say.
Twenty-one-year-old Ahmad Massad, who was shot in the head, is among 26 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since late March.
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