commander known as Abu Shujaa in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp, in the West Bank town of Tulkarm

The Israeli army said that while forces were patrolling “ suspects fired and hurled explosives and stones at the soldiers, who responded with live fire ”.... “ Hits were identified, ” the statement added, specifying that no soldiers were hurt. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that Abu Saan was “ shot in the head by the occupation soldiers at zero distance ”.... At Abu Saan’s funeral, his head was shrouded in the Palestinian flag as his body was paraded through the town’s st

CAIRO-Israeli forces withdrew from a hospital complex in northern Gaza on Saturday, one day after storming it, and the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said the troops had detained dozens of male medical staffers and some of the patients. Later on Saturday, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said at least 30 people were killed in Israeli strikes on several houses in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya.... It later said the army had released 14 of them, including the hospital's director.An I

Fighting will resume, prisoner swaps to stop if no agreement reached by Friday？... “ This is something that needs to be discussed in depth.... This is going to take time.” The deal, which included the release of 33 Israeli prisoners in return for some 2, 000 Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from some of their positions in Gaza, has survived numerous hiccups....