Israeli forces have killed a total of seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement by the Palestine Red Crescent Society, its medical teams dealt with seven fatalities and 366 injured cases in different parts of the West Bank. Following the Friday prayers,...

   European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she is “very concerned” about the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza. “I condemn indiscriminate attacks by Hamas on Israel,” von der Leyen wrote on Twitter on Friday. “Civilians on all...

Death toll in Gaza rises to 119, as threat of a ground assault looms after Israel amasses tanks and troops near besieged enclave. Israel continued on Friday to bombard the Gaza Strip with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks near the...

In a statement on Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces said military forces are attacking Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett, reporting from southern Israel, described sounds artillery being fired into Gaza and machine-gun fire from a helicopter as a column of Israeli armoured vehicles...