Tag: Palestinian

8 Injured in Palestinian Car-Ramming, Stabbing in Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV—A Palestinian terrorist rammed a pickup truck into pedestrians in Tel Aviv and then went on a stabbing rampage, wounding eight people on Tuesday in an attack claimed by the Hamas terrorist group as retaliation for a major Israeli operation in the West Bank. At least five people were in serious condition, the two…


Israeli Airstrike Kills Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket-Launching Unit

Another Palestinian Islamic Jihad military commander has been killed during an early morning Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza on May 11, according to officials. Palestine and Israel both confirmed the death of Ali Hassan Ghali—also known as Abu Muhammad—who was reportedly the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) missile unit. A…


3 Palestinian Militants Killed in Attack on Israeli Troops

JERUSALEM—Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinian militants Sunday who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank, the military said. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, claimed the men killed as members. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the men were killed by Israeli fire near…


Palestinian Kills 3 Israelis in West Bank

A Palestinian killed three Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, hours before Israel swore in lawmakers set to return Benjamin Netanyahu to power atop a conservative coalition. The attack occurred at Ariel settlement’s industrial zone, which Israeli officials said was carried out by a knife-wielding man who was later shot…


Hamas Authorities Execute 5 Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA—Gaza’s ruling Hamas Islamist extremists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the enclave’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry said. The dawn executions, by hanging or firing squad, were the first in the Palestinian territories since 2017. Past cases of capital punishment being…


Hamas Terrorist Group Executes 5 Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA—Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist group executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the enclave’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry said. The dawn executions, by hanging or firing squad, were the first in the territories since 2017. Past cases of capital punishment being carried…


Israel Arrests Palestinian Attackers Who Killed Guard

JERUSALEM—The Israeli military on Saturday said it has arrested a pair of Palestinian assailants who allegedly shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, in what the Israeli military described as an attack by “terrorists.” The detention followed a manhunt that was launched shortly after the…


Palestinians Clash With Israeli Police at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, 31 Injured

JERUSALEM—At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, Palestinian medics said, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews alike. The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said 14 Palestinians had been taken to hospital, two…


Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Gun Battle

JERUSALEM—Israeli security forces killed three members of the Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad in a shootout in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. “This is a terrorist cell that has been involved in terrorist activity against security forces recently, and was apparently on its way to another attack,” the police said. Four Israeli officers were…


Road Crash in West Bank Kills 8 Palestinians, Injures 2

JERUSALEM—A truck and a van collided on a narrow two-lane highway in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing eight Palestinians and injuring another two, according to Israeli medics. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Friday a day of mourning for the victims. Thousands of Palestinian laborers work in Jewish settlements along Highway 90, which runs…