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On 30 October, the German government called on Israel to protect Palestinians in the West Bank. [269] On 31 October, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell "firmly condemned" settler attacks in the West Bank. [270] Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated the United States was "deeply concerned," and condemned the killings of Palestinians in the West Bank. [271]
[13] [14] The PA has called it "Operation Protect the Homeland" [b] and says it was launched in order to "eradicate sedition and chaos" in the West Bank, [14] portraying militants as agents of instability and collaborators with the Israeli far-right, which has sought to weaken the PA. [15]
The following is a timeline of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2019. A total of 137 Palestinians were killed, 135 by Israeli forces and two by Israeli settlers. 28 children were killed, 26 boys and two girls. 33 civilians were killed as part of the Great March of Return demonstrations. [1]
Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The family of a Turkish-born American human rights activist killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank pleaded with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday for a U.S ...
The United Nations condemned the airstrike, calling it unlawful. [10] The German Foreign Ministry stated on X that “The high number of civilian casualties in an Israeli airstrike in Tulkarem is shocking. In the fight against terror, the Israeli army is obliged to protect civilians in the West Bank.” [11]
Khdour's death has been cited in discussions and news articles about the killings of Americans by Israelis, [8] including the killing of Ayşenur Eygi in the West Bank in September 2024. [12] [13] [14] After Eygi's death, The Washington Post interviewed Khdour's father who referred to "an ongoing killing machine in the West Bank." [13]
In 2024 alone, Israel seized 23.7sq km (9.15 sq miles) of Palestinian land in the West Bank, more than in the past 20 years combined. [416] In August 2024, the Norwegian Refugee Council stated that 229 homes in East Jerusalem were demolished in 2023, the highest number on record. [417] Some families were forced to destroy their own homes. [418]