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Palestinian twins open cafe in converted jet in West Bank

By JACK JEFFERYAugust 26, 2021 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank get to board an airplane these days. The territory has no civilian airport and those who can afford a plane ticket must catch their flights in neighboring Jordan.

Palestinians: Israeli forces kill man in West Bank clashes

July 3, 2021 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man Saturday evening during clashes in the occupied West Bank.

Also Saturday evening, Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons Palestinians launched from the territory to Israeli farmland across the frontier, the military said.

Israeli fire kills Palestinian teen in West Bank protest

June 11, 2021 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli fire on Friday during clashes between protesters and Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said.

The Health Ministry identified the slain youth as Mohammed Hamayel, 15, adding that six protesters were wounded during the violence in the village of Beita near the city of Nablus where dozens of Palestinians demonstrated against the expansion of a nearby Jewish settlement at the expense of their land.

Palestinian teen killed in clash, wounded Israeli man dies

May 5, 2021 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A 16-year-old Palestinian youth was killed Wednesday by Israeli gunfire in a clash in the northern West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, while Israel announced the death of a 19-year-old man who was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this week...

Palestinians say West Bank protester killed by Israeli fire

March 19, 2021 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian protester during clashes on Friday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said...

Israel says troops kill Palestinian gunman in West Bank

November 4, 2020 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday that troops killed a Palestinian man who had shot at soldiers near an army checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

The military said in a statement that the Palestinian gunman opened fire at a military post south of the city of Nablus, and troops returned fire...

Palestinian teens reach finals of Silicon Valley app pitch

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAugust 5, 2018 GMT

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Four Palestinian high school friends are heading to California this week to pitch their mobile app about fire prevention to Silicon Valley's tech leaders, after winning a slot in the finals of a worldwide competition among more than 19,000 teenage girls...