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The Planning and Building Committee in the Israeli controlled Jerusalem municipality intends to discuss a new plan for the expansion of illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem tomorrow as a first step toward approving the project.

The plan aims to expand what is known as the Gilo settlement south-eastward, on lands and olive groves owned by residents of the Palestinian city of Beit Jala. It includes the construction of 1,900 new settlement units on 176…

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian child from the town of Kafr Ad-Dik, west of the occupied city of Salfit, to pressure his father to turn himself in.

Sources told Quds Press that Israeli occupation forces raided the home of Palestinian Ahmed Abdel Karim Al-Dik to arrest him. They searched the house and vandalised it. When they did not find him, they arrested his 12-year-old son, Ahmed, who is named after his…

A Hamas delegation departed for Cairo to discuss “new ideas” aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, an official from the group said, as Israeli air strikes killed 26 people across the territory Tuesday.

The renewed effort follows Hamas’s rejection last week of Israel’s latest proposal to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza.

Talks have so far failed to produce any breakthrough since Israel resumed its air and ground assault on Gaza from March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire.

“The…

Israel’s Channel 12 reported yesterday that the Israeli occupation government is considering re-arresting Palestinian prisoners released as part of prisoner exchange agreements with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in an attempt to put pressure on the movement to accept the terms of a new ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement.

The channel said that this step comes after a series of measures taken recently by Israel, including preventing the entry…