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Israeli troops fired warning shots during a visit by foreign diplomats to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the military said, drawing condemnation as pressure mounted on Israel to allow aid into war-battered Gaza.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Israel to hold to account those responsible for the shooting near Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups and a frequent target of Israeli raids.

The Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israel of having “deliberately targeted by…

Gazans waited desperately for vital supplies on Wednesday after Israel said it let in dozens of UN trucks but faced mounting international pressure to increase the aid flow and abandon its intensified military campaign.

Rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory told AFP that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including a week-old baby.

Israel said 93 trucks had entered Gaza on Tuesday but faced accusations the amount fell far short of what was required. The United…

The father of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza has slammed the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu as “criminal” and called for sanctions to be imposed on Israel until it concludes a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions, Anadolu agency reported.

Speaking to the Israeli public radio on Tuesday evening, Yehuda Cohen, the father of the captive soldier Nimrod Cohen who was captured and three of his colleagues from inside a…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan sought late Tuesday to defend remarks he made earlier that triggered a backlash, saying that when members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “celebrate the death and starvation of children in Gaza, we must speak out”, Anadolu agency reported

Golan, the head of The Democrats party and a former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army, told Israel’s public broadcaster KAN earlier in the day that…