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# Palestine

Last month
May 2023
# occupied territories
Palestinian campaigners condemn delay to bill to prevent Irish investment in Israeli settlements
The bill would stop the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund from investing in companies that operate in the occupied territories.
# Gaza
Cancer patients unable to get treatment as bombs hit Gaza, English doctor says
At least 33 Palestinians have died, according to Gaza’s health ministry, while one woman was killed on Israeli territory.
# Khader Adnan
Israel and Gaza trade fire as Palestinian prisoner dies in jail after 86 days on hunger strike
Khader Adnan had been on hunger strike since his detention by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in February.
April
April 2023
# biden in Dublin
People Before Profit to boycott Biden Dáil speech dubbing it a 'charade and propaganda exercise'
US President Joe Biden is due to address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas on Thursday.
# tensions
Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syria after rockets fired towards Golan Heights
It comes after days of escalating violence over tension in Jerusalem and an Israeli police raid on the city’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.
# Lebanon
Irish troops safe in bomb shelters as Israel attacks targets north of UNIFIL camp
Israel launched airstrikes and artillery attacks in response to rockets fired from south Lebanon.
# Israel
Two women killed in alleged Palestinian shooting attack as Israel launches strikes against Lebanon
The Israeli military said security forces were searching for the attacker.
# al aqsa mosque
Dozens wounded as Israeli police storm flashpoint Jerusalem mosque
The fighting comes as Muslims mark the month of Ramadan and Jewish people prepare for Passover.
# Jerusalem
Israeli police kill man at Jerusalem’s holiest mosque
The compound which houses Al-Aqsa Mosque is also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, the most sacred site in Judaism.
March
March 2023
# Palestine
Israeli politician sparks outrage by saying Palestinians don't exist
Smotrich had already faced international rebuke in early March after calling for a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank to be ‘wiped out’.
# Shooting
Two Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting
The attack is the latest in spiralling violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has claimed the lives of 100 people so far this year.
# Nablus
Israeli army shoots dead three Palestinian gunmen in West Bank, says military
The military said ‘armed gunmen opened fire’ on soldiers at an army position near Nablus.
# Israel
One of three people injured now dead after Palestinian gunman opened fire in Tel Aviv
The shooting came hours after an Israeli military raid killed three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank.
# West Bank
Three suspected Palestinian militants killed by Israeli undercover unit
Today’s deadly raid came just hours before Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin is due in Israel for talks.
# Palestine
Israeli forces kill six Palestinians including wanted militant during refugee camp raid
The Jenin Brigade, a militant group in the camp, said on one of their Telegram channels that their gunmen fought ‘violent clashes’ with Israeli forces.
# West Bank
Palestinian authorities claim Israeli forces shot man during week of reprisals
The Israeli army said soldiers fired at two people who tried to flee after they entered the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp to arrest suspects.
February
February 2023
# Palestine
Palestinians in West Bank count cost of unprecedented settler rampage
Hundreds of troops were sent in a day after the fatal shooting of two Israelis in the West Bank triggered a settler rampage in a Palestinian town.
# West Bank
Jordan to host Israeli-Palestinian talks today as violence spirals
The talks come only days after 11 Palestinians were killed in a gun battle on Wednesday.
Voices
Grace O'Sullivan: Ireland must lead Europe's response to support the people of Palestine
The MEP, writing from the West Bank, calls for movement on the stalled Occupied Territories Bill.
# Nablus
10 Palestinians killed during raid by Israeli troops in West Bank
The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects “in a hideout apartment” accused of shootings in the West Bank.
# cause
Bohemians unveil new kit to provide support for children of Palestine
The Dublin team’s aim is to raise awareness of human rights violations in the country.
# Jerusalem
Two people, including child, killed in car ramming attack in east Jerusalem
The attack was condemned by Washington as “unconscionable”.
# West Bank
Israeli troops kill teenager in West Bank raid, according to Palestinian Health ministry
The Israeli army said troops had ‘responded with live fire towards an armed suspect who fired at them’.
# West Bank
Israel forces kill five Palestinians in Jericho raid according to official
The Israeli official told AFP the army was holding the bodies of the Palestinians killed.
January
January 2023
# Palestine
US secretary Blinken due in Jerusalem to discuss de-escalation of Israel-Palestinian bloodshed
Israel has sought to demolish the east Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian gunman as part of measures to punish the relatives of attackers.
# Jerusalem
Israel announces measures against 'families of terrorists' following attacks
Benjamin Netanyahu promised a “strong” and “swift” response to attacks carried out by two Palestinians from annexed east Jerusalem.
# Israel
New gun attack in east Jerusalem after synagogue mass shooting
The two shootings marked another dramatic escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
# Israel
Gunman kills five near synagogue in east Jerusalem
The gunman was shot and reportedly killed in the incident in the Jewish neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov.
# Palestine
Explainer: Why has violence erupted in the West Bank?
A deep sense of frustration among Palestinians and Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power are among the reasons.
# Palestine
Israel and Gaza fighters trade fire after deadly West Bank raid
The Israeli strike killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman.
# West Bank
10 Palestinians killed as Israel launches deadliest West Bank raid in years
The Palestinian officials also accused the forces of using tear gas inside a hospital children’s ward.
# West Bank
Palestinian government condemns shooting of man by Israeli forces
The Israeli military said soldiers shot someone after a ‘violent confrontation’.
Israeli minister's visit to holy site sparks condemnation
The United States warned of steps which may harm the status quo.
Last year
2022
# West Bank
Palestinian girl found shot dead after Israeli raid, say Palestinian ministry
Israel’s army said it was ‘aware of reports regarding a killed Palestinian female’ and the incident ‘is under review’.
# ICC
Al Jazeera submits the case of its slain journalist to the International Criminal Court
Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh was shot while covering an Israel army raid in Jenin on 11 May.
# Palestine
Israel carries out air strikes on Gaza after rocket fired from Palestinian enclave
There was no immediate claim for the attack, the first in a month according to the army.
# Jerusalem
Australia reverses recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Jerusalem is claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians, and most foreign governments avoid formally declaring it the capital of either state.
# West Bank
Palestinian doctor among two killed in Israeli West Bank raid
Crowds of mourners gathered for the separate funerals of the two men.
# New York
Occupied Territories Bill would not make any 'practical difference', says Taoiseach
The Taoiseach has said the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is untenable.
# Humanitarian
Coveney approves €2 million funding to UN for Palestinian refugees
It brings Ireland’s total contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency in 2022 to €8 million.