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Israeli settlers have besieged several homes in the occupied West Bank, and families trapped are beginning to run out of resources. Ruqaya Hassan, a Palestinian whose home was besieged says they “have been subjected to daily attacks… during the day and night,” adding that her “daughters were overcome with fear and panic due to the...

Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. The settlers set up an outpost directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later, troops withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

A Palestinian American has returned from Ohio to his West Bank home, which is one of three that have been surrounded by Israeli settlers for more than a week. Redmond Shannon reports on the ensuing confrontation between a settler and Loui Ridi, and what Ridi is pleading for from the U.S. government.

It was billed as another breakthrough in the Gaza war: Hamas and other armed groups agreeing to “complete disarmament” with U.S. President Donald Trump. But it’s a deal the Israeli president rejected on Sunday. Benjamin Netanyahu stated the Israeli Defence Force won’t withdraw from Gaza until Hamas gives up all weapons entirely. Hamas had said...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have opened a criminal investigation into the killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, six members of her family and two paramedics who came to their aid. As Redmond Shannon reports, it is the first time the IDF has admitted to the 2024 killings in Gaza.

Israeli troops still haven’t moved Jewish settlers away from three Palestinian houses the settlers have besieged in the West Bank since Sunday. The U.S. ambassador to Israel has called the settlers terrorists. The UN says it has recorded an average of six settler attacks per day this year, the most of any year on record....

Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a deadly confrontation near the West Bank village of Tal, with Israeli and Palestinian officials offering conflicting accounts of what happened. Palestinian resident Dr. Omar Ishtaya said, “The settlers attacked the villagers and opened fire, killing four residents and injuring several others.” While the Israeli military said...

Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian village on Sunday near the southern West Bank town of Yatta, setting fires in a mosque and buildings, villagers said. CCTV cameras captured what villagers described as a coordinated raid by dozens of Israeli settlers on the village of Al Twanah. Footage obtained by Reuters showed settlers attacking a Palestinian...

In a joint statement published Thursday, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Britain and Canada described Israel’s move to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project in the West Bank as “unacceptable,” warning that it will sever the West Bank, harm the territorial contiguity of the Palestinian Territories and undermine prospects...

A controversial motion calling on the City of Montreal to suspend institutional ties with the Israeli government is back before city council Monday, two months after it was originally supposed to be debated. The opposition at city hall says it wants the city to recognize and denounce what it describes as an “apartheid regime” imposed...

A tense standoff is unfolding in the illegally occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers have besieged multiple homes belonging to Palestinian families. As Redmond Shannon reports, it’s led to a rare rebuke from Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who’s calling the settlers “terrorists.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said Hamas has reached an agreement to disarm, a significant move that could help end the conflict in Gaza. The 20-point ceasefire plan calls on the militant group to surrender its weapons and destroy its vast network of tunnels. It also envisions Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza and the arrival of...

A mass funeral was held in Gaza Tuesday for 112 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike nearly three years ago. Their remains were recovered over the weekend from rubble in Gaza City – with 157 bodies still missing.

With just two business days until the imposition of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, talks to avoid them are going into overtime. In a U.S. federal court today, 28-year-old Luigi Mangione admitted to the high-profile killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel almost two...

U.S. President Donald Trump says a major breakthrough has been reached in efforts to end the war in Gaza, announcing what he calls a “historic agreement” to disarm Hamas and other militant groups. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said negotiators in Cairo had reached a deal for the complete disarmament of Hamas. Trump...

In a video message shared to social media Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Benjamin Netanyahu both a “war criminal” and “the architect of a horrific genocide,” while calling on the federal U.S. government to arrest the Israeli prime minister for the war in Gaza. Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 73,250 people...

For years, Nour Owiss survived war, exile, discrimination– even being declared wanted for activism in Syria. Now living in Saint John, the former lawyer and journalist says, for the first time in her life, she’s learning what it feels like to simply be seen as an equal human being. Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla reports.

WARNING: Video contains disturbing images. Viewer discretion is advised. A video circulating on social media on Friday showed a man said to be an Israeli settler repeatedly clubbing a guard dog owned by a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank village of Atara near Ramallah. The owner of the dog said that the dog...

Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Thursday that Canada recognized a state of Palestine because “the possibility, the prospect, the probability of a two-state solution was receding.” He also said that he believes in a “free state of Palestine living in peace and security with Israel.” Furthermore, Carney called for an end to Israel’s “illegal...

A shouting match erupted between Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon and UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Vanessa Frazier on Friday during a meeting on sexual violence in conflict, over accusations that Israeli soldiers and settlers have committed sexual violence against Palestinians. Danon accused the UN and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of unfairly...