Palestine

More sanctions could be imposed on Israeli settlers in ‘coming days’, France says

Seven major Western nations had called on Israel to halt the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and curb growing settler violence.

Facing settler violence, Palestinian farmers race to harvest

Israeli settlers have recently set fire to crops in the West Bank field area.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 7, 2026

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (centre) arriving to attend a ceremony marking the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, northwestern France, on June 6.

France and allies eye national measures to pressure Israel over West Bank, say diplomats

Palestinians trying to extinguish smouldering farms, following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Huwwara, near Nablus, in the West Bank, on June 6.

At his baby’s funeral, a Palestinian father refuses to absolve Israel

Palestinian Fahd Abou Haikal carrying the body of his seven-month-old son at the Abou Heisheh Mosque in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 6.

Israeli strikes kill nine people in Gaza, medics say

One of the strikes killed five people in a single family, including the parents, medics said.

Israeli strikes kill three people in Gaza as truce talks stall

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a vehicle, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 2.

Israel plans big West Bank settlement push many see as illegal

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said a planning committee approved the construction of 2,162 new Jewish homes.

Israel authorities say 2 wounded, suspect killed in ramming attack

The authorities said that two teenage girls were being treated by paramedics, while the Israel military said the attacker was "eliminated".

British police reviewing video of actress Helen Mirren facing ‘anti-Semitic’ abuse

A video clip circulating online shows a person approaching the actor Helen Mirren and her husband, and then calling her an “evil Zionist” followed by an expletive.

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