West Bank
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| Area | 5655 |
|---|---|
| Population | 3,340,143 |
| Languages | Palestinian |
| Modern Hebrew | |
| Currency | Israeli new shekel |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 807767 |
About West Bank
The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by the Green Line separating it and Israel on the south, west and north. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.
Israel-Gaza war: Residents of Khan Younis say Israeli strikes heaviest since start of war
... US Vice-President Kamala Harris, in a meeting with the president of Egypt, said " under no circumstances [would] the United States permit the forced relocation of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, the besiegement of Gaza, or the redrawing of the borders of Gaza"...
Mia Schem: Wounded festival-goer in Hamas hostage video freed
... Among the latest were, who became a symbol of resistance to Israel s occupation of the West Bank while she was a teenager...
Israel Gaza: Palestinian criticises Israeli prison as 30 more freed
... A Red Cross bus carrying the 30 Palestinians arrived in Ramallah, in the West Bank, late on Thursday, as has been customary for each of the seven exchanges...
Released Palestinians allege abuse in Israeli jails
...By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Jenin, West BankPalestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails say that guards carried out abuse and collective punishment in the weeks after the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October...
Israel Gaza: Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi freed
... Images showed Ms Tamimi, who had been held in Damon Prison, near the Israeli city of Haifa, returned to the West Bank late on Wednesday...
Two Palestinian boys killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
...By Lucy Williamson & David GrittenBBC News, in Jenin and LondonFour Palestinians, including two children, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say...
Burlington, Vermont, shootings leave one troubling question: Why?
... And he wanted to destroy that, " said Elizabeth Price, who headed back to Vermont after the shooting, from her home in the West Bank...
Boy, 14, and freelance reporter among Palestinians freed
... The Israeli prison service said the prisoners had been released from Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank and the Jerusalem Detention Center...
Israel Gaza: Palestinian criticises Israeli prison as 30 more freed
By Sam HancockBBC News
A Palestinian man has described his time inside an Israeli prison as " not normal" after 30 more prisoners were released under The Truce with Hamas.
Younis Hawamdeh told Reuters news agency the unnamed facility had been a " tragedy" but did not elaborate.
Israel all its prisoners are detained according to The Law .
Its prison service said on Thursday that it had freed more Palestinians, hours after Hamas let eight more hostages go.
The releases brought the totals freed to 105 hostages and 240 Palestinian prisoners.
A Red Cross bus carrying the 30 Palestinians arrived in Ramallah, in the West Bank , late on Thursday, as has been customary for each of the seven exchanges.
It was there that Reuters spoke to a handful of newly freed prisoners. One, Ali Askara, said detainees had been " Tortured . . psychologically, physically, everything".
" They beat us, there were people with bleeding eyes, " he was quoted as saying.
Another man, Abdallah Al Bao, said he hoped The Remaining prisoners would be released soon.
A full list of those freed is yet to be shared by Israeli prison authorities, who have about abuse claims made by other freed Palestinians.
Images from Thursday showed emotional reunions between Palestinians and their friends and family.
In one, A Mother cries as she hugs her returned son, while The Crowd around them applaud.
Another shows people, who have climbed on top of the bus, waving Hamas flags.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
