Death toll climbs as Palestinian unrest spirals
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians threatened to spiral out of control today with two more Palestinians killed in Gaza, two stabbings outside Jerusalem's Old City and more West Bank clashes.
Oct 11, 2015, 00:18 AM ISTIsrael arrests 400 Palestinians in 10 days: Officials
Israeli security forces have arrested approximately 400 Palestinians since the October 1 outbreak of violence in the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner Club said on Saturday.
Oct 10, 2015, 21:50 PM ISTPalestinian stabs 2 Israelis in Jerusalem, shot dead
A Palestinian wounded two Israelis in a new stabbing in Jerusalem before being shot dead by police Saturday.
Oct 10, 2015, 16:23 PM ISTPalestinian shot by Israeli police in Jerusalem dies
A Palestinian seriously wounded during clashes with Israeli border police in east Jerusalem died of his wounds on Saturday, Israeli police and Palestinian medical sources said.
Oct 10, 2015, 14:02 PM ISTIsraeli fire kills five Palestinians in clashes on Gaza border
Israeli fire killed five Palestinians and wounded 21 during clashes on Friday near Gaza's border, the first unrest-related deaths there after days of violence in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, medics said.
Oct 09, 2015, 21:02 PM ISTIsraeli police kills Palestinian near Jerusalem
A Palestinian was shot dead on Thursday evening in clashes with Israeli police in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shu'fat near east Jerusalem, medics said.
Oct 09, 2015, 04:56 AM ISTSix Israelis injured in wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinians
A wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinians on Thursday left six Israelis wounded, including a woman soldier and a student, even as security forces shot dead an assailant who used a screwdriver for the assault.
Oct 08, 2015, 22:01 PM ISTIsrael lifts restrictions at Jerusalem's Al-Asqa
Israel lifted restrictions on worship at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound today in an apparent bid, swiftly welcomed by Washington, to ease tensions after three weeks of violence.
Oct 07, 2015, 14:53 PM ISTMukherjee's visit to deepen India, Israel friendship: President
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has said that his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit will deepen their friendship.
Oct 07, 2015, 14:09 PM ISTIsrael vows crackdown as 'Hamas 5' held over settler killing
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager as fresh clashes raged in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem yesterday.
Oct 06, 2015, 05:26 AM ISTIsrael bars Palestinians from Jerusalem Old City after attacks
Netanyahu convened his top security officials immediately after landing back in Israel yesterday from delivering a speech to the UN General Assembly.
Oct 05, 2015, 05:53 AM ISTPalestinian rocket hits Israel: Army
On September 30, Israeli warplanes hit four training camps of Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system.
Oct 05, 2015, 03:39 AM ISTIsrael 'in fight to death against Palestinian terror'
Netanyahu had convened his ministers of defence and internal security and top security officials immediately after landing back in Israel Sunday from delivering a speech to the UN General Assembly.
Oct 05, 2015, 02:54 AM ISTUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appeals for calm in Jerusalem, West Bank
Ban strongly condemned the violence that left two Israeli men dead in the Old City, triggering clashes overnight that left scores injured.
Oct 04, 2015, 20:25 PM ISTIsrael bars Palestinians from Jerusalem Old City for two days
Israeli police announced on Sunday that Palestinians will be banned from entering Jerusalem's Old City for two days after twin attacks on Israelis that also left the perpetrators dead.
Oct 04, 2015, 13:01 PM ISTPalestinian kills 2 Israelis, wounds toddler in Jerusalem
Jerusalem police chief Moshe Edri said the Palestinian "stabbed an Israeli man, his wife and the toddler" multiple times in an alleyway before stabbing another man.
Oct 04, 2015, 00:53 AM ISTPalestinians, Israeli forces clash amid holy site tensions
Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday, while three tourists were lightly wounded by Palestinian stone throwers as tensions remained high following days of violence at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.
Sep 29, 2015, 22:57 PM ISTBenjamin Netanyahu to tell Palestinians to stop 'incitement' in UN
Israel's prime minister said on Tuesday he planned to use a speech at the UN to tell Palestinians to stop "incitement to violence" at a Jerusalem holy site shaken by clashes in recent weeks.
Sep 29, 2015, 22:43 PM ISTSporadic clashes hit Jerusalem, West Bank
Sporadic clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians hit Jerusalem`s Old City and a checkpoint outside Ramallah Tuesday, with tensions heightened as Jews celebrated their Sukkot holiday.
Sep 29, 2015, 18:32 PM ISTClashes at Jerusalem holy site as Jewish holiday starts
New clashes broke out Monday between Palestinians and Israeli police who stormed Jerusalem`s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as an expected increase in Jewish visitors to the site over the Sukkot holiday boosted tensions.
Sep 28, 2015, 13:32 PM IST