The Israeli army killed a Palestinian near the Gaza border on Friday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. “Mohammed Abu Saada, 26, died after being shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers in clashes east of the Al-Bureij camp,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement.
The Israeli parliament gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill to legalize thousands of West Bank settlements, a measure drawing international anger. The measure, which would apply to an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, requires three more full parliamentary votes to become law. There ...
