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Two Palestinian security officers reported killed in West Bank shootout

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli troops shot and killed two security officers during clashes in the West Bank town of Jenin early Thursday

Israel gives green light to over 2,000 settlement homes in West Bank

Israeli on Wednesday advanced plans to build over 2,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, pressing ahead with a building boom that has gained steam during the presidency of Donald Trump

Israel launches airstrikes on Hamas targets after rockets fired from Gaza

There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage

European Union hails Israel's suspension of plans to annex West Bank

The council also welcomed the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

South Africa 'regrets' Palestine's exclusion from UAE-Israel peace deal

The agreement does not commit Israel to halting of plans to further extend Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories and its people

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says West Bank annexation 'isn't off the table'

"The issue of West Bank annexation resides with Washington," he told a meeting of his right-wing Likud faction. "It is not yet off the table. The option still remains," he said

Israeli settlements in West Bank not illegal: Trump adviser

Israeli religious nationalists see the Palestinian territory as part of the country, citing Jews' connection to the land from biblical times