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The world woke on Friday, July 31, to the news of a bad crime in which an 18-month-old Palestinian was burnt to death and members of his family severely injured after masked Jewish settlers set fire to two Palestinian houses in Duma village.

A Palestinian toddler has been burned to death in an arson attack by suspected Jewish settlers in the West Bank, Israeli police say.

A Palestinian toddler was killed overnight Thursday in an arson attack near the West Bank city of Nablus, suspected to have been carried out by Jewish extremists.

Qatar has strongly condemned violating the sanctity of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli police and settlers, deeply deploring the constant aggressive practices by Israel in Jerusalem.

The case has exacerbated increasing tensions in Netanyahu’s government, not least with the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, which was already complaining about a claimed freeze in recent settlement construction. On Tuesday, United Nations special rapporteur on torture Juan...

In their statement, COGAT said that changes to further restrict the ability of Israeli Arabs to cross the border into Gaza was necessary because the “security situation in the Gaza Strip” meant that people entering might be risking their lives.

The Israeli army had entered his home to arrest his son Mohammed, who was wanted on suspicion of security offences, but according to the reports, his father was caught up in the violence after he ran downstairs to see what was happening.

The IDF said in a statement that it would not tolerate attempts to harm Israeli citizens.

JNS.org – Avera Mengistu, the 28-year-old Israeli of Ethiopian descent who has been missing since he crossed the border into Gaza last September, is an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier who was taken captive during Operation Protective Edge and not a mentally unstable...

The Ethiopian immigrant, Avraham Mengistu, 29, crossed into Gaza last September through a broken fence on the Mediterranean coast marking the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

The defence ministry confirmed on Thursday that Avraham Mengistu, an Israeli of Ethiopian descent, had been missing, presumed held captive, since crossing into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip last September. Israeli defence officials said there was “credible intelligence”...

Ex- British prime minister Tony Blair has been acting as a go-between in discussions between Israel and Hamas over the release of two Israelis held captive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, according to reports.

The man was never drafted into the IDF due to medical reasons. Israeli analysts said one apparently referred to Hadar Goldin, another soldier who is held by Hamas, and the third apparently referred to Mengistu.

Today Israel claimed two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group. Thousands are homeless. Two-thirds of Gaza’s 1.8m people are recipients of United Nations aid in one form or another. Officials refused to say how...

But it is hardly at odds with the general directional change in the outlook of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards Israel – a solicitous turn which appears to go beyond India’s weapons purchase relationship with Tel Aviv.