West Asia

Qodsna Editorial Board

A total of 55 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, all by live ammunition, according to a UN report.

The UN and the EU expressed concern Tuesday over a spate of arrests of activists by Palestinian security forces, as the death of a leading activist in custody sparked persistent protests.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said recent Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah violated Lebanon's sovereignty.

Total infections in the Occupied Territories of Palestine reached 951,226 since outbreak.

The Arab Joint List announced it would lodge a violation complaint against Israeli practices in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron).

An Israeli court transfers the property rights of an elderly man to a Zionist settler organisation, leaving him paralysed.

Palestinians performed the Friday prayer in front of the mosque to protest against an Israeli construction plan.

Israel plans to authorize the construction of 2,000 new settlement homes next week, the first major approval of settlement construction by the new government.

Mahmoud Al-Zahar

Palestinian officials sent a warning to the United States, the European Union and other Western countries on Saturday, saying that the continued occupation of Palestinian land by Israel was no longer tolerable.

Oman will not be the third country to normalize ties with Israel Oman's Foriegn Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi told Asharq Al-Awsat Saturday.