Gaza, Israel and Palestinians
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Over 37,000 Palestinians were displaced in the occupied West Bank in 2025, amid high levels of illegal settler violence, the UN says.
After its war in Gaza, Israel cut off much of its economic ties with the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. More than two years on, the devastation has cascaded down to every level of the Palestinian economy.
They returned under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, walking for hours to reach the bombed-out landscape.
A temporary line has separated most of Gaza’s Palestinians from an Israeli-held zone that has surrounded them since October’s ceasefire took effect.
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says demolition in East Jerusalem is ‘blatant breach of international law’.
New electronic bracelets have been so far ineffective
Thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are enduring “a systemic, institutionalized policy of torture and abuse,” according to an Israeli human rights organization.
Palestinians say they're suffering as they wait for progress in next phase of U.S.-backed ceasefire.
Palestinians can no longer apply for a U.S. visa with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority -- another sign, they say, that the Trump administration is sidelining Palestinians.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Egypt face an uncertain future as they navigate obstacles to staying in the country and returning home to Gaza. The New York Times spoke to a family that remains separated despite a truce in the territory.
Palestinians made choices on and around October 7. Those choices included overwhelming support for an operation that systematically violated the most basic prohibitions of international law.