The UN Human Rights Office has verified the deaths of 300 Palestinians from October 7 to December 27, including 79 children, in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel.
Papua New Guinea is set to become the first nation to open an honorary consulate in the biblical heartland, after inaugurating an embassy in Jerusalem earlier this year, Israel's foreign minister announced on Monday.
Among those attending the meeting was His Beatitude Theophilos III Giannopoulos, Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem; His Beatitude Nourhan Manougian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem; His Beatitude Cardinal Battista Pietro Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and many more.
On Monday morning, a terrorist fired on a vehicle filled with passengers, including children, at the A-Tur Junction/Rabi'a Al-Adawiya junction in the north of Jerusalem.
Some 200 Jewish activists are expected to join a contentious Chanukah march in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday evening, the first night of the festival of lights, to protest against Jordan's control over Judaism's holiest site, according to organisers and the Israel Police.
Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem uncovered ceramic roofing tiles dating back to the reign of Greek King Antiochus IV, best known for his persecution of Jews under his rule during the events of the Chanukah holiday. The discovery was announced by the Israeli Antiquities Authority on Wednes
Yuval Castleman, a former police officer, confronted two gunmen, killing them before being shot by an Israeli reservist. At Castleman's shiva, anger mounted over the circumstances of his death.
Netanyahu emphasised the need for strategic and careful decision-making by the war cabinet. stating, "We are continuing now to speak with our enemy about continuing to free hostages -- speaking with fire."
Abu Agamiya is one of more than 200 Palestinian terrorists Israel has released over the last week as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, and who have been feted upon their return to Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. Police are already investigating her for incitement.
Prior to his meeting with President Abbas, Blinken engaged in discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet in Jerusalem.
The duo exited a car at the entrance to Jerusalem and opened fire at a group of civilians waiting at a bus stop, surveillance footage shared by a Times of Israel correspondent showed.