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Deadly clashes erupt between Palestinians and settlers in the village of Al-Mughayyir near West Bank's Ramallah after an Israeli 14-year-old boy went missing from Malachi ha-Shalom, an outpost near Ramallah. Jewish settlers participated in the manhunt and stormed Al-Mughayyir, armed with guns and stones. The health ministry in Ramallah has reported several casualties in the ensuing violence. IMAGES
The United States says it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians, stepping up pressure to curb a wave of violence in the West Bank during the Gaza war. "The United States is taking action to address this escalating violence in the West Bank by implementing a new visa restriction policy," says US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
The Israeli cabinet meets in the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, as hopes mounted that Hamas could release dozens of hostages from war-torn Gaza after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce deal was the "right decision" and the militant group's leader and key mediator Qatar said an agreement was in sight. IMAGES
Salfit (West Bank), Dec 4 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Alaa Badarneh).- A group of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli settlers on Friday after a demonstration against the expansion of Israeli settlements in the city of Salfit, West Bank.FOOTAGE OF CLASHES BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI SETTLERS.
Ramallah, Aug 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Alaa Badarneh) A group of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank city of Turmusaya to show their rejection of the peace agreement that aims to establish diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates United.
Jordan Valley, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Alaa Bardarneh).- A dozen Palestinians protested against the confiscation of their land in the Jordan Valley by Israeli settlers, who confronted the protesters to prevent them from reaching the land they claim. According to local media, Israeli settlers from the settlement of Mehola appropriated Palestinian land and its olive groves.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN THE JORDAN VALLEY AREA AND OF ISRAELI SETTLERS ARGUING WITH THE PROTESTERS.