Palestine weekly wrap: Holy sites remain closed as deadly violence spreads
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“Israeli violence against Palestinians in the last week has killed at least 18 people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.”
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Wikipedia entries mention general context of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and casualties but do not specify the exact number (18 deaths) or timeframe (last week) in the claim. No direct corroboration found.
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— The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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— The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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— In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip by dismantling all 21 Israeli settlements there.
Nonetheless, the Gaza Strip has continued to be regarded by the United Nations, many other internationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the…
“The majority of those killed were victims of Israeli air strikes in Gaza, even as the head of the US President Donald Trump-appointed Board of Peace pushes for a framework to disarm Hamas.”
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Wikipedia entries reference the Gaza war and peace efforts but do not quantify casualties by cause (air strikes vs. ground operations) or provide specific data on 'most' casualties. No direct corroboration found.
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— Resolution 2803 adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 17 November 2025 contains provisions for the transitional governance of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Gaza war. The resolutio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Resolution_28…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Resolution_28…
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— The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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— In 1956, the Gaza Strip was captured by Israel from Egypt for a period of four months during the Suez Crisis before returning it back to Egypt in March 1957 due to heavy international pressure. Israel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza…
“A combination of settler and army shootings killed three people in the West Bank.”
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Wikipedia entries discuss settler violence and military incursions but do not cite specific incidents of three deaths from combined settler and military actions. No direct corroboration found.
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— During the Gaza war, Israeli forces have carried out multiple ground incursions, occasionally accompanied by airstrikes, into several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West…
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— The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then ruled by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. The W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West…
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— Palestinians living under what human rights and international organizations term an Israeli apartheid regime face systematic violence from Israeli settlers and the Israel Defense Forces, mainly in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence
“The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound had already been closed to Muslim worshippers since late February, with authorities extending the state of emergency until mid-April.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Al-Aqsa Mosque closure or its impact.
“Israeli forces prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied East Jerusalem to perform Palm Sunday mass.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Israeli military actions in the West Bank.
“At least 705 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the October "ceasefire".”
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“In the first three months of 2026 alone, 1,697 Palestinians in the West Bank were displaced by settler violence and access restrictions.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Israeli military operations in the West Bank.
“Israeli authorities forcibly evicted at least 15 Palestinian families – approximately 70 residents – from the Batn al-Hawa neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem on March 25.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Israeli military actions in the West Bank.
“The Israeli Knesset approved its 2026 budget, allotting a record $45.8bn towards Israel’s Ministry of Defence.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Israeli military actions in the West Bank.
“The Knesset passed a bill imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of "terrorism".”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute the claim about Israeli military actions in the West Bank.
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