Palestine

Outgoing EU envoy paraglided off the coast of Gaza in a rare flight aimed at drawing attention to the blockaded Palestinian enclave

At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack with drones on a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank; hundreds of troops are deployed in an operation that resembles the one carried out during the second Palestinian uprising in 2000

The Palestinian Olympic Committee spoke of its ambition to leave a "footprint" in international sports, but stresses that it faces "obstacles" on freedom of movement

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Beijing for a three-day visit, renewed bilateral relations with China, which publicly renewed its offer of attempting a mediation between Israel and Palestine

The expansion of the desalination plant in the Gaza Strip, with production substantially increased for 175.000 more people, was completed and officially marked by representatives of the UN, EU and Palestinian Authority

On 15 May, for the first time in history, the UN commemorated the nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe; President Abu Mazen recalled that there are more than a thousand resolutions on Palestinians adopted by UN that have never been implemented

80% of Palestinians surveyed in a new YouGov poll favoured a Chinese role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, while the US is seen as the least favoured option

Increases in import and export tariffs imposed by the Gaza Strip rulers since last year have fuelled discontent among the territory's traders

Palestinian Foreign Ministry has rejected what it called "inappropriate, false and discriminatory" remarks by the President of the European Commission von der Leyen on Israel's 75th anniversary

Palestinian prisoner in Israel Khader Adnan, 44, has been on hunger strike for 70 consecutive days and his health condition is gradually deteriorating, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said

In Jerusalem, Israeli police raided the Al Aqsa Mosque, generating clashes, injuries and more than 350 detentions, with once again the violation of the Esplanade of Mosques

Palestinian President accused the Israeli government of trying to drag the region into an escalation of its war "against the Palestinian people, their land and their sanctities"

Hyundai Construction Equipment must take immediate action to prevent its products from being involved in demolitions in the Masafer Yatta region, south of the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International said in a recent report