At least two Palestinians were killed Tuesday as Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli army said.The military said troops opened fire and "eliminated" two Palestinians who had attempted to steal a soldier's weapon as the "counterterrorism operation" was underway in the old city of Nablus.

Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops fatally shot siblings during military raid in Nablus - Anadolu Ajansı

Huckabee says he doesn't think two-state solution is among Washington's policy goals, floats carving out a state for Palestinians out of existing Muslim countries

Mahmoud Abbas gave assurances to President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has set conditions for possible recognition of a Palestinian state at a U.N. conference next week.

The US no longer wholeheartedly endorses an independent state for Palestinians, Washington’s ambassador to Israel said, adding that if one were to be formed it could be elsewhere in the region rather than the West Bank.

Israeli army forces shot and wounded four Palestinians, including two critically, on Tuesday during a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, local media said. The injuries occurred when Israeli forces raided the old city of Nablus,

Palestinians in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank loaded mattresses, blankets, refrigerators, washing machines and other belongings onto vehicles on Thursday, before the planned Israeli demolition of their homes.