To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost,

Palestinian officials said Israeli forces shot dead an eight months pregnant Palestinian in the occupied West Bank Sunday, as the military said it had "targeted terrorists" in the area. According to the Palestinian health ministry,

Israeli security forces have killed a number of militants and detained several wanted people in Nur Shams in the West Bank, a military spokesperson said on Sunday, announcing the expansion of a military operation in the occupied territory.