Hussein al-Sheikh is a veteran leader of Abbas’s Fatah movement.
Concern is growing within the Palestinian Liberation Organization that Israel might exploit Abbas’s departure.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Friday, April 25.
The expectation is that whoever holds the role would be the frontrunner to succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, 89.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says keeping the captives provides Israel with justification for its attacks on Gaza.
Israel has killed 40 people and injured over 100 in Gaza as mediators attempt to secure new ceasefire deal.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks in the occupied West Bank for Friday, April 18.
Family hit by Israel in Khan Younis, while residents of Beit Lahiya report intense troop activity, home demolitions.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Wednesday, April 9.
Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, April 3.
![Palestinian children eat food cooked by a charity kitchen in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, on Thursday [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Gaza-1743713887.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua was killed when Israeli fighters jets bombed his tent shelter in Jabalia.
Israel attacks South Lebanon’s Tyre, killing at least one, and Tulin, where 6 were killed including a child.
![Smoke rises from Taybeh, following Israeli strikes in response to cross-border rocket fire, as seen from Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, March 22, 2025. [Karamallah Daher/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-22T114642Z_905309454_RC2BIDAC69KH_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LEBANON-1742673228.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Friday, March 21.
![Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip sit in a makeshift tent camp in central Gaza Strip, Friday, March 21, 2025. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25080609431656-1742588435.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)