2016 in the Palestinian territories

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in the Palestinian territories.

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)

Events

  • Ayman al-Aloul, Editor-in-Chief of Arab Now Agency in Gaza Strip, and another journalist, Ramzi Herzallah, were detained and allegedly tortured from 3–12 January by Hamas following critical Facebook posts[1][2]
  • Israeli troops raided Birzeit University in Ramallah on 11 January, seizing unidentified materials belonging to Hamas[3]
  • The Israeli military bombed a site near the border fence in Beit Lahiya, killing one and injuring three before they could set off an IED. While the Israeli government attributed the operation to its Air Force, Hamas accused the Israeli Navy of firing shells.[4]

See also

References

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