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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

East Jerusalem

Police at the scene where a 3-year-old girl was stabbed to death and her father arrested as the main suspect, in Sur Baher, July 7, 2025 (Israel Police)
July 7, 2025, 7:58 am
East Jerusalem father arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death daughter, aged 3
Suspect, in his 30s, fled scene, but police located him a short time later; media reports divorced man has history of mental health issues
By ToI Staff
Zahiya Joudeh, who was shot to death in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on June 24, 2025. (X, used in conjunction with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 25, 2025, 6:14 pm
Family of grandmother shot dead in East Jerusalem says she was killed by Border Police
Relatives of Zahiya Joudeh, 66, from Shuafat refugee camp, say she was getting fresh air on roof when shot, vow to not rest until justice is served; Border Police investigating
By Nurit Yohanan
Shrapnel is seen falling over East Jerusalem on June 16, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2025, 4:24 pm
With few shelters but plenty of roadblocks, East Jerusalem Arabs squeezed by war
As heavy police deployments and concrete barriers raise tensions, residents with nowhere to go during missile attacks worry what will happen if disaster strikes their underserved neighborhoods
By Nurit Yohanan and Charlie Summers
A banner confiscated by police from the possession of a Palestinian man suspected of plotting a terror attack on behalf of Iran, his arrest was announced June 3, 2025. The banner reads: "Bibi is a dictator, we are not weeds. Ronen Bar we support you." (Israel Police)
June 3, 2025, 5:43 pm
Palestinian arrested for plotting terror attack on behalf of Iranian agent
Suspect also burned IDF uniforms and hung banner over Jerusalem highway labeling Netanyahu a ‘dictator’ and declaring support for ousted Shin Bet chief, police say
By Charlie Summers
Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
May 27, 2025, 8:54 pm
Ireland’s cabinet formally backs trade ban on West Bank settlements
Irish FM says bill, which parliament could take up later this year, is ‘small measure’ meant to ‘maximize the pressure and conditions to bring about a ceasefire’ in Gaza
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 3:45 pm
Israel shutters UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, in line with ban on aid agency
Police close six schools serving 550 students in Shuafat camp and other neighborhoods; Palestinian Authority condemns ‘violation of children’s right to education’
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Orian Ben Kalifa, a Border Police officer accused of assaulting a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem's Old City, seen as she arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 3:45 pm
Border cop convicted of assaulting Palestinian woman gets police certificate of merit
Ben Gvir lauds decision to honor Oriane Ben Kalifa, who was filmed tearing hijab from Hala Salim’s head, choking her; unnamed senior officer says decision ‘harmful to the force’
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Police use putrid Skunk liquid to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Jerusalem on May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
April 17, 2025, 9:04 am
Critics cry foul as police use noxious Skunk liquid to disperse anti-government protests
Authorities have sprayed the putrid substance out of water cannons at Palestinian and Haredi demonstrators for years. Now they’re turning it against political protesters
By Charlie Summers
Palestinians gather outside of a health clinic run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
April 9, 2025, 5:20 pm
Despite laws banning it, UNRWA continues to operate almost as usual in East Jerusalem
UN refugee agency’s schools and most facilities still open in capital despite closure orders from police and city, while service disruptions in West Bank and Gaza are blamed on war, not laws
By Nurit Yohanan
Christian worshipers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on May 4, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 8:06 pm
Report shows rise in attacks on Christians in Israel, but a willingness to tackle issue
Second annual Rossing Center report documents 111 anti-Christian incidents in 2024. Accompanying survey finds almost half of Christians under 30 want to emigrate from Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Imad Muna, owner of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem shortly after being detained without a warrant by police on March 11, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
March 11, 2025, 9:35 pm
Police raid leading Palestinian bookstore in East Jerusalem for 2nd time in a month
Cops take the keys to the Educational Bookshop, seize several books and briefly detain 61-year-old owner without a warrant
By Charlie Summers
An archaeological site under Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate featuring a 2nd century CE Roman gate and plaza dating was opened to the public on February 26, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
March 5, 2025, 2:45 pm
Biblical-themed exhibit inaugurated at Roman site under Damascus Gate in Jerusalem
A 2nd-century gate in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital’s multilayered history — and complex present
By Rossella Tercatin
Children gather outside the gate of the Kalandia Training Centre, run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which was raided by Israeli forces earlier in the day on February 18, 2025. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)
February 18, 2025, 6:49 pm
Israel raids UNRWA job center, shuts schools in East Jerusalem after agency banned
UN refugee body says police, Jerusalem officials storm Qalandiya vocational training facility with tear gas and sound grenades; two schools said to defy order to shutter
By ToI Staff and Agencies
File: Interior Minister Moshe Arbel attends a Knesset committee in Jerusalem on April 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 3:09 am
Interior minister orders 3 Palestinians to be deported for alleged terror support
Moshe Arbel says the three East Jerusalem residents have all expressed backing for terrorism and have family members who carried out attacks
By ToI Staff
Palestinian booksellers Mahmoud, left, and Ahmad Muna appear in court after their arrest during an Israel Police raid of their Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem on February 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 11, 2025, 4:42 pm
Palestinian booksellers released to house arrest after police raid sparks outcry
No charges filed against owners of prominent East Jerusalem bookshop; raid prompts diplomats’ condemnation; police found children’s coloring book titled ‘From the River to the Sea’
By Charlie Summers
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