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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Kafr Aqab

Ashraf Zughayer (L), a 46-year-old convicted Palestinian terrorist who spent 23 years in prison serving six life sentences and was released by Israel, is greeted by a well-wisher at his family home in Kafr Aqab in East Jerusalem on January 26, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 28, 2025, 4:53 pm
New York Times says reporter assaulted by troops in raid on party for freed Hamas prisoner
Soldier shoves loaded rifle into ribs of ex-ToI correspondent Aaron Boxerman, points gun at second journalist reporting from East Jerusalem celebration for released terror convict
By ToI Staff
Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Sondos Alhoot, head of the Kol Toshaveha list, running for Jerusalem city council in the 2024 municipal elections, in a meeting with voters, February 19, 2024 (Ittay Flescher, courtesy)
February 24, 2024, 7:15 am
A young Arab woman seeks to make history by being voted into Jerusalem city council
In sit-down with Jewish voters, Sondos Alhoot speaks of her efforts to break a decades-long election boycott by the city’s Arab population and bring the two communities closer
By Gianluca Pacchiani
The security barrier that has cut Kafr Aqab off from the rest of Jerusalem on February 20, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
September 5, 2023, 1:46 pm
East Jerusalem school teaching Israeli curriculum is set on fire
As number of Palestinian students prepping for Israeli matriculation exam rises, opposition grows to the perceived loss of national identity in the city’s schools
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Israeli troops operate in Kafr Aqab, to measure the home of Eslam Froukh, accused of a twin bombing attack in Jerusalem, early January 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 3, 2023, 8:36 am
Palestinian teen killed in clashes; IDF maps bombing suspect’s homes for demolition
Military says troops opened fire at suspects hurling Molotov cocktails in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem; one soldier lightly hurt in clashes in Jenin
By Emanuel Fabian
An aerial view shows the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on August 29, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 2, 2022, 9:58 am
‘It’s a jungle’: Jerusalem neighborhood across security barrier racked by anarchy
Resident whose husband was shot dead says ‘there is no authority, no police, no law’ in Kafr Aqab, a no man’s land caught between Jerusalem municipality and Palestinian Authority
By Majeda El Batsh and Claire Gounon
Muhammad Shaham is seen lying on the floor of his home next to a knife he allegedly used to attack Border Police officers with, August 15, 2022. (Israel Police)
August 15, 2022, 9:16 am
Palestinian tries to stab undercover cops during home search, is shot dead — police
Border Police officers sought to search Muhammad Shaham’s East Jerusalem home in Kafr ‘Aqab for illegally held weapons
By Emanuel Fabian
People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather at the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 7, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 26, 2022, 8:10 pm
East Jerusalem man indicted for setting up Hamas kindergarten and soup kitchen
Prosecutors accuse Bilal Sub Laban of working to strengthen the terror group’s influence in capital
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of a person kayaking down a flooded street in Petah Tikva, January 16, 2022. (Twitter)
January 16, 2022, 11:16 am
Residents stranded as torrential rains flood roads, cut off neighborhoods
18,000 people in Lod find neighborhood accessible only by train; several people rescued from vehicles trapped in water; deluge forecast to continue till afternoon
By ToI Staff
A relatively empty coronavirus vaccine dispenser in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, January 5, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel)
January 6, 2021, 3:14 pm
With distrust rampant, East Jerusalem Palestinians shirk COVID vaccine
Only 20% of Palestinian residents of the city aged 60 and over have been immunized, compared to 60% of Jews; health providers lament spread of conspiracies and fake news
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority security forces enter the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab following a triple homicide on January 2, 2021 (video screenshot)
January 4, 2021, 10:12 am
PA arrests suspects in East Jerusalem triple homicide, hands them to Israel
After manhunt, Palestinian security services reportedly arrest two people alleged to have carried out deadly shooting in Kafr Aqab and two others who aided them
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority security forces enter the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab following a triple homicide on January 2, 2021 (video screenshot)
January 2, 2021, 9:52 pm
After triple homicide, Israel lets PA police sweep East Jerusalem for suspects
Israel rarely allows Palestinians to operate in the city, but Ramallah says exception made for dozens of armed PA security forces to enter neighborhood of Kafr Aqab after shooting
By Aaron Boxerman
Magen David Adom medical workers seen at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing, at the entrance to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, on April 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 6, 2020, 8:11 pm
East Jerusalem buckles under virus’s 2nd wave, while largely ignored by Israel
Figures show Jerusalem Palestinians disproportionately struck by COVID-19; health officials lament lack of coordination with municipality and massive budget deficit in hospitals
By Aaron Boxerman
In this April 28, 2020 photo, Palestinian security forces stop vehicles, part of lockdown and quarantine measures to protect residents, at a checkpoint on an entrance to the West Bank village of Kafr Aqab, near Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
May 6, 2020, 10:51 am
Palestinians fear outbreak in East Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’
The neighborhood Kafr Aqab – inside the Jerusalem municipality but outside the West Bank separation barrier – has largely been left on its own to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
February 12, 2020, 11:57 am
Back to Blair House: Inside Benjamin Netanyahu’s burst annexation bubble
The PM was in a world of his own, invoking historic leaders, vowing annexation in days. Now, the opportunity of the century could become the flop of the century
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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