Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

Israeli settlers have attacked a military base in the occupied West Bank, setting fires, vandalizing vehicles and clashing with soldiers.

Over the past two years of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Palestinian residents in the West Bank have reported a major increase in Israeli checkpoints and delays across the territory. Israel, meanwhile ...

On Thursday, the Israeli occupation army issued an order illegally confiscating Palestinian lands in the town of Ya’bad, ...

CNN’s Nic Robertson reports it is the latest violent incident in the territory, where tensions have been elevated since the ...

Israel on Wednesday reported one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military said seven soldiers were killed when ...

Israel, which disputes that stance, conquered the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War; the first settlements were established there shortly afterward. Today, roughly 500,000 Israeli settlers ...

Israel on Thursday announced it would create 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank accelerating its ongoing expansion into the Palestinian territory. The settlements are considered illegal ...

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for their hoped-for future state - in ...

The Israeli “Security Cabinet” has secretly approved the construction of 22 new colonies in the occupied West Bank, including the reconstruction of Homesh and Sanur, two colonies previously dismantled ...

Unlike in Gaza, the annexation of territory in the West Bank has been incremental and often under the radar. The Palestinian human rights organisation, Al Haq, claims this amounts to de facto ...