2016 in the State of Palestine

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Events in the year 2016 in Palestine .

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

• Mahmoud Abbas (PLO), President, 8 May 2005–current
• Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister, 6 June 2013–current
• Government of Palestine – 17th Government of Palestine

Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)

• Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), Prime Minister, 29 March 2006–current

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

• 2016 in Israel
• Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2016

References

1. "Gaza Journalist Says He Was Tortured in Hamas Jail". The Associated Press via The New York Times. 12 January 2016.
2. "PCHR Condemns Internal Security Arrest Of Two Activists In Gaza". International Middle East Media Center. 5 January 2016.
3. "Birzeit University condemns Israeli 'military attack' on campus". Maan News. 11 January 2016.
4. Judah Ari Gross (13 January 2016). "Hamas threatens retaliation for strike on bomb-planting cell". Times of Israel.