Thousands remain trapped inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near the Syrian capital, Damascus, as Takfiri militants continue to hamper humanitarian aid operations.
Most of the militants in the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus have now withdrawn, a Palestinian official says.
Palestinians have demonstrated in al-Khalil and Nablus against US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposals for peace between the Israeli regime and the Palestinian Authority.
Food aid supplies have started entering a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the first time in months.
Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has named Rami Hamdallah, the head of a university in the West Bank, the next caretaker premier in the Israeli-occupied territories.