2016 in the Palestinian territories

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in the State of Palestine.

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)
*Mahmoud Abbas (Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO), President of the State of Palestine, President, 8 May 2005-current
*Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, Prime Minister, 6 June 2013-current
Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)
*Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, 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.
*Israeli troops raided Birzeit University in Ramallah on 11 January, seizing unidentified materials belonging to Hamas.
*The Israeli military bombed a site near the border fence in Beit Lahiya, killing one and injuring three before they could set off an Improvised explosive device, IED. While the Israeli government attributed the operation to its Air Force, Hamas accused the Israeli Navy of firing shells.

See also

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

References

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