Month: July 2005

A senior official in the Israeli Air Force said on Sunday that the Israeli Air Force is currently forming a new brigade that will take part in the implementation of…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority and Israel will start this week, most likely on Tuesday, joint field tours between P.A and Israeli security…

An Israeli military source reported, on Sunday evening, that the Israeli army decided to cancel a previous decision to impose full closure on the Gaza Strip. The source stated that…

The Israeli police is set to decide on Monday whether it will close the western Negev area to pullout foes who intend to arrive in the Negev for a march…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz supports not allowing the anti-disengagement right-wing protestors to reach the Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip as planned for their march on Monday, Israeli…

An Israeli army officer linked to the killing of a Palestinian youth in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was promoted to colonel. Israeli sources said Army Chief of Staff…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that the Israeli army, and settlers, killed 3804 residents, and injured 34431 residents, since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada in September, 2000.…

Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in Atteel village, and Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers invaded…

Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s senior adviser, is slated to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday to discuss the US demand that Israel should approve the Palestinian request…

Israeli deputy minister of defense Zeev Boim threatened to conduct a wide-scaled military invasion in the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian resistance fires at the army or the settlements during…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at Israeli settlements in the central Gaza Strip. The source reported no damages.

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two residents in Tulkarem after invading it. Army claims that the two residents are members of the Islamic Jihad. 

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the village of Yatta, in the south of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, damage reported. A local source in…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday morning, the village of Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village, and conducted military searches…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday at night, four Palestinian children in the village of Dir Istia, near the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday shortly before midnight, the village of Bani Neim, south of Hebron, sever clashes were reported following the invasions, two children were injured. A medical source…

Four Palestinian residents were injured on Saturday in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, after being attacked by an extremist settlers group. A local source in…

Four Palestinian residents were injured on Saturday in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, after being attacked by an extremist settlers group. A local source in…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Saturday a female detainee from Hebron to 42 months in detention.  The WAFA news Agency reported that Niveen Izzat al-Shweiky, 20, was arrested November,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday evening, a father and his child, in Beit Kahil village, north west of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers arrested Faisal Ahmad al-Atawna,…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met with James Wolfensohn, the Quartet’s disengagement envoy, in Gaza, in order to coordinate between the Palestinian Authority and Israel to ensure a ‘peaceful’ withdrawal from…

Bethlehem, Saturday July 30, 2005, a workshop was held at the Peace Center in Bethlehem, on the rights of the handicapped in the Palestinian territories, laws which were approved the…

Palestinian security sources confirmed on Saturday that a homemade shell fired by unknown group missed its target and landed near a cottage on farm lands in Gaza City, causing fire…

The Christian Peacemakers Teams (CPT) organized a non-violent protest in Hebron on Saturday. The protest started from Bab al Zawia in the old city of Hebron. The participants demanded that…

The Israeli army has increased the number of checkpoints and the harassment of passing cars on the main and side roads connecting the towns of Qalqilia and Salfit in the…

In a statement by the special units division in Bethlehem, part of the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatus, the officers and members of the division accepted a decision by the Ministry…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades declared on Saturday in a phone call to Maan news service that they fired four homemade shells towards the settlement of Neveh Dekalim and Ganeh…

Palestinian medical sources said on Saturday that Ahmad Nassar, 39, of Rafah was treated in the European Hospital in the city for health problems caused by a device Israel uses for security…

The Israeli Army invaded the town of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Saturday at down and arrested Omar Abu Al Rab, 55, and Mohamed Sabanah, 18.…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at night two youth in abu Holy area, south of Dir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in the area reported that…

Israeli soldiers on Friday night arrested two youths in the abu Holy area south of Dir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in the area reported that…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah ruling party, called on the Palestinian Authority to track down informers and punish them, describing them as a ‘source…

A security officer was killed in Nablus on Friday night as a result of a fight between taxi drivers. Mohamed Rahal, 22, from Al Aian refugee camp in Nablus died…

Israeli Interior Minister Ophir Pines on Friday visited the coastal town of Nitzanim to check on preparations for absorbing hundreds of Gush Katif settlers, who will be evacuated from the…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday at night, that a Palestinian resistance group fired at an Israeli army post in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron.…

Settlers and soldiers assaulted several Palestinian farmers in the Mount Hebron area in the southern West Bank, a Palestinian security source in Hebron reported on Friday night. Settlement security guards attacked…

Israeli TV Channel 2 reported on Friday at night that Israel is weighing the possibility of allowing Egypt to provide the P.A with ammunition. “The development comes after the United…

The Israeli military police has launched a probe against three non- commissioned Israeli officers suspected of looting settlers’ homes in the West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ganim. The two…

Israeli authorities on Friday morning barred the transfer of a sick Palestinian infant to an Israeli hospital, a Palestinian medical source reported.   Taiseer Alloun, only a few days old,…

The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bel’in, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday evening that Israeli soldiers fired at a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall. Three residents were injured…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening, that Palestinian resistance fired three homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sdeort, no injuries were reported. Two of the fired…

Israeli police said on Friday they plan to ban pullout opponents from protesting in the south of the country next week. The decision was made in an attempt to prevent…

Palestinian informed sources reported on Friday that the prisoner Ikram Al-Taweel had received a renewal order for her administrative detention from the Israeli prison authorities. Al-Tawil a 27-year-old single female…

A Palestinian security source reported, on Friday evening, that the two international workers kidnapped in the Gaza Strip were released following extensive negotiations between the P.A and the captors. Officials…

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Two Palestinian residents, from al-Sammoa’ village, near Hebron, were injured after soldiers attacked severely punched and clubbed them in Hebron, in two separate incidents. A medical source at the Hebron…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday morning, three residents in Borqeen village, west of Jenin in the West Bank. The WAFA news Agency reported that soldiers invaded the village, broke into…

Ansar al-Sajeen, of the Prisoners’ Support Society, demanded that the Israeli prison authorities probe the death of detainee Jawad abu Mgheisib, 18, who died at the Negev detention, apparently from medical neglect.…

Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz has rejected a recommendation by senior army officers to launch a major offensive in the Gaza Strip shortly before or simultaneously with the pullout.…

Marwan Sa’id al-Qawasmi, a 20-year-old from Hebron who is being held in Israel’s Kfar Atzion detention camp, is suffering from critical health conditions, according to attorney Mohammad al-Shadfan of the…

Resistance fighters attacked an army post near the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim on Friday at dawn. Sources from the settlement said that a number of mortars shells were…

Israeli troops came under fire on Friday as they invaded the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, according to an army report. No injuries reported. The soldiers were attempting…

abdul-Raziq Dharaghma, 33, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, has been arrested by Israeli soldiers, according to Sheikh Adnan Khader, media spokesperson for the resistance group. Khader…

An armed Palestinian group belonging to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, abducted a Palestinian security official in al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers and settlers clashed on Thursday evening at the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron after the army arrived to install a new gate in preparation for the upcoming…

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian resident in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a Palestinian security source in the city reported on Thursday evening.  The army claims that the their target…

Lawyer of the Prisoners Supporters Society, Hammoud Jabareen, reported on Thursday that Israeli Prison Authorities renewed the administrative detention orders against a female detainee for the fifth consecutive time. Jabareen…

Three youth from Anabta Village near Tulkarem were injured on Thursday during clashes between stone throwers and the army. Medical sources reported that the three were wounded when troops threw…

Six anti-wall protestors were wounded on Thursday when Israeli troops and police attempted to disperse a demonstration in the West Bank villages of Bil’in and Budrus, west of Ramallah. Israeli…

Army deported on Thursday Hamza Al-Khatib, 26 from Bil’in village to Jordan. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PSC) reported that Al-Khatib was arrested on May, 15 2005 and was detained in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday afternoon, a Palestinian youth, and injured his 80-year-old grandmother, in the village of Budros, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that…

Anti wall protest was organized on Thursday in Bel’in village near the west bank city of Ramallah; two residents were injured after army opened fire at the protesters. Eyewitness reported…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported on Thuyrsday, that detainee Jawad Adel abu Mgheisib, 18, died at the Negev Desert Detention of medical neglect and mistreatment. The ministry stated that…

As the date for Israel’s Gaza evacuation gets closer, some settlers at the Elei Sinai settlement in Gaza have become more desperate in their struggle against the Israeli government. Settlers…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday three residents in the West bank city of Hebron, after invading the city and breaking into dozens of homes. The Hebron Office of the Palestinian…

Israeli authorities stepped up its destructive policies against the Palestinian residents, leveling dozens of homes and constructions in the West Bank and in Jerusalem, which is a direct violation to…

For over six months, since the start of the construction of the separation wall near the village of Bil’in west of Ramallah, residents of the village joined by scores of…

Army invaded late Wednesday night Sabastia town north of the West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew. Mayor  Mamoun Kaied of Sabastia, reported that troops backed up with military vehicles…

The Israeli Ofer military court, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced Gabi al-Sahoury, 30, from Beit Sahour, to 18 consecutive months, 6000 New Israeli Shekels fine, and…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafah reported on Wednesday at night, that a child was seriously injured by Israeli military. The source stated that Nada abu Siam, 4 years old,…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Thursday morning, a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The shell landed and exploded in an open field, army source reported. The “Red…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Thursday that he hopes pullout from the Gaza Strip and four minor northern West Bank settlements to take two to three weeks, Israeli…

Israeli soldiers installed an iron fence around the village of Z’ayyeim, east of Jerusalem completely separating it from the city. Omar Sbeih, head of Z’ayyeim village council, reported that the…

The Knesset voted on Wednesday on law to limit citizenship rights of Palestinians married to Israeli citizens, the law passed by 59-12. According to the approved law, the state will…

The Knesset plenum approved on Wednesday amendments to a law called “Intifada law”, in order to limit the ability of Palestinian residents to sue Israel for damage occurred during the…

Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that soldiers installed the…

Israeli soldiers, supported by 30 armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday afternoon, killed one youth and injured al least seven other residents. A local source…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority is ready to control the Palestinian areas following the Israeli withdrawal. Qurei added that the P.A finalized all…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents, on Wednesday afternoon, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after invading it. A local source in Jenin reported that at least…

A local source in Qalqilia reported on Wednesday afternoon, that soldiers attacked and severely clubbed a resident in Azzoun village, south of Qalqilia. The source stated that Abdul-Rahim Ibrahim Omar,…

Israeli soldiers bulldozed on Wednesday, farmlands in Beit Doqqu village, north west of Jerusalem, in order to construct sections of the Separation Wall in the area.  Sa’id Yaqeen, member of…

Israeli soldiers annexed on Wednesday Palestinian farmlands near Homesh settlement, adjacent to the main Nablus-Jenin road. The army claims that the annexed lands will be used to construct a military…

The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced, on Wednesday, a resident of Hebron to one life term and additional 30 years. The WAFA news agency reported that residents Ehab abdul-Rahman al-Haddad,…

Israeli soldiers based at al-Matahin checkpoint, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired rounds of live ammunition at hundreds of residents attempting to cross…

A sergeant in the Israeli army was dismissed from duty when he declared that he will refuse orders to evacuate settlers under the disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday.…

Israeli troops invaded Wednesday at down three villages in the east of Bethlehem area. Eyewitnesses reported that troops backed with heavy armored vehicles invaded the village of Zatara, Taqoua, Al…

Bulldozers and Army jeeps invaded Al Khader Village south of Bethlehem Wednesday morning, began demolishing homes. Eyewitness told IMEMC that the bulldozers demolished one house so far and started demolishing…

A Palestinian security source in al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, reported that at least five settlers attacked on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian home in the area. The source…

A Palestinian security source reported on Wednesday morning, that Palestinian Police and security men uncovered an explosive charge in al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. “The charge was…

Barbaric. There is hardly any other term that is capable of depicting the murder of over 50 people and the wounding of hundreds more during London’s rush hour on July…

Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, said that the P.A and Israel agreed to remove the rubble of the settlers’ homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,…

Following the tension between France and Israel that has been ongoing for several years now, the French government has decided to set up a fund to improve the image of…

Dr. Ghassan Hamadan, head of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Medical Relief, said that the Spanish authorities detained him for more than eight hours at the Madrid Airport without…

The U.S. administration has deepened the crisis with Israel over the Israel’s weapon-related exports by refusing to rescind the sanctions against Israel, Ze’ev Schiff, a prominent military expert wrote in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday evening a Palestinian resident in the village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers surrounded…

A medical source at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in Hebron, reported, on Tuesday at night, that a child from Beit Ummar village was killed after being struck by a…

The Israeli TV, Channel 1, reported in Tuesday evening, that Israel has decided to evacuate from the Philadilphi Route, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, immediately after completing the Gaza…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Tuesday that the Israeli government plans to construct a settlement at Bab al-Zahera area, in the old city of Jerusalem. The plan which was…

Israeli army arrested on Tuesday, Abed al-Fattah al-Arah 18 while heading to al- Quds University in Abu Dees in Jerusalem, for registration. The Father of Abed Al Fattah reported that…

Head of al-Fundoq Village council Lo’ay Tayyim reported that three army bulldozers, supported by ten military jeeps invaded the Fundoq village on Tuesday, and demolished one house that belongs to…