Day: July 6, 2005

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that Abdullah al-Loh, 40, was found killed in a street in Gaza city. Marks of severe torture were apparent on his body. The…

Al-Quds martyrs’ brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing at military posts near Morag settlement in the Gaza Strip, and added that the fighter who…

Wednesday at night, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers recovered 11 pipe bombs after detaining two Palestinian youngsters at a flying checkpoint near the West Bank city of Qalqilia.…

Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested several Palestinians residents carrying 150 bullets. The residents were arrested near the settlement of Morag, in the Gaza Strip, army…

Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers of the Nahal infantry unit, arrested a 17-year-old youth from the village of Qaffin, near Tulkarem; army claims that the teen…

Wednesday evening, an Israeli military source reported that dozens of settlers of Homesh settlement, in the West Bank, clashed with Israeli soldiers and took over an army bulldozer preventing the…

In bid to overcome some legal difficulties that would delay the completion of the West Bank separation wall, Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz proposed some changes on the wall…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled two home in al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, accompanied by…

The Council of Settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip called on settlers and disengagement opponents to participate in a three-day march on Gush Katif starting on July…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before the pullout from the Gaza Strip begins, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. According to the…

An Israeli military court decided to transfer deputy head of Janata village council, near Bethlehem, to six months in administrative detention. Ibrahim Asakra, 43, and his brother Kamal were arrested…

A settler rammed his car into a resident of the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, causing moderate injuries, including fractures to several parts of the victim’s body. A medical source in…

The Peace Now movement in Israel reported that during the first half of 2005, the so-called Israeli Lands Authority issued tenders for the construction of 142 new homes in settlements in the…

Wednesday morning, a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at Kfar Darom settlement, in the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli military source, the shell exploded in a Palestinian…

Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and fired rounds of live ammunition. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers invaded the camp in an attempt to…

In an effort to get more settlers to cooperate with the Israeli government’s official Disengagement Administration, the government has decided that only those who file applications for compensation will receive…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet Wednesday with the heads of the defense establishment to discuss the progress of the separation wall. On Tuesday his Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, ordered…

To date, the northern section of the wall, consisting of 213 kilometers, has been completed. It extends from Tirat Zvi in the north to Elkana in the center plus two…