Palestine Today – August 21, 2006
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B’Tselem report: `“Beatings and abuse in the shadow of war`
According to B’Tselem’s (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Terretories) research, since the beginning of Operation Summer Rains in the Gaza Strip, on 28 June 2006,…
Four civilians, including two children, injured in Rafah
Four Palestinian residents, including two children, were injured in an explosion west of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Monday afternoon. Medical sources in Rafah identified the…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells at Sderot
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Ayman Jouda Group, one of the armed wings of Fateh, and Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, Ismail Al Sadeeny group, one of the armed wings of…
Army installs surveillance cameras in Gaza international airport
The Israeli army troops occupying the international Gaza airport installed on Monday surveillance cameras. Security sources said that by installing those cameras the army will titans its hold on the…
Troops install cameras at the Gaza International Airport
Monday, Israeli troops occupying the Gaza International Airport in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, installed surveillance cameras in the airport’s high buildings, the Palestinian News Agency,…
Gunmen attack a PA Officer and steal his car, two guards injured
Major Haitham Sha’ban, Palestinian security top officer was attacked by unknown gunmen who also stole his car and injured two of his bodyguards, Monday at noon. Palestinian security sources reported…
Israeli Forces Step up Violent attacks in Bethlehem
Israeli Forces have recently escalated their military operations in the in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, arresting several people, invading towns, erecting road closures, and violently attacking residents. Eyad…
‘The Israelis are engaged in the deliberate systematic murder of Palestinian democracy’
A statement issued today by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs denounced the violence being carried out by the Israeli army against unarmed people and Palestinian representatives. “…The…
Army closes the main Nablus road
The Israeli army troops closed the main Nablus road on Monday at noon, which connects the southern West Bank cities together. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers closed the road near…
Army takes two prisoners during an invasion to Nablus
The Israeli army took two prisoners during an invasion in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday at dawn. The invasion targeted Balata refugee camp and the nearby village of…
Army claims to injure four Palestinian resistance fighters at Kitsofem crossing in Gaza
Troops stationed at Kitsofem border crossing in the eastern Gaza Strip injured four Palestinian resistors on Monday morning, the Israeli army claimed. The Israeli newspaper Yideot Ahranot reported that the…
Army takes 10 prisoners in the West Bank and tries to assassinate two residents in Tulkarem
Two residents from the West Bank city of Tulkarem escaped an assassination attempt by the Israeli army, while the army took 10 prisoners in several other West Bank areas on…
Israel warns of continuing attacks against Hezbollah
Israeli sources reported on Sunday that Israel is preparing for a “net round of war” against the Lebanon based Hezbollah party and vowed to prevent the Lebanese army deployment until…
Army arrests PLC secretary in the West Bank
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian Legislative Council secretary Dr. Mahmoud Ahmad Al Ramahy, after breaking into his home in Al Janan neighborhood, in Al Biereh City in the northern…
Hezbollah warned not to violate truce
The Lebanese government, in an unprecedented move, has warned Hezbollah against violating the UN-brokered truce. In an implicit warning to the militia, Elias Murr, Lebanon’s defence minister, said on Sunday…
Resident killed, three injured in Nablus
Sunday at dawn, one Palestinian resident was shot and killed, and three were injured, by Israeli military fire after the soldiers fired at a Palestinian Taxi driving between Huwwara town,…
Woman dies of wounds sustained earlier this month
Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday that one woman died on Sunday of swounds suffered during an Israeli shelling to…
Several residents injured east of Dir Al Balah
Palestinian medical and security sources in Dir Al Balah, in the Gaza Strip, reported that Israeli soldiers fired shells at a Palestinian vehicles near the water reserve tanks the belongs…