Month: August 2006

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An Israeli police sources in Jerusalem, reported that the police announced on Wednesday that the Al Aqsa Mosque will be closed to non-Muslim visitors on Thursday. Yet, any Muslim man…

Thursday, two Israeli soldiers were killed and at least 13 were injured in fierce gun battles with Hezbollah fighters in Eita Al Sha’ab area, and in several villages in southern…

Israeli army troops broke into the house of Awwad Al-Masalma, located in the village of Beit Awa, west of the West Bank city of Hebron, late on Wednesday night. According…

Thursday, Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery areas in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza strip. Scores of tank shells hit residential areas in Al Sha’af area north…

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

After an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Qana, Lebanon Sunday, killing 56 Lebanese civilians, including 38 children, Israeli military spokespeople attempted to excuse their targeting of civilians by saying…

Eleven Israeli soldiers were injured in Wednesday clashes with Hezbollah fighters as the army expanded its ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Several Israelis were injured by Katusha rockets fired into…

Scores of residents from the villages of Al-Jedayda and Al-Makar, located inside the green line, protested on Wednesday against the Israeli attacks on the Lebanese and Palestinians.  Among the participants…

Aid groups have been unable to deliver supplies to southern Lebanon due to Israel’s and Hezbollah’s failure to assure their safety.   For nearly three weeks the UN World Food…

At least ten Israeli army reservists living in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank have threatened to refuse service if called up to fight in Lebanon, Haaretz newspaper reported. …

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

Right wing Israeli settlers continued their attacks against people’s land and property in northern areas of the Jordan Valley.   According to local residents, settlers attacked their ranches and houses,…

Zakaria Hammad, 25, was taken prisoner at Bel’a checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Wednesday afternoon.   Eyewitnesses reported that Hammad was in a taxi trying to…

The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) survey, released Wednesday, showed 70 percent of Palestinians showing various degrees of support for current President Mahmoud Abbas, a member of the Fatah…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby village of Doura, and took two residents prisoners, the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society…

The fires continued to burn this week at a seaside power plant, the source of 15,000 tons of heavy fuel oil that spilled into pristine Mediterranean waters after an Israeli…

People walk the dusty, broken roads in scorching summer heat, taking shelter in the basements of empty buildings. In Gaza and , in the refugee camps of Khan Younis, Rafah…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli military aircraft raided the Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Wednesday. Sources say that the Israeli military was…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli military aircraft raided the Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Wednesday. Sources say that the Israeli military was…

Israeli army jet fighters fired several missiles at areas west of Gaza city, no injures were reported yet. Two missiles hit Palestinian police station in the Sudaniya area North West…

Soliman Amran, 65, was injured, Wednesday noon, after being hit by an Israeli army tank shell fired at residential area in Al Shoka village east of Rafah city in the…

Top Islamic leaders, including Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, are meeting in Jerusalem today to discuss yesterday’s decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to allow members of Jewish…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday at noon. Troops entered the city from several directions and fired randomly at the residents houses, eyewitnesses reported. The…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Troops and jeeps invaded the village, clashed with resistance fighters, and residents…

Asira Al Shamaliyeh, a town of about 12,000 located a few kilometers north of the mountains from Nablus, has come to suffer under a new aspect of occupation. Asira has…

Israeli soldiers in army humvees chased local residents using hilly farm roads that bypass the army checkpoint set up on the main road between the West Bank cities of Nablus…

The Israeli army invaded the Al Fa’a village and its refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas, Wednesday at dawn. Army jeeps entered the village from several…

Israel called in a sixth ground force brigade early Wednesday as the army prepares for a major ground invasion, the Guardian reported. According to army sources, the 15 000 reserve…

A battle between Hezbollah and Israeli paratroopers raged in Baalbek from Tuesday evening to early this morning. The fighting ended at about 4 a.m. after jets pounded parts of the…

The Israeli army conducted an air, sea and land attacks on several areas in the Gaza strip Wednesday at dawn. In Al Boraj refugee camp, central Gaza, F-16 jet fighters…

The rage and extremism of the Islamic militants in Lebanon and the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza appear incomprehensible to the outside world. The wanton murder, the…

In a detailed report on the Israeli military violations and attacks against the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Israeli soldiers have killed…

Adel Samara is one of thousands of Palestinian-Americans living in the West Bank who have been the targets of what appears to be a new Israeli policy denying them re-entry…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that three two residents, including a child, were killed in the Gaza Strip. A 13-year old child died of wounds…

The Israeli government’s Foreign Ministry is involved in efforts to influence public opinion on the Internet. ‘s Foreign Ministry orders Internet propagandists, so called "trainee diplomats," to skew online polls…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.0 MB   Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle…

Mayesser Abu Zneid, 40, was taken prisoner when Israeli troops invaded the village of Dora near the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning.  Abu Zneid is a mother…

Hundreds of Jerusalem residents protested Tuesday morning in front of the Holy Sepulchre Church in the Old City of Jerusalem against the Qana massacre committed by the Israeli army on…

The Israeli army continued confiscating the ID cards of residents in the northern West Bank city of Tubas Tuesday morning.   Troops set up a checkpoint between the city and…

Israeli army troops and tanks invaded the town of Al-Shoka, east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday morning, with random heavy machine gun fire causing heavy damage to resident’s…

Qatar based Al Jazeera TV reported three Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon Tuesday. Troops shelled Ba’labak area near the Syrian borders and several…

"The Israelis at the Ekhelof hospital appeared ashamed and disappointed of their government’s horrible actions in Gaza, due to the deadly injuries it has been inflicting on Palestinians." “Yousef, Yousef,…

Palestinians living in exile have united to urge Palestinian and Lebanese leaders to resolve the current conflict in the region. The Palestinian citizens sent letters to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that about 15 Israeli troops invaded the town of Tulkarem at dawn Tuesday morning. Sources say that the forces raided the offices of The…

The Israeli troops continued Tuesday morning to close the main entrances of Proqen and Kofr Al-Deek villages west of the West Bank city of Salfit by erecting several check points…

Israeli soldiers detained scores of residents at the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning.  Eyewitnesses reported that troops stopped civilian cars and residents on their…

A delegation from the Nelson Mandela Foundation visited Palestinian political prisoners at two Israeli prisons over the weekend. The delegation visited the Hadareem and Telmond Prisons to investigate living conditions…

Tehran Post reports that Iran’s Defense minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar claims that the nuclear disarmament of the Israeli force would be the best way to establish lasting peace and security…

{mosimage)The capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and the ensuing Israeli retaliation against has created shock waves in the Middle East which are likely to bring about considerable changes,…

"Israel has actually from the early days of the invasion lost most of its deterrence cards against Hezbollah but apparently Hezbollah still has the possibility of disrupting life in central…

The children of Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus took to the streets on Monday to protest the war crimes being committed by the Israeli military and to demonstrate their solidarity…

On Tuesday at dawn  the Israeli army ransacked the offices of  the Mass Press media center in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Soldiers forced their way into the office’s…

Israeli forces invaded the west bank city of Jenin and the nearby Qabatia village on Tuesday morning. Troops and army jeeps entered both Jenin and Qabatia village from different directions…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.0 MB Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East…

Although Israel had declared a 48-hour suspension of air raids after it was universally condemned for the bombing in Qana, the IAF has continued to bomb Southern villages on the…

Hezbollah said it had managed to destroy an Israeli military boat near the shores of Tyre Tuesday night. The ship’s model is Sa’ar 4.5 and had some 53 crew members…

"We are fighting against murderous terrorists and the war will not stop until we clear them from the border.  The fighting continues. There is no ceasefire and there will not…

In an official report, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israeli soldiers took 600 Palestinian residents prisoners since the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from a…

In an official report, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israeli soldiers took 600 Palestinian residents prisoners since the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from a…