Peretz orders expansion of Gaza operations
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Monday during a session for the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that he gave orders to expand the military operations in the…
Palestine Today – October 16, 2006
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11 Egyptian detainees in Israeli Jails continue their hunger strike
Palestinian detainees in Nigaze Israeli detention center said on Monday that 11 Egyptian political detainees continued today their hunger strike that started one week ago. The 11 detainees were taken…
US Funds Alternatives to Hamas
In line with America’s policy to render Hamas ineffective, the US is now funding alternative political groups. The US plans to spend $42 million to provide operational and strategic support…
Adwan: `“Jordan plans to transfer Palestinian refugee to Canada`
Atef Adwan, the Palestinian Minister of Refugees, said that Jordan is planning to transfer transfer hundreds of Palestinians, who fled violence in Iraq, to Canada. Refugees in the occupied West…
Settlers annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian lands near Hebron
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the Susia illegal settlement outpost, east of Yatta town in Hebron district, annexed 150 Dunams of farmlands, plowed them and planted…
Israeli air froce carried a fake airstrike in Nablus
The Israeli Air Force conducted a fake air strike over the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday afternoon. Local residents said the sound was so powerful that it was…
Unknown gunmen attack a governmental office in Bethlehem city, damage reported
Unknown gunmen broke on Monday into the offices of the Joint Services Council of the Ministry of Local Government, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday at dawn,…
Hamas denies obtaining Russian-made missiles
Israeli military sources claimed that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, managed to obtain dozens of Russian-made missiles that could hit targets 4 kilometers away. The missiles, according to the Israeli…
Palestinian resident killed in an explosion east of Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian youth was killed in an explosion that took place east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…
Settlers construct an illegal outpost in Hebron
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron constructed an illegal settlement outpost east of Yatta village, south of the city. The illegal construction is located south of…
Settlers plan on expansion in the Northern Plains of the West Bank
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of Sal'it and Michola, in the Northern Plains area of the Occupied West Bank, brought bulldozers and construction machines apparently in an…
Peretz to meet with settlement leaders to discuss the option of voluntary evacuation
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet with settlement leaders Monday to discuss plans to leave settlements in the West Bank voluntarily. Senior officials in the Israeli army are to…
Israeli Authorities do not allow MS Palestinian patient medical help
The Israeli authorities did not allow Osama Al Adel, an MS patient from the West Bank city of Qalqilia to travel out of the country for medical treatment after claiming…
Army invades a village near Tulkarem
And Israeli army force invaded the village of Izbat Al Jarad, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, Palestinian soruces reproted. Troops searched and ransacked a…
Army invades Bethlehem, take prisoner two residents
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby Deheisha refugee camp and took two residents prisoners, Monday at dawn. Troops surrounded the houses of Khader Masalmah…
Army invades Nablus takes two prisoners, resistance attacks with three road side bombs
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Moday morning, Palestinian sources reproted. According to eyewitness reports, a number of…
Lieberman to power
Peace-seekers should support the move to bring Avigdor Lieberman into the government. It is impossible to understand the opposition of several Labor party ministers to having Yisrael Beitenu join the…
Palestinian shot and injured by Israeli forces in Rafah
Raed Omar, 36, was injured on Sunday morning by Israeli troops attempting to enter Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources confirmed that Israeli forces shot Omar…
One arrested in Israeli raid on Nablus
Local sources reported that about ten Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday morning, and proceeded to Tunisia Street. The troops surrounded a four-story building, broke…