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Israeli forces, Saturday night, detained five Palestinians, including a minor, during invasions across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained one Palestinian, identified…
Musa Zahran, 53, a Palestinian under administrative detention in Israeli prison, ended his 15 day hunger strike, on Sunday, to protest his detention without a charge or trial, according to…
United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Highlights 27 inhabited homes demolished since the start of the pandemic, despite announced moratorium. Ten additional structures demolished using expedited…
On Sunday, August 30th, Israeli forces invaded the Damascus Gate area leading into the Old City of Jerusalem, and abducted four Palestinians, three of whom were women, according to local…
The Israeli army shelled, Sunday, two alleged resistance sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, the site sustained material damage, but no human casualties were reported. A Palestinian Information Center (PIC)…
On Sunday, a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem was forced by Israeli authorities to demolish his home — despite the fact that the demolition will render the man, his wife and…
Israeli forces invaded the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of al-Isawiya and al-Wad on Saturday before dawn, breaking into the homes of three Palestinians and abducting them. The three abducted men have…
The Israeli army prevented, on Friday, Palestinians from holding prayers on the citizen-owned lands of Kifl Hares, in the northern West Bank, which is under threat of confiscation by the…
Illegal Israeli settlers, Thursday night, set fire to a Palestinian-owned vehicle and sprayed racist graffiti on walls in Asira al-Qibiliya village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West…
On 29 August 2020, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures regarding the deterioration of the situation in the…
At least one Palestinian civilian was shot and injured, Friday, when Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel rounds at protesters taking part in the weekly Kufur Qaddoum in the northern West…
On Thursday morning, Israeli forces invaded the village of Rojib, east of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, and took measurements of the home of Palestinian prisoner…
The Israeli army, on Wednesday, delivered demolition orders against 3 Palestinian-owned homes and stop-work orders against 6 others in Nahalin town, west of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank,…
The Israeli army, Thursday morning, demolished a Palestinian-owned under construction bakery, and delivered a demolition notice to a carpenter shop in Arraba town, near Jenin, under the pretext of unlicensed…
The Israeli authorities, on Thursday, demolished tents and makeshift homes in the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert in Israel, for the 177th consecutive time the Palestinian…
The Israeli air force launched, Friday morning, two rounds of airstrikes on different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian Information Center’s reporter…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that Wednesday night through Thursday morning, the Israeli forces detained thirteen Palestinian civilians from various parts of the occupied West Bank. From al-Fawwar camp…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary for August 19 – 26, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties,…
The 2 million Palestinians in Gaza face a “double crisis” as they struggle with an acute electricity shortage just as the coronavirus has spread into the community among the vulnerable…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in a statement, confirmed the detention of 24 Palestinians, including a journalist. The PPS stated that at least 10 Palestinian civilians were arrested from several…
An Israeli man, on Wednesday, was reportedly stabbed by a Palestinian worker in Petah Tikva, central Israel, Haaretz reported. The man, Shai Ohayon, 39, a father of four who was…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) July Highlights No casualties reported as a result of hostilities in Gaza for the second month in a row. Exit…
Israeli warplanes, early Wednesday morning, fired missiles at farmland near Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency correspondent. He confirmed that an Israeli…
Two Palestinian-owned homes were demolished Monday night and Tuesday morning, in occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext of construction without a permit, according to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency. In…
Israeli jets and tanks, Tuesday at dawn, bombed Palestinian lands in Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources told the…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli forces, Monday night until Tuesday at dawn, detained four Palestinians from Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank; Wajdi Tawfiq Jayyousi,…
The Israeli forces, on Monday at dawn, detained one Palestinian man from the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, and five from different areas of Tulkarem, according to Alray. Local sources…
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has confirmed that four Palestinians, were killed in an explosion in Gaza city, Monday. Medics and rescue teams first found the corpses…
Israeli authorities delivered, Monday, a number of stop work orders to Palestinians in the southern West Bank village of Birin, east of Hebron City, according to the Palestinian WAFA News…
Israeli warplanes and tanks, Monday at dawn, bombed three targets in Khan Younis in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, local sources reported. The sources told the Palestinian Information Center’s reporter…
The Israeli navy, on Sunday, attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats as they sailed within one nautical mile off the Gaza shore, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local Coordinator of…
A Palestinian family in occupied East Jerusalem refuses to demolish their homes, despite orders issued by the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem, and is facing heavy costs if the municipality…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the al-‘Isawiya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished several residential and agricultural structures. Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said…
Israeli forces, on Saturday, handed demolition notices to Palestinian owners of two buildings in Wadi al-Hummus area, northeast of Bethlehem city, in the southern West Bank, according to a local…
By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC): For more than eleven consecutive nights, the Israeli military forces have bombed Gaza, terrorizing its two million Palestinian inhabitants. Occupied Palestine, 23 August 2020 – In…
Israeli forces, on Friday, invaded Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem while firing of tear-gas bombs, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said that dozens of patients and medical staff suffered…
Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked Palestinian shepherds and chopped down olive trees in Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, while others set up a mobile home on…
The Israeli army shelled sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, early Saturday, and its navy opened fire at fishermen’s boats on the Gaza coast, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. WAFA…
In the northern Qalqilia district of the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinians taking part in the weekly anti-settlements demonstration in the village of Kufur…
Israeli combat helicopters, late Thursday night struck a site west of Khan Younis city in the southern enclave with at least six missiles, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Israeli…
Israeli forces, on Thursday morning, demolished a Palestinian-owned storehouse in Atouf hamlet, south of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local official, Abdullah Bisharat…
By Yousef Alhelou for Middle East Monitor Gaza’s two million residents have become accustomed for the past 20 years to Israeli air strikes, ground incursions and naval attacks. In fact,…
The Israeli occupation army, at dawn Thursday, shelled three sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said the Israeli artillery…
Israeli forces, Thursday overnight, detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency. Director of the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Office…
Israeli soldiers killed, late on Wednesday at night a Palestinian teen, and injured at least two others, in Deir Abu Mashal town, west of Ramallah, in central West Bank. The…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…
Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday, dozens of Palestinians participating in the Fourth National Conference against the illegal Annexation and Normalization, in Tormos-Ayya town, north of the central West Bank city of…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the towns of Hizma and al-Judeira, near occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, and demolished an under-construction wall, in addition to handing military orders for…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians, including one woman, in several parts of the occupied West Bank; most of the abducted residents were taken prisoner from occupied…
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Tuesday, a young Palestinian man during protests that erupted in the as-Sal’a neighborhood, in Jabal al-Mokabber, south of occupied East Jerusalem, after the army…
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday morning, an under-construction Palestinian residential building in the as-Sal’a neighborhood, in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said many army jeeps and police…
A young Palestinian man was killed on Saturday evening, August 15th, 2020, when a speeding Israel colonists’ car struck him near a military roadblock, south of Tulkarem, in northern West…
By The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC): The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement strongly slammed in a statement the recent normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel,…
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Tuesday at dawn, several missiles into Palestinian lands, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the besieged coastal region. Media sources said…
Israeli soldiers killed, Monday, a young Palestinian man near Bad Hotta, one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly after he attacked officers, wounding one.…
Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists burnt, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti, in Beit Safa town, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Sunday morning, 16 August 2020, Israeli authorities announced complete closure of the Gaza sea, allegedly in response to the launch of incendiary…
Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, a Palestinian man with special needs at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired live rounds at the man, 60 years…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seven Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office…
The Israeli army fired, during early dawn hours Monday, several missiles into two sites in the Gaza Strip, causing damage. The army said it was retaliating to flammable balloons reportedly…
A Palestinian worker was shot and injured, Sunday, by an Israeli soldier near the Israeli apartheid wall, near Far’un village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, according to…
Chairman of the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority, Zafer Melhem, said that the Gaza Strip’s only power plant will cease operating at full capacity by next Tuesday. The sole…
Israeli military bulldozers began, Sunday, to raze Palestinian-owned lands of the village of Shufa, near the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, according to local sources. Local activist, Tahseen…
Protection of Civilians Report | 28 July – 10 August 2020 Latest Development 12-13 August: Following the continued launching of incendiary balloons from Gaza, which has resulted in the burning…
According to local sources, a group of right-wing Israeli colonial settlers, accompanied by an Israeli military escort, invaded Palestinian land in the northern West Bank and uprooted dozens of olive…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that five residents were injured, on Saturday at night, by live rounds fired by Israeli soldiers, stationed in a military base across the perimeter fence,…
On Saturday night, Israeli warplanes launched a number of missiles at Palestinian civilian areas in the northern, southern and eastern West Bank, according to local sources. The areas hit include…
By: Marwan E. Toubassi, Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Greece: Press statement issued by the Embassy of the State of Palestine to Greece Regarding the Tripartite Joint Declaration between…
After a phone meeting with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, announced a “full normalization…
Two Palestinian families from Silwan, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, were forced to demolish their homes, after the city council constantly refused to license them, and had to resort…
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, two Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army invaded al-Midya village, west of the central West Bank city of…
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, four Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during the weekly procession against illegal annexation wall and colonies, and the continued closure…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, at least ten Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and…
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, Palestinian protesters in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted a young man. Media sources…
Israeli navy attacked, Friday, many Palestinian fishing boats in Beit Lahia Sea, in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding one fisherman. Media sources said the navy fired…
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday at night, many missiles into many areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding four two women, one of them pregnant, and two children, in several…
Press Release: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Wednesday, 12 August 2020, Israeli authorities announced new restrictions on the movement of goods entering the Gaza Strip and reduced…
PCHR Weekly Report for July 29 – August 12, 2020 SUMMARY Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, fourteen Palestinians, including the brother of a woman was killed by the army on August 7th, from several…
Israeli soldiers shot, Thursday, two Palestinians near the gate of the Annexation Wall, in Far’un village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and in Shweika area, north…
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists, squatting on stolen Palestinian lands, burnt a bulldozer, and attacked a home, in ‘Aseera al-Qibliyya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…
Israeli soldiers started, Thursday, the uprooting and bulldozing of Palestinian lands, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, in preparation for paving a new segregated road for the…
A heartbreaking report by Israeli journalist Gideon Levy has laid bare the story of 22-year old Jalal Sharafi, who died last month when his urgent application to transfer to an…
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, many missiles into several parts of the Gaza Strip, causing damage to many buildings, including twenty homes and at least one…
Israeli warplanes, early Wednesday morning, bombed a number of targets across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency correspondent. He said that Israeli fighter jets fired missiles…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli authorities’ decision to close the Gaza Strip’s sole commercial crossing “Karm Abu Salem” (Kerem Shalom) and warns of its…
On Wednesday, the Israeli military invaded two Palestinian villages east of Salfit in the north-central West Bank and used armored bulldozers to raze large tracts of Palestinian-owned land. The troops…
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Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, two Palestinian residential tents in the al-Fakheet, Khirbat Maghayir al-Abeed and Susiya villages, near Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Fuad…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Palestinian olive orchards near Wad Rahhal village, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and uprooted more than 100 saplings. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a three-story residential building under the pretext of being constructed without a permit. Media…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians, including a husband, his wife, and two of their children, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank,…
On Monday alone, Israeli soldiers demolished more than four Palestinian homes, in addition to a water reservoir, under the allegations of being built without permits from the Israeli occupation authorities,…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied…
Israeli soldiers released, Monday, a Palestinian man who was abducted by the army during a nonviolent procession against the constant violations by the soldiers and the illegal colonialist settlers against…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Khirbit Beit Iskariya village, isolated by the illegal Gush Etzion colonialist bloc, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished a Palestinian home. Hasan…
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Sunday at night, missiles into a building in Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources in Gaza said…
Israeli soldiers fired, Sunday, several artillery shells into Palestinian farmlands, and a site believed to be run by an armed resistance group, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central part…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinians, including four former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS)…
Several extremist Israeli colonists attacked, Sunday, many Palestinian cars near Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing damage in addition to injuring one Palestinian. Ghassan…