Month: November 2020

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, a Palestinian home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local activist Ahmad Salah said several army jeeps,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Monday, a nonviolent procession against the establishment of an illegal colonialist outpost west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and abducted two Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, early on Monday, twelve Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army…

A Palestinian man was forced, Sunday, to demolish his home in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, after all attempts to license the property were denied by Israeli courts,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Sunday at night, five young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem, during the funeral ceremony of a slain man, identified as Nour Jamal Shqeir, 37, who…

Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, Monday, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, before bulldozing several sections and installing sand hills. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Sunday, a historic staircase leading the Shuhada Graveyard which is also part of the al-Yousifiyya graveyard, northeast of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, as part of…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Sunday evening, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, in the besieged and impoverished coastal region. The Fishermen Committees of…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian man in Jabal at-Taweel area, in the al-Biereh city, in central West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers attacked a nonviolent…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, three Palestinians from their homes in Beit Kahil town and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local…

Several illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, Palestinian olive orchards northwest of Salfit, in central West Bank, and bulldozed them. Local sources said the colonists invaded approximately 50 Dunams, in the…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian child in Silwan town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Media sources in Silwan said the soldiers invaded the…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee stated, Friday, that a political prisoner, held by Israel, is facing profoundly serious health complications at the Ramla prison clinic, which lacks specialists and…

Four Palestinians were injured, on Friday, one seriously, during the weekly peaceful procession in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Morad…

Published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Posted on 27 November 2020 Protection of Civilians Report | 3-23 November 2020 Latest development (outside the…

Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, seven Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during the weekly nonviolent procession in Beit Dajan village,…

Several illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Friday, Palestinian orchards in Bruqin Palestinian village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, before cutting and uprooting dozens of olive trees. The assailants came…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation after the army attacked two nonviolent processions in Ein Samia…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including two siblings, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army broke into…

Summary for November 19 – 25, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Paris-Geneva, 26 November 2020 – The United States (US) Secretary of State announced on 19 November, that the US State Department would designate as “anti-Semitic” organisations that engage…

Updated: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, and added…

Tzachi Hanegbi, the Israeli Minister of “Settlement Affairs,” has vowed to retroactively legalize dozens of illegal colonialist outposts, installed on Palestinian lands, before the outgoing U.S. President D. Trump leaves…

Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian political prisoner who held a hunger strike for 103 days, rejecting his arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges or trial, was released on Thursday morning. The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian man while driving through the Za’im military roadblock, east of occupied Jerusalem. The army claimed the man tried to ram the soldiers…

The Israeli army, Wednesday, provided cover for dozens of extremist Israeli settlers to invade the archeological site in Sebastia, north of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, according to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Fasayel area, north of Jericho Palestinian city, in the occupied West Bank, and demolished two homes, in addition to sheds. Media sources said the demolished homes,…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, five residential structures, owned by Palestinians in the Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank. The soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the ar-Rakeez area, east of Yatta…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, The PPS…

Israeli soldiers displaced, Tuesday, ten Palestinian families from their homes, in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, to conduct military training. Human Rights activist, Aref Daraghma, stated that…

Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday at dawn, detained eleven Palestinian civilians, including a minor, from the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. It said Israeli forces detained three…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday evening, Palestinian medics and attempted to abduct a wounded young man from their ambulance, at the Tayasir military roadblock, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.…

Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators, on Tuesday, in the northern West Bank, striking 6 with tear-gas canisters, while dozens more suffocated on tear-gas, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

An armed illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Tuesday at night, two Palestinians near Jinsafut Palestinian village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority…

Israeli soldiers ordered, on Tuesday, a Palestinian to halt the construction of his home, in the al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local…

Israeli undercover soldiers repeatedly assaulted and kidnapped, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man, in the at-Tour Palestinian town, in occupied Jerusalem, after regular army units invaded the town and…

Jacqueline Fararja, a lawyer with the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, has reported, Monday, that a detainee from Ramallah, in central West Bank, was diagnosed with the coronavirus,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, four Palestinians, including a husband and his wife, from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the Bab Hotta…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, and…

Armed illegal Israeli settlers, on Sunday, hurled rocks at unarmed Palestinian civilians in the Shushahla hamlet, south of Bethlehem, in south of the West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

The Israeli occupation, on Saturday night, launched at least fifteen airstrikes throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage to targets as well as the surrounding homes, the Palestinian WAFA News…

Several Palestinians, on Saturday at dawn, were detained from various West Bank locations, and a number of them were injured by Israeli soldiers, the Palestinian Information Center reported Local sources…

Israeli forces, Saturday, provided cover for dozens of extremist Israeli colonists, who invaded Palestinian property in al-Tuwana village, south of Hebron in southern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man while crossing the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Kamal Bani Odah, the head…

Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Friday, large areas of Palestinian lands owned by villagers of the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources said…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, a Palestinian child, during a procession in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers attacked dozens of…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a procession in Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured many Palestinians. Hundreds of residents marched from the village…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, one Palestinian and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation after the army attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians, and abducted one medic, when the army and illegal colonists attacked a nonviolent procession protesting the installation of a new outpost on their lands,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, while he was crossing a military roadblock in the Northern Plains. The head…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia Refugee Camp, north of Jerusalem, injuring several Palestinian civilians who resisted the incursion. A large Israeli force stormed the camp, which was met…

Amnesty: 19 November 2020, 15:49 UTC Responding to the United States Department of State announcement designating the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as antisemitic and planning to identify organizations…

Summary for November 12 – 18, 2020 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 invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The…

Illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Thursday evening, Palestinian homes, cars, and water tanks, in Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage. Taiseer Abu…

Israeli soldiers handed, Thursday, demolition orders targeting Palestinian structures east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem. Fares Rafiq, a Palestinian from Qalqilia,…

In a move that frequently precedes illegally occupying Palestinian lands, several Israeli colonists invaded farmlands in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and plowed them.…

The following is a portion of the transcript of Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefing the UN Security Council on the Situation in the Middle…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (UN-OCHA) Summary for October 2020 Removal of donor-funded network disrupts water supply to over 1,000 people…

A Palestinian official announced, on Tuesday, that the relationship between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation will resume, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Chairman of the General…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Wadi Hilweh Palestinian neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, to accompany an American delegation visiting an illegal colonialist…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the neighborhood and assaulted the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian lands in the az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and placed orders informing the owner he must stop working on his land…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Kisan Palestinian village, east of Bethlehem city, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and ordered four Palestinians to stop the construction of their homes.…

Israeli soldiers closed, Wednesday, Palestinian agricultural roads, near the bypass road east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The coordinator of the Popular and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man at a military roadblock near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Montaser Sammour, the head…

On Wednesday, dozens of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, accompanied by soldiers, invaded the archeological area in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The Mayor…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, ten Palestinians, and summoned for interrogation Jerusalem Affairs Minister, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…

Illegal Israeli settlers, Tuesday, assaulted a Palestinian child, and soldiers assaulted the boy’s father in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian WAFA News reported. Local activist, Imad Abu…

The following is a portion of the transcript of Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Situation in the…

By The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA): The Arab League rejected today, Israel’s new settlement project north of occupied Jerusalem. In a statement, the Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before handing orders for the demolition of a home and its garden, in the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the al-Farisiyya Palestinian Bedouin community in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, and demolished a residential structure. Human rights activist, Aref Daraghma, stated that…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Qalandia refugee camp, north of the occupied Jerusalem, and injured many Palestinians during ensuing protests. Local sources said many army jeeps invaded the refugee…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and…

The Israeli authorities continue to deny a Palestinian female detainee, Israa’ Ja’abis, the urgently needed surgeries and medical treatment resulting from the serious burns to %50 of her body, before…

Several armored Israeli vehicles invaded, Tuesday, Palestinian farmlands near the perimeter fence, east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the…

Several representatives of the European Union (EU) in Israel and Palestine visited the site of a proposed Israeli settlement on Monday, issuing a strong condemnation of the Israeli plan to…

A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Tuesday, Palestinian lands in Battir town, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and installed a tent. Hasan…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinian detainees who are infected with the Coronavirus in Israeli prisons has arrived to 132 after a detainee was…

A Palestinian father and his son were forced, Monday, to demolish their own homes in occupied Jerusalem, after the city council issued a demolition order and threatened excessive fines and…

Israeli soldiers, and personnel of the so-called “Negev Development Authority,” demolished a Palestinian home, Sunday, in Khirbat al-Watan Bedouin village in the Negev, rendering a mother and her six children…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, many Palestinian communities in the Old City and the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and conducted military drills. Eyewitnesses said dozens…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, a Palestinian home, and bulldozed lands, in Artas village, south of Bethlehem, in addition to an under-construction commercial structure, in Deir Sharaf town, west of Nablus,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least sixteen Palestinians, including a child and one woman, from several parts of the occupied West…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, several Palestinian structures at the main junction of Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Several army jeeps, and bulldozers, invaded the area after the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seven Palestinians after the army invaded and violently searched many homes across the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West…

Israeli occupation forces, Saturday, shot and injured two Palestinian demonstrators at the weekly march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, the Palestinian Information…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian, summoned another for interrogation and installed roadblocks, in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers…

Many Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, attacked, Sunday, several farmers east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour,…

Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, many Palestinian workers near the al-Midya village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Medical sources said many Palestinian workers suffered the severe effects…

This is a statement by the Israeli Peace Now Movement The Tender in Givat Hamatos Opened with 1,257 units Press Release – Peace Now Movement This morning (15/11/20), the [Israeli]…

In the pre-dawn hours on Sunday, two rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel in what some commentators are saying was a malfunction in the launching mechanism due to the…

Israeli soldiers, on Friday, fired rubber-coated steel rounds and tear-gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured three Palestinians, including one who was shot with live fire. Media…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, the foundations of a Palestinian home in Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of…

Press Release: UN: Between January and October 2020, Israeli forces carried out 42 incursions inside Gaza; Al Mezan, Gisha, Adalah to Israel: Investigate the incursions. 11-11-2020 13:29 Short Link: http://mezan.org/en/post/23849 On 13…

Summary for November 5 – 11, 2020 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 assaulted, Thursday, an elderly Palestinian man while picking his olive trees in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local…

On Thursday, the Israeli army said that it located, near Jerusalem, the corpse of one of its soldiers, who went missing Tuesday, and added that it was investigating the circumstances…