Month: April 2021

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night, a young Palestinian man in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (WAFA) – For the second night in a row, Israeli police banned the entry of Ramadan Iftar meals to Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s…

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and the Khatib of the Al-Aqsa Mosque called on all Arab and Muslim leaders, and Muslims around the world, to act on…

The Spanish government has been accused of allowing Mossad, the intelligence wing of the Israeli occupation, to interrogate a Palestinian journalist who is seeking refuge in Spain, Al-Araby reported. While…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Wednesday at night, many young Palestinian men while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after conducting prayers in the holy site. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the young…

Security camera footage shows that this Palestinian boy was shot in the eye as he stood in a sheltered place with his cousin, doing nothing. Rights groups have long condemned…

AMMAN, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (WAFA) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned the ongoing Israeli violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, the latest…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday, many Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Many soldiers and police officers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Bab Hutta in the Old…

On Tuesday, as Muslims worldwide commenced the annual holy month of Ramadan with prayers and fasting, Israeli forces blocked access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a holy site revered…

Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank has risen markedly in recent months, with assaults and property destruction occurring in an atmosphere of impunity, the…

The New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada has voted to support the rights of the Palestinian people, with an 80% majority voting for the resolution named ‘Justice and Peace for…

The Palestinian Ministry of Culture issued a statement, Tuesday, denouncing the Israeli army’s abduction of a young female writer in Yassid village, northeast of the northern West Bank city of…

Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds, on Tuesday morning, into Palestinian farmlands in the al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at night and Tuesday morning, five Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including one from the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded…

Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night, a Palestinian doctor from his home in the al-Biereh city, near Ramallah, in central West Bank. The soldiers invaded the home of…

Adalah Press Release: Court authorizes Cyber Unit to continue operating in the shadows, conducting quasi-judicial censorship without allowing social media users to defend their rights or even to know that…

On Monday, Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded farmlands south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and bulldozed them. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official…

The Israeli occupation authorities have announced that they will impose a complete closure on the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported. An army spokesman stated…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, a home in Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said many army vehicles, including…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, a Palestinian tent, in addition to confiscating agricultural equipment, generators and doors, in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the…

Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers infiltrated, late on Sunday at night, into Bruqin village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and attacked a car driving into the town, causing…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, four Palestinians, including siblings and a former political prisoner, in the Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The…

Israeli soldiers carried out, earlier Monday, massive and violent invasions, and searches of homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, abducted two Palestinians…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, four young Palestinian men in Jerusalem, and two in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, ten Palestinians from the same family in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, after the army stormed and ransacked…

On Sunday evening, a squadron of Israeli troops invaded the Palestinian town of al-Khader, in the southern part of the West Bank, and demolished an agricultural building belonging to a…

By Professor Kamel Hawwash for Middle East Monitor: On 5 February, Palestinians saw a long tunnel open and a light flicker in the distance for justice. The International Criminal Court…

On Sunday, Israeli colonialist settlers, accompanied by many soldiers, invaded large areas of Palestinian lands in the al-Baq’a area, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West…

HEBRON, Sunday, April 11, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces forced, Sunday, Palestinian farmers out of their land in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the southern part…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that three political prisoners, held by Israel, are ongoing with their hunger strike, two of them protesting their Administrative Detention, without charges…

Updated: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, three Palestinians during invasions and searches of homes in Hebron and Ramallah governorates, in the southern…

Israeli military vehicles, including armored bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, earlier on Sunday morning, east of the Central District of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said at least five military…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, the northern and eastern areas of Bruqin town, west of Salfit in central West Bank, before launching a drone to photograph several Palestinian homes, structures, and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from their homes in Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three young men from their homes in Harmala village, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at night, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured several Palestinians. Mohammad Awad, a media activist in Beit…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, three Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and confiscated a car in Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, in the West Bank.…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed, Friday, that another detainee has contracted Covid-19 in Ofer Israeli prison where dozens of detainees are held in dire living conditions, and lack…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest the escalating illegal colonialist activities in Sheikh Jarrah, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, wounding 9 Palestinians, including one journalist. The Palestinian…

Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a child lost his right eye, Friday, after an Israeli soldier shot him with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in Bab az-Zawiya area, in the…

Israeli soldiers detained, Friday, two Palestinian shepherds for several hours, in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Nabil Obeyyat, a…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens of nonviolent protesters to suffer the effects of…

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) strongly condemns Israel’s decision to refuse cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it announced opening an investigation into possible war crimes…

The head of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian detainee who spent seventeen years in Israeli prisons, especially in solitary confinement in…

  Summary for April 1 – 7, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night and Thursday morning, six Palestinians, including two children and three former political prisoners, in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, six Palestinians from the same family, including a father and his three sons, after the army invaded a residential building in Hebron city, in the southern…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that a detainee, identified as Saed Abu Obeid, 41, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, started a hunger strike four…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Wednesday evening, that the hunger-striking detainee, Emad al-Batran, has suspended his hunger strike after reaching an agreement for his release in July.…

An elderly Palestinian woman was killed, on Wednesday morning, after being rammed by the speeding vehicle of an illegal Israeli colonialist settler at the western entrance of the Sammoa’ town,…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, three Palestinian structures in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Jamil Abu al-Hummus, said the soldiers and personnel of the City Council in occupied Jerusalem, accompanied…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday morning, many rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian shepherds near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza strip. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Wednesday morning, many Palestinian street vendors, and confiscated their goods, in the Old City of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted several…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, twenty Palestinians, including former political prisoner, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during massive invasions and violent searches of homes and property. In…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, several homes in Marah Rabah village and the al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and interrogated…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, the funeral procession of a Palestinian man, who was killed by army fire earlier in the day, near Ramallah, in central West Bank. Local sources said…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported, Tuesday, that the health condition of the hunger-striking detainee, Emad al-Batran, is rapidly worsening, as he continues his strike for the…

Illegal Israeli colonists assaulted, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian mother, and her toddler, in the Shuhada Street, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while on…

Illegal Israeli colonialist settlers assaulted, Tuesday, Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after they attacked a child and were…

IsraelPalestineNews.org: The Washington Post claimed, in spite of clear evidence to the contrary, that Israel had never destroyed Palestinian Covid clinics. In fact Israel is guilty of this and a…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today denounced the Israeli army killing of a Palestinian man near Ramallah and injuring his wife,…

  By Zahran Maali for WAFA 9 bullets penetrated the body of the 17-year-old boy, Muhammad Khader Al-Sheikh Al-Naheil, from the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, on August 15,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, senior political leaders of the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, including one woman, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers installed roadblocks around the…

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 05, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestine today urged the Middle East International Quartet to pressure Israel into allowing elections for the legislative council planed on May 22 in…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians, and assaulted one causing various wounds, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded the Hindaza Mountain area,…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian man, and injured his wife, after opening fire at their car near the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man near Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS)…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Khirbat Hamsa al-Foqa Bedouin village, in the Northern Plains the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and photographed several residential tents, and barns. Local sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian woman at a military roadblock near her town, Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Media activist,…

Israeli soldiers installed, Monday, two mobile homes on private Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official…

A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers uprooted, Sunday, more than one hundred olive saplings in Qusra town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Emad Hasan, a…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians, including a father and his teenage son, in several parts of the West Bank and the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Two…

Israeli navy ships fired, Monday, many rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Gaza Sea, in the besieged coastal region. The attack came just one…

A Palestinian man was forced to demolish his own home, Sunday, in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of not obtaining a permit. Local sources said the Palestinian,…

Palestinian farmers from Battir town, west of Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, confronted and managed to prevent a group of illegal Israeli colonists…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a young Palestinian man Saturday night in the village of Qatanna, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that the soldiers abducted him while he lay…

Israeli soldiers summoned, Saturday, a Palestinian child from Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, for interrogation at a military base in Hebron city. Local…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) biweekly Protection of Civilians Report On 19 March a 45-year-old Palestinian man who was allegedly throwing stones at Israeli…

Israeli forces, on Friday, suppressed the weekly peaceful procession in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, shooting two photojournalists with sponge-tipped rounds and causing dozens of others to suffocate on teargas,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and injured many Palestinians. Local sources said the soldiers resorted…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians holding the weekly nonviolent procession in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured six Palestinians, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Thursday, the eastern area of Nablus city, in northern West Bank, and injured five Palestinians with live fire. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two teenage boys, in Hebron, in southern West Bank, in addition to one Palestinian, who was abducted late on Thursday…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus, and a young man from Jenin, in northern West Bank. Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli colonialist settlers bulldozed, on Thursday night after midnight, Palestinian lands in Battir town, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Omar al-Qaisi, the owner of…

Israeli soldiers conducted, Thursday, various invasions into many parts of the occupied West Bank, before abducting several Palestinians in addition to injuring many others, while Israeli colonialist settlers continued their…

Weekly Summary for March 25 – 31, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities…

The Israeli army suppressed a non-violent demonstration, on Tuesday, as Palestinians commemorated the 45th Anniversary of Land Day, in Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in northern West Bank. According to Quds…