Month: July 2021

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (July 15 – 28, 2021)                                                                                      Israeli forces continued to commit…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Morad Eshteiwi, the spokesperson of the Popular…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 435 Palestinians during protests against the illegal colonialist activities in three areas in Beita town, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Jibril, the…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA oPt) Protection of Civilians Report (July 13-26, 2021) Latest developments (after the reporting period) On…

The Israeli High Court denied an appeal for the release of Palestinian detainee, held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention order, and started an open-ended hunger strike 18 days ago. He…

The Israeli government held a meeting to assess the security situation in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip and decided to ease some restrictions, including expanding the fishing zone. The…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, in Hebron and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron, in…

On Friday at dawn, a group of illegal Israeli colonizers, squatting on stolen Palestinian lands, cut six wooden phone poles leading to a home in Burin town, south of the…

In a serious escalation, the Israeli occupation army killed a young man participating in the funeral procession of the slain Palestinian child, Mohammad Moayyad Bahjat al-‘Allami, 11, shot and killed…

Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Thursday afternoon, a young Palestinian man, and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Beit Ummar town, north of…

The Israeli Agriculture Ministry has allocated $1.17 Million to illegal colonialist outposts on stolen, privately-owned Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank. Israeli daily Haaretz said the “Agriculture Ministry” said…

Israeli soldiers and colonialist settlers invaded, Thursday, the archaeological site in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, stated…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the headquarters of “Defense For Children International – Palestine Branch (DCI-Palestine) in Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in the al-Biereh city near Ramallah, in central…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian research and development center in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and searched it before confiscating computers, in addition to…

The Israeli navy attacked, on Thursday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats in the northern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, before abducting two fishermen. Zakariya Bakr of the…

The Israeli occupation authorities released, Wednesday, a Palestinian fisherman who was abducted seven years ago while fishing in Gaza territorial waters. The Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Daoud Bakr, was transferred…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinians during protests in ‘Aseeda area in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Media sources said several…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, July 29, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli High Court today issued a decision freezing the eviction of three Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian child at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources…

A Palestinian family, on Tuesday, began the demolition or their apartment in Al-Tur town, occupied Jerusalem, under orders from the Israeli occupation authorities, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported.…

July 27, 2021 – Human Rights Watch Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups carried out attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel that violated the…

Palestinians who protested the illegal expropriation of a spring by Israeli settlers, Tuesday, were pepper-sprayed, while one was detained by Israeli soldiers in the Ein al-Hilwa area of the northern…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man near Beita Junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The incident led to protests before the…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that fifteen detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a journalist, in Nablus city, in northern West Bank, after the army accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb,…

Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Jenin city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, shot a young Palestinian man and abducted two. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a young man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources…

A group of Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, started the construction work of a new outpost around a water spring they fenced last Sunday. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, several Palestinian homes, and installed roadblocks, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to installing many roadblocks. Update: The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Beita, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a Palestinian from his home, in addition to…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands, Monday, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them while firing live rounds. Media…

Palestinian medical sources have confirmed, Monday, that a teen died from serious wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him in the neck near Ramallah, in central West Bank, 74…

On Sunday, Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, installed a fence around a water spring in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, before preventing the shepherds…

HEBRON, Sunday, July 25, 2021 (WAFA) – Illegal Israeli settlers embarked today on rebuilding a colonial settlement outpost that was evacuated two months ago near the town of Yatta, in…

The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian to demolish his home in Jabal al-Mokabber, allegedly for being built without a permit. The Palestinian, Ali Khalil…

Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, one Palestinian and abducted two others near Jenin, in northern West Bank, in addition to abducting a teenage boy near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, and…

Israeli soldiers shot, Saturday, three Palestinians during a nonviolent procession near Tayasir military roadblock, east of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank. The Palestinians were marching after illegal Israeli colonizers installed…

Israeli soldiers suppressed the weekly non-violent demonstration held in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia City, in northern occupied West Bank, according to a local official. Morad Eshteiwi, the media…

Hundreds of Palestinians held, Friday, the funeral procession of a woman who was killed by Israeli army fire on June 12th of this year, at the Qalandia Terminal, north of…

Medical sources have confirmed, Friday, that Israeli soldiers injured 320 Palestinians, including some who suffered life-threatening wounds, during protests in Sbeih Mountain in Beita town, south of the northern West…

Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a Palestinian teenage boy in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the slain…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | June 2021

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, seven Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly nonviolent procession against the Israeli colonialist activities in Beit Dajan…

Thirteen Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with the open-ended hunger strikes, demanding to be released. The detainees are…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including former political prisoners, and injured one, after the army invaded Nablus, Jenin, and Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. Media…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, three Palestinians from Qalqilia and Jenin, in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bilal Daoud, 29, from…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources said several armored army jeeps invaded the Bakoush…

A young Palestinian man died, on Wednesday evening, while being held at the al-Maskobiyya detention center and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem. His family said he was tortured while under interrogation.…

Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian car near Ramallah, in central West Bank, wounding a father and his son, in addition to causing damage. Ghassan Daghlas,…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, Tuesday, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them. Media sources said the military vehicles…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian and assaulted his brothers, near Nablus, in northern West Bank, and one near Hebron, in the southern part, in addition to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, Jaba’ town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, abducted two Palestinians and injured two others. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several areas in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and nearby villages and towns, before invading and searching homes, and abducted six…

Father Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli escalation and ongoing invasions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in…

A large group of illegal Israeli colonizers accompanied by soldiers, invaded on Sunday evening, the at-Tira neighborhood in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses said the colonists and…

Israeli colonialist settlers attacked and injured, Sunday, a Palestinian man, 62, in front of his home, in addition to assaulting several young men, in Tal Romedia neighborhood in Hebron city,…

Deifallah al-Fayez, the spokesperson of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, strongly denounced the Israeli violations and escalation in the Al-Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Al-Fayez stated that these violations against the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, at least seven Palestinians in Jenin, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, during massive invasions and violent searches of homes. The Jenin office…

After more than 2100 illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, on Sunday morning, the soldiers assaulted dozens of…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 18, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of nine Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are currently on hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention without a…

Army Orders Scout Troop To Remove Palestinian Flag Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, a scout summer camp for the Arab Christian Orthodox Church in Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, south…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, July 18, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces and scores of Israeli settler fanatics broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday early morning, attacking…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Saturday night, several Palestinians, especially young men, and abducted some of them in Silwan, the Old City, al-Misrara, and many other areas in occupied Jerusalem, and…

By Akram al-Waara for Middle East Eye Aisha Abu Awwad was up at the crack of dawn on 7 July, ready for her usual morning routine. She let her sheep…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters, holding sit-in protests in Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the…

HEBRON, Saturday, July 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today attacked a sit-in protest staged in condemnation of Israeli settlers’ continuous attacks against Palestinians in the al-Tiwani area, east…

Report by The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. In the occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OPT). Latest developments (after the reporting period) On 14 July, Israeli forces confiscated at least…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, two Palestinians, including one who was assaulted by illegal colonialist settlers and summoned to others for interrogation, in Jenin and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for June 29 – July 12, 2021 Highlights from the reporting period On 3 July, Israeli…

Palestinians held a peaceful protest in Abu Dis town, on Friday, demanding the Israeli occupation authorities hand over the body of Palestinian Dr. Mai Afaneh, 29, who was slain by…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Morad Eshteiwi, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Annexation…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, at least seven Palestinians with live fire, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Beita and Beit Dajan towns, south, and…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, several Palestinians during a nonviolent procession against the illegal takeover of Palestinian lands to pave a new road for the army and the colonialist settlers in…

Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded farmlands near Ein al-Baida village, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank and bulldozed them.…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Thursday evening, that five detainees in Israeli prisons started an open-ended hunger strike protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…

On Thursday, an Israeli colonialist settler, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, fired live rounds at a Palestinian near Nablus, in northern West Bank, and injured him. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, ‘Anin village and Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before abducting seven Palestinians, including a father and his…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted a Palestinian from his home. Media sources said the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers bulldozed and desecrated, on Thursday evening, large sections of the oldest and largest ancient Canaanite cemetery in occupied Palestine, the Maan News Agency has reported. Maan said the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Khirbat Hamsa Bedouin community, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, dismantled a residential tent and confiscated it. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian Authority official…

The “Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission” has reported that Israeli is planning to build hundreds of units in the illegal Gush Etzion colonialist block, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied…

Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, three young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian man from Hebron, in southern West Bank, while he was crossing back into the West Bank after visiting relatives in Jordan. Local sources said…

NABLUS, Thursday, July 15, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers continued today to set up mobile homes near the villages of Jalud and Qariot, to the south of the occupied West…

NABLUS, Thursday, July 15, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Thursday demolished a water reservoir set up on lands belonging to the villages of Beit Dajan, to the east of the…

RAMALLAH, July 14, 2021 (Anadolu Agency) – Around 100 former Israeli soldiers who were stationed in the occupied West Bank have demanded Israel’s defense and internal security ministers to put…

Illegal Israeli colonists, on Wednesday, cut 150 Palestinian-owned olive trees in Burin village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians, including two siblings, and former political prisoners, from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Mousa Hamayel, the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a barn and handed demolition orders targeting two, in Nabi Samuel village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Resident Ibrahim Obeid said dozens of…

Israeli soldiers injured, earlier Wednesday, a young Palestinian man and abducted another in the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas in northeastern West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday morning dismantled 11 residential structures in the Bedouin community of al-Qabbun, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah,…