Author: IMEMC & Agencies

A large Israeli military force has positioned itself at the entrances of the Gaza Strip in apparent preparation for an invasion, Israeli military sources reported on Friday morning. ‘‘We are ready…

Israeli Air Force gun-ships fired five missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, witnesses said. No casualties were reported. Witnesses also said that the Israeli army divided…

Two Palestinians, ages 10 and 18, were killed in fighting between Hamas members and Palestinian security forces in Gaza Friday morning, according to the Arabs 48 web site. At least…

A settler woman was killed Thursday when a homemade Qassam shell hit her home in the Brur Chail kibbutz in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military source reported. The woman was…

Dr. Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that his movement will continue to fight the occupation despite Sharon’s threats to target all of the…

Israeli soldiers violently attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Amateen village east of Qalqilia, and fired at Israeli and International peace activists, and Palestinian residents. Eyewitnesses in…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday morning, four residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and the villages of Doura,…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Aseera, east of Nablus, and arrested one resident. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Sa’ad Mahmoud abu…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday the village of Fahma, south west of Jenin. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers closed the entrances of the village and conducted military…

Palestinian Minister of Economy Mazin Sinnukrut said on Thursday that the Quartet envoy to the Middle East, James Wolfensohn, informed him that there is a progress in Israel’s attitude towards…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday a resident in Qabatia village south the West Bank city of Jenin. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers, supported by armored military jeeps and…

An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers uncovered an explosive workshop in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem after invading it on Wednesday., The army claims that 70kg of…

Shin Bet, the Israeli security service, reported that it arrested five Israelis residing in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. The five Israelis are suspected of organizing traffic blocking demonstrations against…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior has issued a new report on the continuous military violations carried out by the Israeli army in the occupied territories in the period between March…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is slated to go to the Gaza Strip for meetings with leaders of the Palestinian factions and resistance groups, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. Nabil Abu…

A Palestinian resident of Nablus was killed by Israeli military fire after the military invaded the northern West Bank city late Wednesday night, a Palestinian security source reported. The source identified…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Dan Halutz remarked on Thursday that the army might keep Gaza Strip closed to Israelis ‘for as long as required.’ According to Halutz, the decision…

Army arrested Thursday morning ten Residents in three villages in the West Bank , claimed to be Islamic Jihad activists. Israeli soldiers, who invaded the villages, arrested three in Aseerah…

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, announced that they fired three home-made shells at Sderot Settlement in southern Israel . Israeli…

Wednesday evening, a Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that two residents were badly bruised and sustained fractions after soldiers and settlers attacked them in the West Bank city of…

Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli police arrested several young Israeli right-wing women, who attempted to block central streets in Jerusalem during rush hour to protest the disengagement plan. The Israeli police…

Five Israeli soldiers refused military orders concerning the government’s decision to close the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians prior to next month’s scheduled evacuation of settlers, an Israeli military source reported on…

Irineos I, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem who is fighting efforts to remove him from the position, entered the Patriarchate compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday, accompanied with a group…

Two Islamic Jihad operatives were wounded by Palestinian Authority security forces in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. A security source said the PA officers responded to the operatives’…

Two internationals who were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Tuesday night were released Wednesday afternoon after intervention by some Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. The two…

Wednesday afternoon, a group of extremist settlers attacked a home which belongs to a resident of Aseera al-Qibliyya village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt his private…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the town of al-Thaheriyya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in the town reported that soldiers supported by…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Wednesday four barracks in al-Rashaida village, south of Bethlehem. after invading and surrounding it. Fawwaz al-Rashaida, head of al-Rashaida village council, reported that two military bulldozers…

Wednesday morning, a group of extremist settlers of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost attacked and injured a 16 years old girl in Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood, in the center of the…

After the Israeli solders arrested Mahmoud Mohammad Attoun, from Sur Baher town, near Jerusalem in 1992, the family started facing all sorts of harassments and repeated attacks. Mahmoud was sentenced…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave orders to close the Gaza Strip to non-resident Israelis in bid to thwart anti-disengagement plans by the right-wing organizations, to flood the strip with…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers installed three military roadblocks near Tubas and Tammoun in the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that four military jeeps closed its entrance, conducted…

Wednesday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, sealing all its entrances and conducting military searches of homes.  Three residents of the village,identified as…

Two Palestinian residents were killed and two Israeli soldiers were injured after the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. One of the residents killed was a Palestinian policeman.…

The Israeli army has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip until further notice, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday. The closures came after a Palestinian bomber killed three Israelis and…

Wednesday afternoon, an Israeli military source reported that a wired car exploded near the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron. The car exploded near a soccer field, an Israeli military…

The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…

The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…

Tuesday, an Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian detainee to one life term and additional fifty years. The detainee, identified as Ribhi Suleiman Bsharat, was sentenced by the Israeli Salem…

According to recent statements by Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Israeli diplomats will start to renew ties with Muslim nations following the disengagement plan, due to start mid-August, Israeli sources…

The outgoing Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Al Murr survived a failed assassination attempt, in an explosion in Beirut Tuesday.     Two men were killed, and dozens were injured…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Tuesday that he does not appose discussing the Israeli-Egyptian agreement of deploying Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi Route, and added that “he only…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Arab countries to grant citizenship rights to Palestinian refugees, saying that the move would not undermine the refugees’ right of return. In a TV…

A high-ranking official of the Palestinian Authority’s Interior Ministry was attacked and beaten on the streets of Ramallah Tuesday. President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack and promised that Palestinian security…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers closed abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints on Salah Ed-Deen road, the main link between southern and northern sections of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two brothers. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city from several directions…

  Army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.   Troops conducted house-to-house search destroying some of the residents’ property.      Eyewitnesses…

Right-wing activists opposed to Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip planted a fake bomb in a Jerusalem bus Monday evening. Israeli officials described the planting as a terrorist action. ‘This…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that two soldiers were lightly injured when a roadside bomb exploded beside their jeep near a settlement in the Gaza Strip. The two…

An Israeli soldier who admitted that he deliberately shot a Palestinian who was simply observing a peaceful protest has been released from custody. The incident took place two months ago in Bil’in,…

The Israeli army recently put together a “code of ethics” for the pullout from the Gaza Srip, including guidance to soldiers on how to handle anti-pullout activists. A special team…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday one resident in al-Qasaba neighborhood in the old city of Hebron, after he attempted to convince the soldiers release a 17-year-old girl. A Palestinian security…

Nine residents Gaza Strip residents were injured when a homemade shell fired by the resistance at the Gush Katif settlement bloc accidentally exploded near them, according to a Palestinian security source.…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a detainee from al-Tabaqa village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, to a life term. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner society…

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana slammed Israel for the Wall Israel is building around and through Jerusalem. The 60-kilometer section of the wall is half built. Two days…

An Israeli army corporal who refused to participate in the Gaza disengagement was sentenced to 56 days in jail by a second Israeli military court Sunday. The corporal, Avi Bieber,…

An Israeli diplomatic delegation, currently visiting the U.S., is to ask for $2.2 billion in special aid for the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip settlements and four northern…

The Israeli Disengagement Authority said on Monday that settler families who apply for temporary houses, and submit compensation claims by Wednesday, will receive temporary housing units. The Disengagement Authority announced…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers handed out orders to residents of Azoun village, west of Qalqilia, informing them that the army intends to annex their lands for the Wall. The army…

  A Palestinian security source in Rafah reported that one child lost one of his hands after an explosive fired left by the army detonated near him. The child was…

Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and attacked two residents badly bruising and injuring them. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested four residents Monday at dawn.  The soldiers, supported by thirty military vehicles and jeeps, searched homes and arrested Ahmad Hilal, 26,…

Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over al-Mogheer village, north east of Ramallah, after invading it and sealing its entrances with sand hills. The WAFA news agency reported that…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line.  The soldier was injured when…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that one soldier was mildly injured near the West Bank settlement of Sholh, adjacent to the green line.  The soldier was injured when…

The Israeli army is expected hand over control of Bethlehem to the Palestinian Authority this week, Israeli military sources reported on Sunday, adding that the transfer could take place as early…

Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested Isam Jaber, 54, in the village of Kafer Laqif, east of Qalqilia in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that Jaber…

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that detainees in Hadarim Israeli prison are facing harsh living conditions and repeated attacks carried out by the soldiers. Hanan al-Khateeb,…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied the home of…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested six residents in the villages of Ithna, Doura, al-Thahiriyya, and al-Arroub refugee camp, and one resident in the West Bank city of Hebron. The…

Israeli ministers decided during a weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that the Separation Wall will cut off 55.000 Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem. Also, the cabinet decided that the construction…

Ahmad Abu al-Gheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, strongly criticized Israeli officials who appose the upcoming Israeli-Egyptian agreement to deploy Egyptian forces along the borders of the Gaza Strip. Israel and…

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad reported that the Israeli army attempted to assassinate one of its prominent leaders in Gaza. “One of our leaders survived on…

Saturday evening, a medical source in Qalqilia reported that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, while they were protesting against…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers broke into several homes in the village,…

Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem and arrested two youth. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…

Israeli troops stormed the home of Said Al-Ashkar in Sida village north of Tulkarem on Saturday afternoon.  Al-Ashkar, a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, was away from the home when…

Palestinian Minister of Interior, Nasser Yousif, visited three security posts in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Special PA security forces will use the newly established three posts to monitor…

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday that the situation in the Middle East was one of the essential causes of Thursday’s London bombings. ‘The solution cannot only be security…

The burning sun lefts its own ‘finger prints” on the face of Khalil Ibrahim, 11 years old, from al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, near Nablus, while he walks between the cars at Za’tara…

The General Assembly of the United Church of Christ, (UCC) decided in it 25 convention to selectively divest from companies involved with Israel’s occupation of the west bank and Gaza,…

In their summit, the G8 leaders approved $3 billion in aide to the Palestinian Authority to support the economy over the next three years. The plan was submitted to the…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, two villages near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded the villages of Allar and Saida, after surrounding…

Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers started to detonate military posts in Naveh Dikalim, and Gani Tal settlements, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Huge sounds…

A senior source at the Islamic Jihad movement, in the West Bank, reported that the Israeli army arrested 16 members of the movement over the last two days. Two members…

Saturday morning, a Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers arrested eight residents, including a child, in three villages near the West Bank city of Hebron. The source…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers closed Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of Nablus, and barred hundreds of residents from crossing. Soldiers interrogated dozens of youth, and students for several hours, and barred…

Sheikh Hasan Yousef, one of Hamas’ political leaders in the west Bank demanded the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the truce approved by the P.A and the Palestinian factions, in protest…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shelled West Khan Younis refugee camp, one child was seriously injured. A medical source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis identified the child as Ghazi…

A medical source in Rafidia hospital in Nablus reported that the child, Nour Fares, who was shot dead two days ago buy the Israeli army, is clinically dead.

Israeli army arrests 2 young Palestinians in Gaza for allegedly attempting to infiltrate through a fence which surrounds the Gaza Strip.

Friday at night, Israeli soldiers detained an 80-year-old man on Tiaseer checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and forced him to take his clothes off. A resident…

Hundreds of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall in the village of Bel’in, west of Ramallah, soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the…

Friday evening, four Israeli soldiers were injured after an explosive charge detonated near the jeep in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The shells exploded as a military patrol…

Friday evening, an Israeli soldier guarding the Separation Wall shot killed a Palestinian teen in the village of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah. According to the Israeli army, one of…

Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens of homes west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source reported…

Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin and its refugee camp, and arrested two residents. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city and the camp, conducted military…

Settlers of Tal Rmeida illegal settlement outpost in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron attacked dozens of residents, and homes in the area. A local source in…

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Head of the metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, said in the wake of the London bombing that it will be very difficult now to determine the death toll, but it…