Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening and on Friday at dawn, at least six Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem. One of the kidnapped…
Settlers, Soldiers, Take Over Buildings, Land, In Silwan
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers and soldiers occupied, on Monday at dawn, two apartment buildings and a land, in the Batn al-Hawa area, in Silwan town, south of the al-Aqsa…
Palestine Today 09 24 2014
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Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza Tunnel
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed while working in a tunnel, in Gaza City.The Brigades said that…
Including Senior Hamas Leaders, Twelve Palestinians Killed Thursday
Palestinians medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that at least twelve Palestinians have been killed and at least 200 have been injured in the extensive Israeli bombardment targeting…
Including Children, Six More Palestinians Killed By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that several Palestinians, including children, have been killed in Israeli shelling targeting different parts of the coastal region, while dozens have…
Palestinian Killed Near Salfit
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday morning, that a young Palestinian man was killed after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near an illegal Israeli settlement, in the central…
PLO: Over 485,000 People Now Displaced in Gaza
“Over 485,000 people have been displaced (almost one third of the Gaza population) –1,700,000 people (the entire population of the Gaza Strip) have been affected by the destruction of electricity,…
MoH: ‘In the Name of Humanity, Stop the Israeli Slaughter of Innocents in Gaza’
Official Press Release — Gaza Ministry of HealthAugust 04, 2014 The Ministry of Health Gaza condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli breaking of the humanitarian ceasefire in a…
Explosion of Infectious Disease in Gaza Threatens Public Health
Official Press Release – Ministry of HealthThe people of Gaza face enormous barriers to accessing primary health care, with only 10 of the government’s 56 Primary Health Care clinics operational,…
United Nations Warns of “Rapidly Unfolding” Health Disaster in Gaza
A health disaster of widespread proportions is rapidly unfolding in the Gaza Strip as a direct result of the ongoing conflict, said the United Nations today.Mr. James W. Rawley, the…
Palestinian Youth Injured as Settlers Attack a Wedding near Bethlehem
A youth was injured, on Thursday night, when a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian wedding party at the village of Al Khadier, near the occupied southern West…
U.N. Calls Attack on School ‘Outrageous’
The United Nations continued to rhetorically condemn Israel yesterday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called an attack on a school, which held displaced Palestinians, “outrageous.”“I condemn this attack in the strongest possible…
Ministry of Health: Muslim Holy Days Marred by Gaza Genocide
As hospitals now face an increasingly dire situation in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued a number of statements in regard, in addition to further…
At Least 25 Civilians, Children, Killed By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
update: A new airstrike in Rafah around 8:30 pm Tuesday killed two and wounded three. The Palestinian Health Ministry reports 192 killed, and hundreds more injured since Monday. Most of…
Gaza Power Plant Destroyed in Overnight Attacks
Gaza’s sole power plant was destroyed by the most intense Israeli bombardment of this war. The people of Gaza were already dealing with power cuts more than 20 hours a…
Hamas Leader Haniyeh Latest Target of Israeli Missiles
The house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was the target of an Israeli missile, early this morning. Reports say there was no one inside the house and there were no…
Joint Declaration by International Law Experts on Israel’s Gaza Offensive
‘As international and criminal law scholars, human rights defenders, legal experts and individuals who firmly believe in the rule of law and in the necessity for its respect in times…
United Nations and President Obama Call for ‘Unconditional Ceasefire’
United States President Barack Obama and the United Nations Security Council have both called for an unconditional ceasefire from Israel this morning. In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister…
Ministry of Health: Stop Israeli Attacks, Pay Health Staff
Press Release Gaza Ministry of Health, Palestine July 26, 2014FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stop Israeli attacks, pay health staff Beit Hanoun Last night Beit Hanoun Hospital came under heavy Israeli shelling…
Just Before 12-hour ‘Temporary Ceasefire’ Begins, 19 from One Family Killed in Israeli Airstrike
As in the two previous ‘temporary truces’ since the Israeli assault on Gaza began July 8th, Israeli forces stepped up their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the hours leading up…
25 Palestinians, Including a Child & Two Medics, Killed In Gaza Friday Afternoon and Evening
Update 23:40 Palestinian medics report that ambulances continue to be targeted by Israeli tank shells and airstrikes, with ambulances hit in both Gaza City and Beit Hanoun. The death toll…
Israeli Army Claims Captured Soldier Dead
The Israeli army, on Friday, announced that a soldier the Qassam Brigades claimed to have captured is dead.Bethlehem: Ma’an update 25/07/2014; 22:00 The Israeli army on Friday announced that a…
Al-Quds Reveals Details Of Its Saturday Attack On Army Base
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated a group of fighters managed to infiltrate into an Israeli military base across the border fence, and positioned themselves…
Killers Of Abu Khdeir, Planned Attack In Advance
The Arabs48 news website quoted Israeli sources stating that the six Jewish Israelis who have been arrested in connection with the abduction, torture and brutal killing of Palestinian teen, Mohammad…
Palestinian, 16, Found Dead After Israeli Mobs March, Chanting “Death To Arabs’
The body of a Palestinian teenager was found in Jerusalem after a day and evening of Israeli protests that turned into mobs streaming through the streets of the Old City…
Bodies Of Six Slain Palestinians Retrieved from Collapsed Tunnel
[Friday, June 20, 2014] Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that local rescue teams managed to locate the bodies of all slain Palestinians, killed Thursday, under the…
SOS Message from Jerusalem Christians to Pope Francis
Your Holiness Pope Francis: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,…” ~Matthew 19:14, Our Lord Jesus said this over two thousand years ago in this…
Palestine Today 05 14 2014
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Ferwana: “Toxic Waste Could Be Leading Cause Of Cancer Among The Detainees”
[Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that high rates of cancer among Palestinian political prisons run by Israel…
Document On Palestinian Detainees; Facts and Statistics
During a special conference on the Palestinian detainees, held Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Beirut – Lebanon, former Palestinian political prisoner, Palestinian researcher Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, presented a detailed document regarding…
Five Teenagers Injured during Clashes near Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinian teenagers were injured on Wednesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the southern West Bank town of Beit Omer near Hebron city. Three boys…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Occupied Jerusalem
[Tuesday Evening, February 4, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped five young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem after harassing and assaulting them.Local sources have reported that a number of soldiers harassed…
Two Palestinians Shot By Soldiers, Mauled By Dogs
[Jerusalem – Saturday, February 01, 2014] Lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Tareq Barghouth, visited two Palestinians who were shot and wounded by Israeli military fire before army dogs…
Palestinian Villagers Detain, Protect Settlers Who Attacked Child
A potentially violent confrontation was defused Tuesday in the Palestinian village of Qusra, south of Nablus, after a group of 11 Israeli settlers invaded the village to carry out a…
Palestine Today 16 12 2013
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Palestine Today 11 12 2013
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33 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Violations This Year
Medical and legal sources in the West Bank and Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have killed 33 Palestinians since the beginning of this year; 23, including four detainees, have been…
PCHR Weekly: “Five Palestinians Killed, Dozens Injured, By Army Fire”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) based in Gaza published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories, in the period between October 21 and November 6…
Four Palestinians Killed In Gaza
[Friday November 1, 2013] The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that four of its fighters have been killed during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Tunnel Accident In Gaza
[Sunday October 27, 2013] The Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed in an accident in one of its…
Peace Now: “Settlement Construction Rises By %70”
Israeli Peace Now movement issued a report on Israeli settlement construction and expansion activities, and revealed that settlement construction increased by %70 in the period between January and June 2013.…
Palestine Today 23 09 2013
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Two Armed Groups Claim Joint Responsibility For Killing Israeli Soldier
[Monday September 23, 2013] Two Palestinian armed resistance groups issued a joint statement claiming responsibility for killing an Israeli soldier in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The two groups,…
Israeli Extremists Puncture Tires Of Palestinian Cars In Jerusalem
Sunday at dawn [September 22, 2013] A group of extremist settlers punctured tires of six Palestinian cars belonging to residents of Sheikh Jarrah, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and…
This Week in Palestine Week 38 2013
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Palestine Today 19 09 2013
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Palestine Today 18 09 2013
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Palestine Today 17 09 2013
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Palestine Today 16 09 2013
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Fighter Killed In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Thursday at dawn [September 4, 2013] east of Gaza City.The…
Sisi Stops His Hunger Strike In Eshil Prison
Wednesday [August 28, 2013] Palestinian detainee Dirar Abu Sisi stopped his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Administration of Israeli Bir Shiva (Be’er As-Sabe’) Prion, south of the…
Palestinians call off peace talks after Israeli troops kill 3 civilians
The Palestinian Authority has cancelled the latest round of peace talks with the Israeli government following an Israeli attack on Palestinian demonstrators in which three Palestinians were killed.According to AFP,…
“Tamarrod” Calls For Rebelling Against Hamas In Gaza
A Gaza-based group known as “Tamarrod”, Arabic for Rebellion, published a video through its Facebook page, and other social media outlets, stating that November 11 2013, will be a day…
Release of 26 detainees Concluded
The release of 26 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, has been concluded as 11 West Bank detainees reached the Palestinian Presidential headquarters in Ramallah, and 11 Gaza Strip detainees…
Two Christan Peace Makers Denied Entry By Israel
Israeli authorities denied Entry to two members of the Christian Peace Makers Team (CPT) during the past week. A report from CPT explains the details.On two occasions in the past…
This Week in Palestine Week 25 2013
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Anatomy of Land Theft
Violence came to Bethlehem last May on a quiet Sunday morning. According to a report from the International Middle East Media Center, on 12 May 2013, Israeli soldiers fired concussion…
This Week in Palestine Week 24 2013
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This Week in Palestine Week 23 2013
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This Week in Palestine Week 22 2013
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This Week in Palestine Week 21 2013
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Palestinian injured in the head near Qalqilia
A Palestinain was injured in the head in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Kafr Qaddum near Qalqilia.Ayman Nazzal,a driver for the Palestinian Broadcast corporation ,was shot in the…
Detainee traferred to hospital in a critical condition
Palestinian detainee Murad Abu Maeleq was transferred to hospital in a critical condition after falling ill. Abu Maeleq, who is from the Gaza strip, suffers from colon cancer, and was…
PCHR refutes Israeli committee findings concerning killing of Mohammed al-Durrah
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) refutes the findings of the recently-published report from the Israeli Government Review Committee, titled ‘The France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and Implications’,…
Hunger striker accepts deportation to Gaza
Detainee Ayman Abu Dauod on Thursday accepted a proposal to exile him to the Gaza Strip for 10 years to end the hunger strike he started on April 14. Jawad…
a 14-year-old seriously injured after a settler car runs over him
An Israeli settler on Thursday ran over a Palestinian minor from the village of Burin near Nablus.Palestinian Red Crescent said a car with an Israeli licence plate ran over a…
This Week in Palestine Week 20 2013
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Jewish extremists torch 2 cars
Jewish extremists set fire to two vehicles and wrote ‘price tag’ with spray paint in the village of Nein near Afula inside the green line.A resident claimed that police tried…
Settlers uproot 150 trees near Nablus
Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted over 150 trees belonging to Palestinians south of Nablus.A local Settler monitoring official said that several settlers attacked Sbeih Mountain area between Beta and Yitma…
Jewish extremists set fire to wheat fields near Nablus
Jewish extremists on Tuesday set fire to several wheat fields belonging to Palestinians in the village of Beit Furik east of Nablus.An official who monitors settlers’ activities said that extremists…
This Week in Palestine Week 19 2013
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Clashes break out near Nablus
Clashes broke on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinians near Huwara military checkpoint south of Nablus. Dozens of Palestinians were protesting the recent settlers attacks in the area. Israeli forces…
Palestine Today 05 09 2013
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Israeli forces destroy 400 dunams of Farmland near Hebron
On Tuesday Israeli forces destroyed over 400 dunams of privately-owned Palestinian farmland in the village Tarqumiya near Hebron.Sami Fataftah, the mayor of the village said that Israeli bulldozers destroyed the…
Israeli forces burn 40 olive trees in Qalqilia
Israeli forces burned over 40 olive trees in a field in Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqilia. A report for the Palestinian civil defense said that firefighters managed to extinguish a…
This Week in Palestine Week 18 2013
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Army Assassinates A Palestinian In Gaza
Tuesday April 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was assassinated by an Israeli missile northwest of Gaza city; two Palestinians have been injured in the attack.The…
This Week in Palestine Week 17 2013
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Israeli Soldiers Uproot 1300 Olive Trees
Israeli forces uprooted over 1300 olive trees near Hebron. A demolition crew implemented over 26 outstanding demolition orders, that entailed to destroying over 1300 trees in Susiya village. Israeli settlers…
Settlers burn villagers cars near Ramallah
Dozens of Israeli settlers raided a village near Ramallah Monday night and burned 10 cars.Witnesses reported that settlers from Ofra settlement attacked the positions of villagers, including 10 cars that…
This Week in Palestine Week 16 2013
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Israel detain a man near Bethlehem
Israeli forces on Friday detained a man from Battir village, west of Bethlehem. Forces detained Haidar Muammar,47, during after raiding his home at dawn.
Israeli settlers attack a Monastry near Ramallah
Israeli settlers on Friday raised an Israeli flag over a monastery and chapel in a village near Ramallah after overtaking the building.Priest Aziz Raey said that Israeli settlers broke into…
Fayyad: To Go To General Elections
Ramallah- the outgoing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for a return to the people and for holding general elections in order to rebuild the Palestinian political system.In his first interview…
Israel offer Isawiexile
Israel offered hunger striker Samer Isawia deal to exile him to a UN member or European country country.A spokesman to the Israeli prime minister said that an offer was presented…
Israeli settlers uproot dozens of trees near Hebron
Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of trees from near the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, a local activist said. Settlers uprooted 47 olive trees and 55 grape vines in…
Israel detain 2 Palestinians in Aboud village
Israeli forces detained on Friday two Palestinians at in Aboud village north of Ramallah. Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, and arrested 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Barghouthi…
Autopsy of Abu Hamdiyeh to be announced in 24 hours
The Palestinian ministry of justice announced on their website on Friday that the results of Abu Hamdiyeh’s autopsy will be revealed in the coming 24 hours. The ministry’s undersecretary said…
Israeli forces detain a Palestinian near Nablus
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at Huwwara military checkpoint near Nablus on thursday.They claimed that the 35-year-old Palestinian from Balaa village was holding a sharp object at the checkpoint. Meanwhile,…
This Week in Palestine – Week 14 2013
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Dozenz injured in clashes near Bethlehem
Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes that erupted between protesters and Israeli forces in al-Khader village near Bethlehem. The coordinator of a committee against settlements and the…
Palestine Today 04 01 2013
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This Week in Palestine week 13 2012
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5 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday that there are 5 Palestinian Prisoners still on hunger strike, the longest of which is Samer al-Essawy who has been on strike since…
Israeli Court Postponds The Ruling On Palestinian Journalist
Israeli court in Ofer extended the detention of journalist Mus’ab Shawer,22, from Hebron. A statement received by the prisoners club said that the court postponed the session to the 5th…
Mada: 238 Violations Of Media Freedoms In 2012
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms’ MADA’ held a press conference on Wednesday which reviewed the Annual Report on the violations against Media freedom in Palestine during 2012.…
Israel release detained PLC member
Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian Legislative Council member, Nayef ar-Rjoub after spending 28 months in Israeli Jails under administrative detention, Palestinian Prisoners Club reported. Ar-Rjoub was kidnapped from his Hebron…
Settlers begin enlarging settlement near Tulkarem
Dozens of settlers have started an enlargement process of Sal’in settlement near Tulkarem. Witnesses said that dozens of Israeli military vehicles have started to open new roads in the area.…
Israeli forces kidnap 10 Palestinians in overnight raids
Israeli forces on Wednesday morning kidnapped ten Palestinians from Nablus and Hebron. Local Sources said that Israeli soldiers raided the city of Hebron, and kidnapped five people including Palestinian Legislative…