Author: IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at night, three Palestinians in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after several residents prevented a number of Israeli colonists…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) managed, Thursday, to obtain an acquittal for an imprisoned Palestinian child, who was kidnapped by the army 45 days ago, as he was returning home…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier on Thursday, at least ten Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated during a press conference in Brussels, on Wednesday evening, that the Palestinian Authority supports the “French Initiative,” and all the efforts by the European Union,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian. The Hebron office of the Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qalqilia city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and stores, and kidnapped two Palestinians. The soldiers violently…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that two workers were injured, on Thursday morning, after Israeli soldiers assaulted them, near Bethlehem, while trying to enter occupied Jerusalem for work. The sources…

On Wednesday, the Israeli military transferred the corpse of the slain Palestinian child, who was killed by army fire, on Tuesday at dawn, back to his family in the central…

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a statement, Wednesday, expressing “its concern” regarding the latest Israeli decision to construct a new settlement building on Palestinian lands, in Silwan town,…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped at least 30 Palestinians, including children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, in…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian security officer, attacked and injured another resident, in Azzoun town, east of the…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, at least five Palestinians, after invading their homes and violently searching them, in the al-Isawiyya and Silwan towns, in occupied East Jerusalem. The…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report as part of the series of the monthly “Closure Reports” addressing the latest developments of the state of the…

Following the fatal shooting of a Palestinian child on the hands of Israeli soldiers, earlier Tuesday, the Israeli army admitted that the child was a bystander, and that he was…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in several districts in the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at eleven Palestinians, the…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian child from Beit ‘Or at-Tihta village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured at least…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Hajja village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and demolished the inner walls of a home of a…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Nour Shams refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, kidnapped one Palestinian and injured at least three others. The injured…

A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Beit Fajjar, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinian…

Updated: Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before the soldiers kidnapped seven Palestinians, and injured two siblings with rubber-coated steel bullets.…

The Jerusalem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man, in occupied Jerusalem, and illegally confiscated electronic…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian mother and her daughter, from their home in Qusra village, southeast of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, just four…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight night and on Sunday morning, at least fourteen Palestinians, including two women, in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus and Tulkarem. The…

Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire on Sunday morning, into Palestinian agricultural lands east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip district…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, earlier Saturday, into Palestinian agricultural lands, while navy ships also fired on a number of fishing boats, in the southern part of the coastal region. Eyewitnesses…

Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Friday at night, ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, rammed one Palestinian with their jeep and kidnapped three others. The…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired gas bombs at the protesters and homes, causing…

Israeli soldiers placed, Friday, several concrete blocks, isolating Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers first placed concrete blocks on the main road between Jabal al-Mokabber and…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, four Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Salfit. Five Palestinian cars sustained damage after being attacked by Israeli colonizers, near…

Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, kidnapped a young Palestinian man, and injured seven, including five family members. The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Aida refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped two young men. The soldiers also injured…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, approximately at 1:20 after midnight, the village of Bil’in in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, after surrounding it from various directions, and illegally…

The Israeli navy released, late on Wednesday evening, eight Palestinians fishers who were among ten fishers kidnapped by the navy during early morning hours in Gaza territorial waters. Zakariyya Bakr,…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, at least seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in addition to one Palestinian who was kidnapped late at night, Tuesday, at…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several rounds of live ammunition targeting Palestinian homes and lands, in Central Gaza. On Tuesday evening, the soldiers fired a missile into a…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Section 3 of the Nafha Israeli Prison, in the Negev Desert, wounding at least three detainees, and moved dozens into solitary confinement. The Palestinian…

A large military force invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Yatta city, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into homes and injured a child after firing a concussion…

Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, the head of the Studies and Documentation Unit of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, has reported that the Israeli authorities issued an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian…

Birzeit University retains its title as Palestine’s best university, while rises eleven places to hurtle the 50th spot in the QS Quacquarelli Symonds’s rankings this year. The QS World University…

Dr. Shaher Awawdeh, deputy permanent observer of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the United Nations, strongly denounced Israel’s election as the head the UN Legal Committee (officially named the…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, and one Palestinian in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after the army stormed and searched…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem,  searched many homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians. The soldiers invaded…

Two Palestinian security officers were injured, on Monday evening, after a number of fanatic Israeli settlers hurled stones on their car, driving on the Yitzhar road, south of the northern…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and late at night Sunday, at least fifteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, many Palestinian homes in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and searched many homes, before the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped three young Palestinian men. The soldiers invaded the town through…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian legislator from his home, in Surif town, northeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said…

Israeli soldiers completely isolated, on Sunday at dawn, all villages and towns north and northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the army alleged a Palestinian car…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Beit Amra village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished a home of a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday at dawn, five young Palestinian men, after attacking them near one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and injured several others…

Israeli soldiers attacked Friday the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, causing many injuries. Morad Qaddoum, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee…

Several Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists participated, Friday, in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Friday, Yatta town and Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and kidnapped six Palestinians. The Hebron office…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, dozens of homes in the West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Tubas, and kidnapped six Palestinians, including one woman. The…

Israeli sources have reported that 3 Israeli civilians have been killed, and at least 5 wounded, as shots were heard at a market in central Tel Aviv Wednesday evening. At…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS…

A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and bulldozed them while many soldiers were deployed around the…

Former Israeli military spokesperson Avital Liebovich has called Palestinian journalists ‘terrorists’ and has promoted the massive Israeli military invasions of Gaza in 2008-9 and 2012, in which hundreds of children…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The army also kidnapped a Palestinian in Hebron. The…

Israeli navy ship attacked, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza city, and kidnapped three fishers. The navy used…

Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, denounced Tuesday the visit of Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin to illegal colonies, built on Palestinian lands, east of the central…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday, the village of Douma, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed demolition orders targeting two homes, and a carpentry workshop. The…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Tuesday, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including four who were taken prisoner…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society PPS, has reported, Monday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Ramallah, and one in Qalqilia. The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and searched home…

A number of armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, and bulldozed them. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped at least four Palestinians. One Palestinian was…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and abducted a child in occupied East Jerusalem, on Sunday at night. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Nasser Qous. PPS Lawyer Mofeed al-Haj said the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Qous…

Sunday June 5th marks the 49th anniversary of the day known to Palestinians as the ‘Naksa’, the day that the Israeli military occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights…

Israeli navy ships opened fired, on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza City, causing serious property damage. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said…

By Samidoun- The detention and interrogation of Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Hasan Safadi, Arabic media coordinator for Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, was renewed on Friday, 3…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Tarqoumia town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of…

The Israeli authorities released, Friday, elected Palestinian legislator, senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Khaleda Jarrar, after holding her captive for fourteen months.…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 May – 01 June 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with many local youths, wounding two Palestinians with live fire, while one of them…

Update: The Palestinian  Health Ministry said the slain woman has been identified as Ansar Husam Harsha, 25, from  Qaffin town, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. She…

Several Palestinians prisoners support groups have reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped 471 Palestinians in May, and that the number of Palestinians who have been kidnapped since the begging…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron and Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a former political…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned one Palestinian for interrogation. Eyewitnesses said the…

Israeli military vehicles invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in Central Gaza, and fired live rounds and smoke bombs. The WAFA Palestinian…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee warned, Wednesday, that three Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, are facing deteriorating health conditions, in the Eshil Israeli prison, and are denied the right to…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, close to the border fence, in the southern and central parts of the Gaza Strip. Several…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, six Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and four others in Tubas, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.…

Israeli soldier invaded, on Wednesday at dawn the Suwwana neighborhood, and the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and kidnapped 45 Palestinians, including several…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers started the illegal eviction and removal of 42 Palestinian families, out of their homes and villages, in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Tuesday at night, two Palestinians in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in the city said several military…

Israeli military sources have reported that a soldier was mildly injured, on Monday evening, after being stabbed with a screwdriver in Tel Aviv, before he was taken to Ichilov Medical…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that one fisher was shot and injured by Israeli navy fire, and four others were kidnapped, after the navy ships attacked them in Gaza waters,…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday, fourteen Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded Thannaba…

The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has supervised, on Tuesday at dawn, the execution of three convicted Palestinians, despite repeated calls and condemnations from human rights groups. The…

Several Israeli military vehicles and tanks invaded, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the coastal region, and fired many rounds of…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and three others in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. On Monday…

Israel has, yet again, unilaterally reduced the fishing zone in Gaza territorial waters to only six nautical miles, in all of Gaza’s waters, from the northern to the southern parts…

A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said the…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank district of Nablus, violently searched homes, and kidnapped eleven…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a child. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian in…

NSNBC – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called for international mobilization against the planned Paris Conference scheduled for June 3 – 4 aimed at resuming internationally…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, nine Palestinians, including a child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, and the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, kidnapped two Palestinian children, and summoned a third…