Category: Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission today called for ICRC to intervene immediately to end the ban on family visits for prisoners in Israeli jails.…

Earlier Wednesday, the Israeli army abducted eighteen Palestinians, including siblings and teenage boys, after the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank,…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Maghayir village northeast of Ramallah, in the central West Bank, after many illegal colonizers attacked Palestinian cars. Media sources said many illegal Israeli…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians, including one woman, from their homes in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said many army jeeps invaded the Shu’fat refugee…

Al-Haq: On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, welcoming him in his…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing…

On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian women near the Chain Gates in Jerusalem’s Old City and abducted one while heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque after the army closed…

On Friday night, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings, from Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, and the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Kamal Bani Odah, the head of the…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least ten Palestinians and assaulted many others in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Burqa…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Beit Duqqu town, northwest of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said many Palestinians protested in the town,…

Updated: On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured 31 Palestinians during protests that took place after illegal Israeli colonizers invaded the town and destroyed property. The Palestinians tried to fend off an…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least 24 young Palestinian men from their homes in several neighborhoods and towns in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Firas Al-Jibrini, the…

By The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel – Adalah: Israeli troops have sealed off 130,000 Palestinians in five residential areas, imposing sweeping collective punishment including power cuts,…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians in Jerusalem, and four in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem, many army jeeps invaded Silwan town, south of…

On Thursday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian homes in the Sheikh Jarah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, wounding eighteen Palestinians before Israeli soldiers abducted seven. The…

By Kathryn Shihadah: Over 1 million Palestinians have been held in Israeli prisons over the years. Thousands have been held in “administrative detention,” which means imprisonment without a trial or…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)  Violation of right to life and bodily integrity:  5 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 3 children; one of them succumbed to his wounds,…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-seven Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital,…

On Wednesday night, dozens of illegal Israeli colonizers invaded many Palestinian areas in occupied Jerusalem and hurled stones at the Palestinians, their homes, and their cars, leading to protests. The…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): For the fifth day in a row, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to impose a siege on Shu’fat refugee camp and ‘Anata…

On Wednesday, dozens of illegal Israeli colonizers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, before Israeli soldiers, who accompanied them, abducted two civilian guards of the…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted twelve Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, several army jeeps invaded Za’tara village and Beit Fajjar town,…

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Detainee’s Committee confirmed that fifty Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike despite the health deterioration of a few…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian man and his son from Anata town and continued the siege of Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem,…

On Sunday morning, the Israeli army announced the death of an Israeli soldier who was shot by a Palestinian at a military roadblock near Shu’fat, in occupied Jerusalem, on Saturday…

On Monday noon, Israeli soldiers invaded the Dahiat as-Salam area, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and injured a Palestinian man before abducting his son. Local nonviolent activist Mahmoud Elian said the…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confirmed that fifty political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike after twenty detainees joined the strike Sunday, protesting their…

Palestinian schools in Anata, and Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, decided to shut down due to continued Israeli invasions and sieges. The Parents Committees in…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, October 09, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today blocked the main entrance to the town of Anata and the nearby Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem,…

On Saturday night, Israeli sources confirmed that two Israeli officers were seriously injured in a shooting attack near Shu’fat, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Israeli army…

On Saturday evening, the City Council in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home. Media sources said the family’s home is in the…

JERUSALEM, Saturday, October 08, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today attacked and dispersed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and injured and arrested some of them while celebrating Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday…

JERUSALEM, Friday, October 07, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli police and settlers broke today into a Palestinian-owned land in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Rababa, where they forced Palestinian landowners…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR (Weekly Update 29 September- 05 October 2022)  Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including a child, were…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted Jerusalem governor Adnan Gheith after storming his home in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and ransacking it. Media sources said several Israeli army jeeps invaded…

Updated: On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including a young woman, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Update: The WAFA News Agency said…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers chased, assaulted, and detained a Palestinian child while returning home from school in Silwan town, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank, the Wadi…

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least Ten Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers earlier killed two Palestinians and injured one near Ramallah.…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians from Nablus city and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the al-Makhfiyya area in Nablus…

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least nine Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Bethlehem, the soldiers…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian in the Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, October 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, documented 26 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists and media in the occupied territories during September. It…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said thirty Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing with a hunger strike their started six…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers shot two young men and abducted a teenage boy in the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.…

The Israeli army transferred, late Thursday night, the corpse of a Palestinian to his family for burial. The fatally shot Mohammad Ibrahim Shaham, 21, on August 15, from point-blank range…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, September 29, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli forces abducted Thursday overnight and Wednesday evening 28 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to local and security…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Sur Baher and the At-Tour towns in occupied Jerusalem, leading to protests, and abducted a young man. The Al-Qastal News Agency sources said several…

On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers shot one Palestinian with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused fifteen to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men, detained four, and assaulted one, in the Old City, the Al-Isawiya, Silwan, and At-Tour towns, in occupied Jerusalem, in the…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ijza village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, leading to protests, before firing many rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs. Local…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers caused a fire in a Palestinian house after invading Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem and firing gas bombs and concussion grenades. Media sources said several army…

On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers injured three Palestinians and abducted five others after dozens of soldiers and illegal colonizers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, in…

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the al-Jalazone refugee camp north of the central West…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the at-Tour and Silwan towns in occupied Jerusalem, leading to protests before the army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades. Media sources said…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian whose car accidentally collided with an empty police vehicle near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources…

On Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinian children in Jerusalem and Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted two Palestinian children while leaving the…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted fourteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded the Wad Shahin area in…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Date: 20 September 2022: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli decision to impose a distorted version of the official Palestinian curriculum…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. In addition, several Israeli colonizers attacked homes in Wadi al-Jouz. Media sources said…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted one Palestinian and summoned another for interrogation in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the at-Tour village, east of Jerusalem, before…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In the Shawawra village,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians from their homes in Hizma town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and Ramallah, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded…

JERUSALEM, Monday, September 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli police today broke into the home of the director of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar Kiswani in al-Tur neighborhood of occupied East…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers injured five schoolgirls and two teachers In Anata town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded an…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted two young men in the At-Tour town, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the town and drove in…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted three young Palestinian men from Tulkarem and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Haitham Mer’ery…

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted eight Palestinians, including six children, in Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West bank. In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank,…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers caused four Palestinian schoolchildren to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in the al-Isawiya town, east of the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank.…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A child was killed, 8 others were wounded, and dozens of others suffocated in Israeli…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Rojeeb village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, demolished two agricultural sheds, and uprooted olive trees. The army also abducted a Palestinian…

On Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirteen Palestinians, including four siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the…

On Tuesday evening, Israel released the imprisoned Palestinian journalist, Lama Ghosha, after imposing restrictions on her, including house arrest and barring her from Social Media outlets. Ghosha will still have…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians after assaulting two of them, in Hebron, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. In the southern part of the West…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men from their homes in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said several army jeeps…

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted twenty-one Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank, in addition to two Palestinians who were taken prisoner…

Early Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians, including some who were shot with live fire, and caused damage to six cars during the weekly protests against the illegal Annexation Wall…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – Weekly Report: Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinians were killed, and 31 others were injured, including 9 children, a…

On Thursday, the Israeli authorities in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, forced a Palestinian man to demolish his under-construction home, in Silwan town. The Wadi Hilweh Information…

On Thursday, several Israeli soldiers detained and cuffed a young Palestinian man and repeatedly assaulted him, causing him to faint, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) reported. Silwanic…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians from their homes near occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem,…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three livestock farms on Palestinian lands near the main entrance of Anata town, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Taha Refa’ey,…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 (WAFA) – An Israeli court today extended until tomorrow the detention of a Palestinian journalist from occupied East Jerusalem and a mother of two, according…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians, including a child, in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. In the occupied capital, Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian child in a village near the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the…

On Sunday, the Israeli occupation army handed a demolition order to a Palestinian in the al-Isawiya town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Jerusalem and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted a young…

Report By the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Latest Development (outside the reporting period) On 1 September, one Palestinian man was shot and killed by…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian journalist from her home in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several Israeli army jeeps invaded the Sheikh…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, September 4, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation’s Planning and Construction Committee in Occupied Jerusalem is considering the approval of two settlement plans in the city comprising a…

On Saturday, the Israeli authorities in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted…

On Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted and injured a Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the colonizers attacked…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers and illegal colonizers attacked a nonviolent procession in Nabi Samuel village, northwest of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and abducted four Palestinians. The…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner,…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Yousef Abu Mariya, a local nonviolent activist, said the Palestinians marched on…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men and assaulted one of them, in addition to another young man, in the Bab al-Amoud and Nablus Street, in the…

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted nineteen Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad As’ad Abu al-Ezz,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted ten Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young…