Category: Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including one woman and a child, in addition to summoning many others for interrogation, in several parts of the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, eight commercial structures in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers surrounded and invaded the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, three Palestinians and assaulted several others in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local sources said the…

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 2, 2021 (WAFA) – As four Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem today await a critical ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding…

A paramilitary Israeli colonizer opened fire, Monday, at a young Palestinian man and injured him, during a nonviolent activity in solidarity with the families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the…

Israeli soldiers conducted, on Sunday evening, military drills in Khalayel al-Louz area, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Rateb Obeyyat, the head of Hindaza Local…

Israeli soldiers and colonialist settlers continued, Saturday, their escalating violations against the Palestinian people in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Tubas, in…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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, 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…

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 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 forced, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian to demolish his own home in Wad Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers forced…

A Palestinian family demolished their home in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, after midnight Tuesday, using heavy machinery, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Nassar Al-Husseini, was forced by…

A Palestinian car was burnt, Friday, when Israeli soldiers invaded the ar-Ram town, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and attacked Palestinians who protested the invasion. Local sources said…

Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, on Friday at night, a young Palestinian man in Silwan town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Friday, eight Palestinians, including a mother and her son, in addition to two siblings, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded…

Israeli soldiers handed, Thursday, a demolition order targeting a four-story residential building in Shu’fat town, in occupied Jerusalem, and informed the families that they only have two weeks to leave.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, four Palestinians, including one woman, from occupied Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, six Palestinians from several parts of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Hizma town, east of Jerusalem, searched…

The Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian family to demolish its own home in the at-Tour town, east of the city. Media sources said…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, an under-construction school in the Salam suburb between Shu’fat refugee camp and ‘Anata town, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, two Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Sheikh Abu Bakr as-Sheemy, 63, after stopping him…

On Sunday, the Israeli municipal government forced the Darwish family to demolish their home in the town of al-Isawiya , near Jerusalem. The Israeli municipal government with their own hands,…

On May 27, 2021, a legal agreement regarding the sale of the building in Wadi Hilweh, was made between Walid Ahmad At’out and Mahmoud Eghbariyya witnessed by attorney Nizar Salalha,…

Scores of Palestinian demonstrators were injured, on Friday, when Israeli forces attacked peaceful protests across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Palestinians gathered on Sbeih Mountain…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, three young Palestinian men in Bab al-Amoud, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped, detained, and interrogated several young Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Thursday, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Hebron, in the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an under-construction home near Salfit, in central West Bank, and a shed near occupied Jerusalem. Media sources in Salfit said the soldiers invaded the northwestern area…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report Overview for May 2021 In May, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to…

Israeli soldiers demolished Tuesday, a commercial structure, and injured at least sixteen Palestinians in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The building is among…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, eleven Palestinians, including two siblings, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday at night, several Palestinians and abducted three Palestinians, including two women, after illegal colonialist settlers attacked the residents and wounded three, in Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Saturday at dawn, two Palestinian siblings in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, before abducting them. Local sources said the soldiers invaded the town, before storming…

The Israeli government has approved, Wednesday, plans for expanding illegal colonies on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Ynet News said Israel approved new construction in Jewish settlements,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, five Palestinians, including siblings, in the Old City, in occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes and shops, in…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, 30 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Detainees’ Media Center has reported. The Center stated that…

Illegal Israeli colonialist settlers injured, on Monday evening, several Palestinians, including four children, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers also assaulted the residents and abducted…

On Saturday, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, and fired tear gas at a crowd that was protesting the recent Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem. At least three Palestinians…

After Friday prayers, Muslim Palestinians, gathered at the Al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, to express their rejection of the openly racist behavior of Israelis who participated in Tuesday’s inflammatory…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman dead, on Wednesday, while she was in her car at the entrance to Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA News…

Israeli soldiers injured, Tuesday, more than 33 Palestinians, and abducted at least eight, in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of…

Israeli warplanes fired missiles into the southern besieged Gaza Strip, early on Wednesday morning, breaking the ceasefire which brought the most recent eruption of violence to an end. Quds News…

Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, three young Palestinian men in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) has reported. Silwanic stated the…

An Israeli colonialist settler pepper-sprayed, Saturday, a Palestinian father and his two children, as the father stopped at a traffic light in Jerusalem, and fled the scene. The Palestinian man…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian woman at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, after she allegedly attempted to attack them. The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, ten Palestinians and attacked several others after they protested a provocative tour by the fanatic right-wing member of Israeli Knesset, Itamar Bin-Gvir, of the…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, Thursday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters who stood in front of the Central Israeli Court in occupied Jerusalem, while it held a hearing into the displacement of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Tuesday night and on Wednesday at dawn, twenty-one Palestinians, including children, after the army invaded and searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank,…

The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem ordered the demolition of a Palestinian-owned home in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving a family of five people displaced, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least eleven Palestinians, including former political prisoners, and injured several, in many parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least seventeen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank,…

Muna al-Kurd, a Palestinian activist, was arrested from her home, on Sunday, and her twin brother Mohammad was summoned for interrogation. The siblings are members of one of the eight…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and detained a journalist, on Saturday, from the contentious Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Quds News Network reported. The Al Jazeera correspondent in Jerusalem, Givara…

JERUSALEM, Friday, June 4, 2021 (WAFA) – At least 19 Palestinians were injured today as Israeli occupation forces attacked and dispersed a marathon which was organized by Palestinian protesters outside…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian child from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, and moved her to an interrogation facility. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Nofouth Hammad,…

Eleven Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces on Thursday night, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, and seven others were injured, reported the Palestinian Wafa News Agency.  Four…

In the embattled neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Thursday, Israeli military police for the city of Jerusalem snatched a 14-year old girl for the alleged ‘crime’ of flying a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least 24 Palestinians from their homes in various parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In occupied Jerusalem,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital,…

An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of two Palestinian journalists detained by police in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The lawyer representing the Palestinian journalists,…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians, including journalists, during a nonviolent activity in solidarity with the families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, threatened…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, two Palestinians, including the father of a young man who was killed by the army in the year 2019. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…

May 27, 2021 – (Al-Haq) On 21 May 2021, a ceasefire announced the ending of Israel’s 11-day military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the killing of at…

Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Thursday, a young Palestinian man in Biddu town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the undercover soldiers, driving a civilian car, infiltrated into the town before…

JarrahIsraeli soldiers repeatedly attacked, Thursday, two Palestinian journalists in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, before abducting them, and assaulted many others. The soldiers assaulted many journalists, before…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, 15 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Wednesday, at least eight Palestinians, and assaulted one, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army broke into many homes and searched them.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, twenty-two Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including nine in occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday morning, eight Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded and searched many homes in East Jerusalem,…

May 24, 2021 – (Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association) On 22 April 2021, representatives of 28 Palestinian families constituting approximately 500 Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied…

Israeli police shot and fatally wounded, on Monday, a Palestinian teen after an alleged stabbing attempt in occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Witnesses stated that the police…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, 35 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in occupied Jerusalem, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and on Sunday at dawn, twenty-two Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including six who were taken prisoner after illegal…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, dozens of nonviolent protesters during a procession at the entrance of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, demanding an end…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, a nonviolent procession in Tayasir village, east of the northeastern West Bank city of Tubas, and abducted a young man. The Palestinians marched from the main…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and attacked worshipers, wounding at least twenty Palestinians, mainly with…

Israeli troops attacked, on Friday midday, a nonviolent protest at the “Tunnel Roadblock”, north of Bethlehem, before detaining eight activists, four Israelis, and four Palestinians. The protest was organized to…

 Three Israeli extremists severely targeted and beat a number of clerics from the Armenian Orthodox Church Wednesday evening in occupied Jerusalem, witnesses say. The clerics suffered multiple injuries, including one…

Israeli forces detained on Wednesday, 14 Palestinians from separate areas in occupied Jerusalem, including a woman and her son and another child. Troops stormed the home of Jawaher Dana Shweiki…

17-year-old Muhammad Mahmoud Kiwan, from the Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, was pronounced dead on Wednesday as a result of gunshot wounds he sustained last week by…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah has reported that Israeli soldiers killed, Tuesday, four Palestinians, and injured 202, including nine who suffered serious wounds, in several parts of the occupied…