Category: Jerusalem

TEL AVIV,  Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli Knesset General Assembly approved on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision to transfer responsibility for the Land Authority to the extremist…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including one child, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers broke into a home in the Ath-Thouri neighborhood…

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 22, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the passing of a draft bill designating UNRWA as a “terrorist organization” by the Israeli…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (WAFA) – Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, said during an open debate on the ongoing crisis in Gaza at…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian child in the Shiokh Al-Arroub town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Several Israeli military…

On Sunday evening, the Israeli army and the police forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in the Ein Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a gas station. Media sources said several military vehicles, and bulldozers…

On Sunday, Israeli Border Police shot and killed a Palestinian young man after he allegedly carried out a car-ramming attack in the city of Ramla in central I Israel, killing…

On Thursday, the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem rejected the appeal of four Palestinian Jerusalemite families against eviction rulings in the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, south of the…

BRUSSELS, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) today demanded the European Union (EU) to take clear positions on Israeli assaults against journalists. The PJS addressed…

The Israeli ministerial cabinet is planning to meet in the coming few days to approve the construction of more than 5,000 new colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and…

Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the governorates of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. At dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted two Palestinian young men in…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, Nablus, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Wad Al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem,…

On Saturday, the Qatari Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned the Israeli decision to expand the illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry said that “The State of Qatar strongly…

Ramallah 6-26-2024 WAFA – Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces carried out 17 demolition operations in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and another within the 1948 territories. In the city…

From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, the Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a wounded person and former detainees. The Prisoners’ Affairs Authority…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian workers near the Dahiat Al-Barid area, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, wounding one before abducting him along…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian and caused scores to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Anata town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.…

On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot six young Palestinian men with live round near the illegal Annexation Wall in the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) reports 84 incidents of theft of Palestinian journalists’ property by Israeli forces since October. Report By WAFA News The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced today that…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including one child, and attacked many Palestinians, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jaba’ town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Local sources said the soldiers demolished a home, owned by…

A large group of Israeli colonizers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Old City and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported a significant and unprecedented rise in the number of detainees suffering from skin diseases, particularly the highly contagious scabies disease, in Israeli prisons,…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three homes in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Sahera Gate in the Old City of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, after he allegedly…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians everywhere in the world today mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, when nearly 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically…

RAMALLAH, Monday, May 13, 2024 (WAFA) – The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs warned today that female Palestinian detainees incarcerated in Israel’s Damon Prison are held in total isolation…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including two children and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said…

These are some of the Israeli violations and attacks by Israeli occupation soldiers and the parliamentary colonizers militias against the Palestinians in the West Bank, on Saturday, May 11, 2023.…

RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…

JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five Palestinians, including a young woman, children, and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the Bethlehem Governorate, and one near the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Husan village, west…

Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a residential building and sheds. Media sources said…

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including a young woman, two children, and several former political prisoners, in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-one Palestinians, including a child, and attacked families, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the…

On Wednesday evening, the army continued its invasions and violent searches across the occupied West Bank and abducted five Palestinians in Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. In Ya’bad town, south…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’…

A new report by Human Rights Watch investigated dozens of Israeli paramilitary settler attacks on Palestinian civilians over the past six months, and found that the Israeli military stood by…

Overnight and Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least 25 Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees Committee and the Palestinian…

On Sunday night, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several military…

Outlier US says No to Palestinian statehood; Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Dems vote to advance $26 billion for Israel to House floor; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (WAFA) -The Arab Group has issued on Wednesday a statement in which it expressed its total support for Palestine’s UN full membership application, calling…

The Palestinian people in Palestine and the diaspora commemorate the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, April 17 of each year, after the day was adopted by the Palestinian National Council in the…

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes across the occupied West Bank, abducted many Palestinians, and detonated two homes, leading to protests. The Palestinian Detainees’ Commission and…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has confirmed that the Israeli army abducted at least 100 Palestinian journalists in occupied Palestine since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers continued their invasions and violations against the Palestinians, their homes, and lands in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem,…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – This evening, Israeli occupation forces demolished the family home of Khalid Al-Muhtasib, a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces, in the town of Beit…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 13, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces detained more than 150 Palestinian workers within two weeks while they were looking for employment opportunities in historic Palestine, according…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians, including three children and a young man in occupied Jerusalem, and a young man near Tubas in the northeastern part of the…

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, interrogated scores of Palestinians, and abducted at least 45, in addition to confiscating an agricultural…

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including a young woman, from occupied Jerusalem, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the…

Thousands of worshippers were forced to dive for cover during dawn Ramadan prayers today when Israeli police used stun grenades and tear gas at the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers used drones to drop gas bombs on Muslim worshipers  in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank,…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted sixteen Palestinians, including two young women, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The army also abducted seven Palestinians in…

On Thursday dawn and morning hours, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank, and abducted at least 40 Palestinians, including siblings, in addition to…

Earlier on Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, attacked worshipers and abducted four Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirty Palestinians, including a journalist, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainee’s Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said…