Category: Bethlehem

Israeli forces carried out a series of invasions, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, targeting communities in the Ramallah area in the central West Bank,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out several invasions across the southern West Bank on Friday, breaking into homes, imposing movement restrictions, firing tear gas and stun grenades at residents, and abducting…

On Thursday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted an elderly Palestinian man in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and erected five caravans near Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied…

Israeli forces demolished, on Thursday, the family home of a slain Palestinian in the city of Hebron and knocked down a commercial facility in the town of Jannata, east of…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces detonated the home of a Palestinian detainee in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. In the southern West Bank,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out coordinated invasions, land‑clearing operations, and other violations across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, on Monday evening, targeting various Palestinian communities. Salfit,…

Israeli forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, and demolitions across the occupied West Bank early Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West Bank, Nablus…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home incursions, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West…

Updated: Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive invasions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Sunday, breaking into homes, abducting dozens of Palestinians, wounding at least three, and…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, targeting communities in the northern Jordan Valley, Bethlehem, Hebron in…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian homes, a factory, and agricultural facilities in the Jerusalem and Nablus governorates, while a citizen was coerced to demolish his apartment in the…

Israeli forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring seven Palestinians in the northeastern West Bank town of Aqqaba near Tubas and conducting…

Two Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers opened fire on residents of Rashaida village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, before Israeli soldiers later…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of attacks, land seizures, home takeovers, and agricultural destruction across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Salfit…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West Bank,…

Israeli forces abducted an entire Palestinian family on Saturday evening after invading the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that soldiers broke…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers shot a Palestinian child near Bethlehem and attacked citizens and their properties in several areas of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that an…

Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinian citizens on Friday, after storming the West Bank governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho. On Friday morning, occupation forces abducted three Palestinian young men after…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home break‑ins, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated attacks on Palestinian communities, vehicles, and…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a wide series of invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, and firing live ammunition in several…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of violations across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, invading towns, destroying agricultural land, assaulting civilians, and targeting vulnerable…

Injuries, home invasions, and abductions carried out by Israeli occupation forces across Qalqilia, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, and occupied Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces injured a young…

On Sunday, Israeli violations of international law continued throughout the West Bank, including military invasions, paramilitary colonizer attacks, forced removal of Palestinians from their homes, and abductions of Palestinian civilians.…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out invasions, abductions, home break‑ins, road closures, and assaults on Palestinian…

On Thursday, Israeli forces demolished a home and a playground, while colonizers razed land and burned a bulldozer in the Bethlehem and Ramallah governorates of the occupied West Bank. Occupation…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: Instead of our usual news round-up, If Americans Knew today offers excerpts from a new document approved at an international conference in Bethlehem on November…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, assaulting civilians, and bulldozing Palestinian-owned land in several governorates. The violations…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive invasions, violations, property seizures, demolitions, and abductions across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday. The invasions targeted towns, refugee camps, and…

Christmas celebrations returned to the streets of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, for the first time in two years, as a traditional procession made its…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Tuesday, abducting more than thirty Palestinians from Hebron, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Tulkarem, Qalqilia, Ramallah, and the…

A surge of coordinated violence and military activity swept across the occupied West Bank on Monday, as illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out shootings, assaults, and large‑scale incursions into the…

On Sunday evening, a Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli forces in the town of Ar‑Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians in Beit Jala, west…

Israeli  occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in Hebron, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…

Israeli occupation forces launched coordinated invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, breaking into homes, abducting dozens of Palestinians, and assaulting residents in Bethlehem, Jericho, Tubas, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions across the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, breaking into homes and abducting dozens of Palestinians in cities, towns, and refugee camps stretching from Hebron…

On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli colonizer shot and killed a Palestinian child following the funeral of a child killed the previous day, in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Taysir Abu Mofarreh, head of the Tuqu’ municipal…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem earlier Monday, breaking into homes, abducting civilians, and setting up military roadblocks that disrupted daily…

On Sunday, December 14, 2025, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions and abductions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting towns, villages, and refugee camps…

The Prisoners’ Affairs Authority and the Prisoners’ Club reported the death of Palestinian hostage Sakhr Ahmad Za’oul (26 years old) from the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem, who had…

Israeli forces and paramilitary militias launched a widescale invasion of various parts of the West Bank on Sunday before dawn, abducting 41 Palestinians and damaging Palestinian property, including chopping down…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers intensified their campaign of abductions, invasions, and assaults across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Thursday. Reports from WAFA News, Al‑Jazeera, Quds News,…

The Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority informed the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society of the death of detainee Abdul-Rahman Sofian Mohammad Sabatin, 21, from the…

Israeli occupation forces abducted dozens of Palestinians and detained many more during overnight invasions across several governorates in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday. In Nablus, in northern West Bank,…

A group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers abducted Palestinian farmer Yousef Abdul-Rahman Shakarna, in his sixties, on Tuesday afternoon while he was working his land in the Jabal Banias area…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, seizing dozens of Palestinians and escalating attacks on communities from Hebron to Bethlehem. Local…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday afternoon demolished two Palestinian homes in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, displacing families, and assaulting residents. Jamal Sabatin,…

Israeli occupation forces continued their campaign of invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities from Hebron in the south, Qalqilia and Tulkarem in the northwest,…

Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree at the Church of the Nativity on Saturday, celebrating the season, while neighboring Gaza remains without public festivities of the new year due to…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, leaving multiple Palestinians injured, abducted, and harassed in incidents spanning…

Israeli occupation forces issued orders on Friday to uproot hundreds of olive trees in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, in what local officials…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers and occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated assaults on Palestinian communities across the West Bank on Friday, cutting vital water supplies, abducting residents, and…

Israeli occupation forces assaulted a Palestinian worker on Thursday evening in the village of al‑Minya, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in…

On Thursday morning, the Israeli armed forces, along with armed paramilitary colonial settler gangs, assaulted Palestinian civilians in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The colonizers wounded five Palestinians,…

Israeli forces carried out pre-dawn invasions throughout the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, as they have done every morning since the second intifada began in September 2000. In addition to…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman with live rounds after midnight Monday/Tuesday at the “Mazmuriyeh” military roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that…

On Monday at dawn, Israeli occupation forces launched wide‑ranging invasions across multiple districts in the occupied West Bank, abducting and detaining dozens of Palestinians after storming and ransacking homes, and…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, including  Jerusalem on Sunday, abducting numerous Palestinian civilians and assaulting others, while also deploying toxic tear…

A report by the National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Colonies indicates that both Jerusalem and the northern Jordan Valley, located in the occupied West Bank, are experiencing a…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said Tuesday that Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 50 Palestinians overnight until Tuesday morning in widespread campaigns across the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a large under‑construction home Tuesday in the town of al‑Khader, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said troops stormed the Ard ad‑Deir…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions at dawn Tuesday across several areas of the occupied West Bank, storming homes, schools, and refugee camps, and abducting dozens of Palestinians. In…

Updated: Israeli occupation forced invaded and violently searched, earlier Monday, dozens of Palestinian homes, interrogated many Palestinians and abducted at many Palestinians, including siblings, a father, and his son, in…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, abducting at least eleven Palestinians, while illegal paramilitary colonizers escalated daily assaults on property and livelihoods.…

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot six Palestinians with live rounds in the governorates of Qalqilia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that Israeli forces…

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Za’atara, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, earlier Saturday, before assaulting siblings and a woman in their homes. Media sources said…

On Friday, Israeli forces abducted several Palestinians, including a journalist, in the governorates of Tulkarem, Jenin, Tubas, Jordan Valley, and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinians near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday, while soldiers caused several citizens to suffer inhalation injuries in Bethlehem, in the southern West…

At dawn on Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a surge of assaults against Palestinians and their belongings in multiple parts of the occupied West Bank. A video circulated early…

Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted  seven Palestinians from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank’s northern and northwestern parts. Media sources said many Israeli military vehicles…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated invasions and field assaults across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, resulting in multiple abductions and widespread disruption.…

Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday evening near the Gush Etzion colonialist bloc south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, following a what Israel…

Israeli occupation forces continued their campaign of abductions and invasions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, targeting cities, refugee camps, and villages from Bethlehem in the south to Jenin…

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers carried out several attacks Monday evening in the village of Al-Jab’a, southwest of Bethlehem, setting fire to three inhabited homes, three vehicles, and a residential caravan.…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including a father and his son, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several Israeli military vehicles invaded Artas and…

Israeli forces shot three Palestinians, including a child, on Thursday evening, after storming the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its…

Israeli occupation forces assaulted Palestinian farmers on Thursday while they were plowing their land in Wadi Abu Ayyash, located in the village of Al-Rashayda east of Bethlehem in the occupied…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the Khalayel al-Louz area east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday, destroying a greenhouse and burying a water well belonging to Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn Thursday, abducting at least 23 Palestinians, detaining elderly civilians, and demolishing public infrastructure…

On Wednesday, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a number of attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, resulting in the injury of at least four citizens, including a woman…

Israeli occupation forces invaded multiple areas across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, early Wednesday, deploying military reinforcements and escalating home invasions, abductions, and property seizures. In Jenin, in…

Israeli forces assaulted and injured a Palestinian young woman, on Tuesday evening, in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. The army abducted a child near Bethlehem and an activist…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank earlier on Tuesday, targeting towns, refugee camps, and agricultural areas in a coordinated campaign of repression…

Israeli forces and paramilitary colonial settlers invaded several parts of the West Bank on Monday, abducting and harassing Palestinian residents, wounding at least one and destroying homes and farmland belonging…

Israeli colonizers and occupation authorities began two new road projects Monday on Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Jerusalem districts, aiming to expand illegal colonies and fragment surrounding Palestinian communities.…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated invasions across the central and northwestern West Bank and occupied Jerusalem on Sunday evening and night, targeting Palestinian towns with abductions,…

Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian man and his son late Friday night during a military invasion of the town of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West…

Israeli occupation forces carried out massive invasions across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, abducting at least 21 civilians—including children—and damaging agricultural infrastructure in the northern Jordan Valley. Among…

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition orders, Wednesday, targeting nine Palestinian homes—some inhabited, others under construction—in the village of Artas, south of Bethlehem. According to Samir Abu Swai, a member of…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers intensified their campaign of repression across the occupied West Bank in the days leading up to November 5, 2025, launching coordinated invasions, abductions,…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, targeting agricultural lands and civilian property while accompanied by Israeli forces. The…

Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians, including a doctor, on Monday, in the central West Bank city of Salfit. The army invaded a number of areas, storming citizens’ homes in Tubas,…

On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a number of attacks in the governorates of Tubas, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. At midnight on Monday, Israeli colonizers burned a number of…

Israeli forces demolished two homes on Monday, displacing two families in the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. Khader Al-Araj, the head of the Al-Walaja…

Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Wadi Rahhal, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and carried out demolitions targeting vital agricultural infrastructure. A military unit…

Israeli soldiers assaulted several Palestinian civilians on Sunday while they were harvesting olives in the town of Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred in…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli settlers shot three Palestinians with live ammunition in the Bethlehem governorate, while others attacked farmers in the Ramallah and Hebron governorates. Armed Israeli colonizers shot three…

Israeli troops raided a number of Palestinians towns and cities in the West Bank on Friday before dawn. In Qalqilia, local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the…