Israeli Extremists Open Fire On Palestinian Homes In Bethlehem
A number of armed Israeli extremists opened fire, on Wednesday at dawn, targeting a number of Palestinian homes in Nahhalin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, causing…
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A number of armed Israeli extremists opened fire, on Wednesday at dawn, targeting a number of Palestinian homes in Nahhalin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, causing…
A group of Israeli extremists burnt, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian mosque in the al-Jab’a village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and wrote racist anti-Arab and…
Eight young Palestinian men were wounded as clashes developed following an Israeli army raid on the Aida refugee camp early Monday morning.After raiding the Bethlehem-area refugee camp, Israeli troops conducted…
Autopsy results for a young Palestinian killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem, early Tuesday, show that he was shot in the upper body at close range, a forensic expert told…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, shot and killed a Palestinian teen, and wounded several others. Medical sources…
Medical sources have reported that four Palestinians were shot by live Israeli army rounds, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded the ‘Aida…
Israeli soldiers released, on Thursday at night, a paralyzed Palestinian detainee from Za’tara village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The Mawwal Radio in Bethlehem said the released wheelchair-bound…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, stormed several homes, and photographed families.Head of the Wadi Fukin Village…
Israeli authorities, on Saturday, began construction work for the expansion of the Israeli settlement of ‘Tzur Hadassah’, built illegally on the land of Wadi Fukin village, to the west of…
Palestinian popular resistance activists, Thursday morning, destroyed a metal gate blocking the entrance of al-Jaba village, to the southwest of Bethlehem, said a local activist.Coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committees…
The Israeli military fired tear gas directly into a playground, Sunday, in the Bethlehem-area Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank.Camp residents report that this is not the first time…
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured, Saturday, by live Israeli settler fire to the south of Bethlehem, while other settlers attacked passing Palestinian vehicles with rocks, to the west,…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, in Bethlehem, kidnapped one Palestinian, and handed another Palestinian a military warrant for interrogation.Local sources said several army vehicles…
A group of extremist Israeli settlers, accompanied by three bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started bulldozing and uprooting them.Coordinator of the Popular…
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hindaza area and the ‘Aida Refugee Camp, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, broke into and searched…
A rare ‘White Christmas’ was celebrated Tuesday evening by Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem. The snow did not hinder the festivities, which were carried out as planned.Under the Eastern Orthodox calendar,…
A number of nonviolent Palestinian activists managed to raise Palestinian flags, on Monday evening, in the Efrat illegal Israeli settlement, built on Palestinian lands south of the West Bank city…
Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, earlier on Monday at dawn, the town of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished a car-wash structure,…
Palestinian villagers from Battir, in the southern part of the West Bank, declared a victory on Sunday in their struggle to save their village from annexation by Israeli forces for…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Wednesday morning, that a child was injured after being hit by an Israeli settler’s car, in Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city…
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, this year, in the Hall of the Nativity, Bethlehem, lit up a Christmas tree decorated with teargas grenades, sound bombs, pictures of injured and murdered…
At this time of every year, the whole world celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ with shining lights, Christmas carols, colors and winter coziness. And, with the Christ being born…
A number of journalists, on Tuesday, were injured after being targeted by Israeli forces with teargas and explosive acoustic devices, during a non-violent demonstration which took place near an Israeli…
As Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem prepare for the annual Christmas celebration — the biggest day of the year in the city where Christians believe that Jesus was born — a…
A Jewish settler opened fire on dozens of Palestinians, on Friday, who were holding a march in protest of the Israeli occupation and its settlement policies in the West Bank,…
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Friday, an area in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and ordered a Palestinian to stop digging…
22-year-old Mohyi Eddin Najajreh, from Nahhalin village, in the Bethlehem district, was moderately injured on Tuesday after being run over by an Israeli bus.According to the PNN, eyewitnesses in Nahhalin…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, three Palestinians from the town of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and handed four residents military orders to stop the…
The Jerusalem Post has reported that the acid thrown by a Palestinian on six Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Friday, was actually vinegar, according to Channel 2.The victims were…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli settler fire, after soldiers alleged that he “sprayed an Israeli…
Bethlehem – Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinian men, near Teqoua’ illegal Israeli settlement, allegedly after the army found out one of them carried a knife.The two…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians in Wad Fukin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and searched a number of homes. Soldiers also invaded…
Israeli sources have reported, Monday, that a young Palestinian woman was shot and seriously wounded, at the Etzion settlement junction, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, allegedly after…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked homes, and handed five residents, including…
Several Israeli military vehicles, and personnel of the Civil Administration Office, run by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank, invaded on Friday evening the village of Husan, west…
A Palestinian farmer from the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, managed to escape an attack by an Israeli settler who tried to ram him with…
… this is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper. From “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot The words of the poet T.S. Eliot sprang…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several communities in the Bethlehem district in the occupied West Bank, searched homes, and handed four Palestinians military orders for interrogation.Local sources said…
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Saturday, Palestinian olive orchard in the al-Jab’a village, southwest of Bethlehem, and cut nearly 50 olive trees.Resident Ibrahim Abu Lateefa said he…
On Sunday, October 12, Israeli forces stormed Aida refugee camp without any provocation and began shooting tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at children in the streets.According to…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday evening, a child was shot in the head by an Israeli rubber-coated metal bullet, fired by soldiers invading the ‘Aida refugee camp, north…
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian orchards near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before cutting and uprooting dozens of olive trees.Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands belonging to residents of al-Khader and Nahhalin town, southwest of Bethlehem, and declared them a closed military zone.Ghassan Najajra, a nonviolent activist…
Settlers, last night, torched 30 olive trees dating from Roman times, in the village of Nahhalin, to the southwest of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.WAFA Palestinian News & Info…
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Wadi an-Nees area, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, upon which soldiers handed nine families military orders to demolish…
Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday, abducted three Palestinian youth, including two brothers, during predawn raids near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to reports by security sources.An Israeli army…
Israeli troops assaulted, on Monday afternoon, three Palestinian children near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources said that the three children, from Beit Fajjar village, were crossing…
Residents of the Bethlehem-area village of Wadi Fukin have begun weekly demonstrations against Israel’s planned expropriation of 4000 dunams in the West Bank. For five weeks now the villagers have…
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem said that a child was seriously injured, on Tuesday evening, when an explosive device, dropped by the Israeli army during training, detonated near him as…
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem, said the soldiers invaded Um Rokba area, south of al-Khader, and handed an order to resident…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured, on Sunday evening, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.Local sources said that…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, three Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Bethlehem. Medical sources say that a Palestinian kidnapped in Bethlehem was violently assaulted by the soldiers.…
Israeli forces invaded on Sunday afternoon the town of Beit Sahour, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops surrounded the old part of town, detained around 10 youth…
Medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that several Palestinians were been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Wad Fokkin village, west of Bethlehem.The sources said the soldiers attacked protesters…
Israeli sources have announced that authorities are planning to confiscate 4,000,000 m² (4,000 dunams/1,000 acres) of Palestinian-owned land near the illegal Gush Etzion settlement area.The area is located 3 km…
The Israeli army, Tuesday, demolished a man-made cave and shed being used to shelter a Palestinian family in al-Walja, a small village established to the northwest of Bethlehem.Ammar Abu Attin,…
Undercover forces of the Israeli military kidnapped, on Thursday at night, a young Palestinian man, after shooting him in the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child, 10 years of age, was shot in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet, fired by Israeli soldiers invading Teqoua’ town, east…
Just before the ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday morning, Palestinian resistance groups fired several dozen rockets toward Israeli targets in retaliation of Israeli bombardment of different areas of Gaza.Some…
On Friday August 1st, Palestinians in Bethlehem demonstrated against Israel’s massacre Gaza. 08/03/14 | International Solidarity Movement | Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine Between 3,000-5,000 people protested, men, women, and children. The…
A youth was injured, on Thursday night, when a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian wedding party at the village of Al Khadier, near the occupied southern West…
During the first day of the Eid, a special holiday which normally marks the end of the month-long Ramadan fast with much celebration and feasting among Muslims everywhere, Palestinians in…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was killed, and another Palestinian was injured, by Israeli army fire, in Husan town, west of the West Bank city of…
Three Palestinians were kidnapped, this morning, from the Aida refugee camp of northern Bethlehem, according to reports by Palestinian security sources.Ahmad Lufti, 27, Mustafa Abu Srour, 26, and Khalil Abu…
For the past two weeks, Palestinian youth in Bethlehem have clashed, on an almost daily basis, with Israeli forces near Rachel’s Tomb, following the murder of Palestinian youth Muhammad Abu…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one legislator, and three other Palestinians.Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Aida refugee camp, in…
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that two Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli military fire, at the…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Monday evening, that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, near the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque, north of the West Bank city…
Jewish Israeli settlers have assaulted, on Sunday, a Christian cleric as he was traveling between Bethlehem and his church, in the village of Abud, northwest Ramallah. Cars were also attacked…
A number of extremist Israeli settlers chased, on Saturday at noon, a Palestinian child while in his family’s land in Artas village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Mohammad…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped three Palestinians. The soldiers also installed roadblocks, isolating two…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been wounded, on Friday evening, during clashes with Israeli soldiers north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The sources said that…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, a young Palestinian man in the village of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The soldiers also broke into and searched several…
On Monday night, a Palestinian identified as Sajed Sultan, 19, was seriously wounded in the head when Israeli settlers marched through the city of Hebron demanding vengeance.Israeli settlers attack civilians…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, that a child was injured in the Deheishe refugee camp, in Bethlehem, on Saturday at dawn, and four Palestinians were kidnapped in the district, as…
[Thursday, June 26, 2014] According to reports by Israeli military sources, the army has kidnapped a Palestinian who allegedly opened fire at a soldier, and tried to ram another soldier…
[Wednesday at dawn, June 25, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two legislators, members of the Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas, and two…
On Tuesday evening, [June 24, 2014] the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinians kidnapped by the Israeli army in the ongoing offensive, starting less than…
[Tuesday at dawn, June 24 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, shot and injured two more Palestinians.Palestinian security sources said the army invaded…
Bethlehem – Sunday, June 22 2014: Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and sprayed windows of the local mosque, and homes, with…
[Friday At Dawn, June 19, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least five Palestinians have been injured, one seriously, by Israeli soldiers invading the Deheishe refugee camp, in…
Israeli military bulldozers demolished, yesterday, two Palestinian-owned houses. The foundations of a house under construction and water well in Al-Khader, a town to the south of Bethlehem, as well, under…
[Sunday, June 15, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, and conducted military searches. Soldiers also…
Yesterday, at 4:30 am, Popular Resistance activist Mahmoud Zwahre was again arrested by the Israeli army, at his house in Al Ma’asara, just southwest of Bethlehem. An attempt to arrest…
[Friday, May 30, 2014] A number of fanatic Israeli settlers invaded the Ush Ghrab area, east of Beit Sahour, apparently preparing to install a new illegal settlement outpost. The area,…
[Tuesday, May 25, 2014] A number of fanatic Israeli settlers surrounded a Palestinian school in the Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and attempted to invade…
His Holiness Pope Francis arrived in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the occupied State of Palestine.He started his visit with a press conference with…
Workers from an Israeli construction company were stopped by protesters, on Friday, as they were painting a section of the massive so-called ‘separation barrier’ which is to extend approximately 430…
Israeli forces destroyed an estimated 1,500 fruit trees belonging to the Tent of Nations farm outside Nahalin village, in the Bethlehem region of the occupied West Bank yesterday morning.Ben White…
[Monday, May 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers uprooted hundreds of trees that belong to members of various families of Nahhalin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The WAFA news…
Israeli forces, on Sunday, stormed a school in the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, while settlers took over an agricultural property in the village, according to Ahmad…
Jewish Israeli settlers have reportedly raided a Palestinian-owned orchard, west of Bethlehem, where they destroyed 58 trees early Friday morning, according to the victim of the raid.Raji Abd al-Aziz Sabateen…
[Monday At Dawn, May 12, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded various Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, kidnapping one Palestinian as they searched homes and a…
[Thursday, May 1, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted around 50 saplings.Coordinator of the Popular…
Bethlehem – April 29, 2014 – Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was injured after being hit by a settler’s car, while working in Beitar Illit illegal…
[Sunday Morning, April 27, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian farmer in his own land, near Wady Rahhal village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Medical…
[Friday at Dawn, April 25, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem, broke into and searched the home of Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee…
The seamless coordination between the Israeli military and Palestinian Authority forces was on open display during a recent raid on the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.Originally submitted by Dan…
[Tuesday at Dawn, April 22, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded Teqoua’ village, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and fired gas bombs at a number of houses, wounding…
Several Palestinians were injured, on Thursday, during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the Bethlehem village of Tuqu, locals said.Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters…