Category: Gaza Strip

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR, (Weekly Update 02 – 08 February 2023) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity:  7 Palestinians, including 2 civilians; one…

On Thursday dawn, the Israeli Air Force fired many missiles into several sites in the Central District of the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claimed it was retaliating to…

On Friday dawn, the Israeli Air Force fired dozens of missiles targeting several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, especially in Central Gaza. Media sources said the army fired more…

On Thursday night, air raid sirens sounded in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, warning the Israeli residents to go into shelters as the Palestinian resistance fired two rockets in Gaza.…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday the death of 13-year-old Nayef Al-Aweidat, as a result of serious wounds sustained last year during the Israeli aggression on Gaza.…

On Tuesday, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian lands near the perimeter fence east of the Central District on the besieged Gaza Strip and bulldozed them. Media sources said five…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, causing many to suffer the…

On Friday night, Israeli navy ships attacked fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy fired many live rounds,…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR:  (Weekly Update 05 – 11 January 2023) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: 10 Palestinians, including 2 children, were…

On Tuesday, several Israeli military vehicles invaded and bulldozed Palestinian lands, while navy ships attacked fishing boats in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said seven military vehicles, including bulldozers,…

On Sunday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds and wastewater mixed with chemicals at Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza. Media sources said several navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing…

On Saturday morning, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Gaza city, in the besieged coastal region. Media sources said the boats were sailing near the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR (Weekly Update 29 December 2022- 04 January 2023) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Three Palestinians, including 2 children,…

On Wednesday evening, the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said one of its fighters, from northern Gaza, died from serious wounds he suffered two days earlier…

On Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many gas bombs at Palestinian farmers in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired high-velocity at the farmers on…

On Monday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked many Palestinian fishing boats with live fire and high-velocity gas bombs near the shores of the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.…

On Monday morning, several armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded and bulldozed Palestinian agricultural lands in southern Gaza, and fired gas bombs at farmers in northern Gaza, in the…

Derry City, Ireland.  December 31, 2022: for IMEMC NEWS, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  Vigils were held across Ireland on New Year’s Eve to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Israeli ‘Operation…

On Thursday night, Israeli navy ships attacked many Palestinian fishing boats near the shores of the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy ships fired many…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers and the navy fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the…

On Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many rounds of live ammunition and gas bombs into Palestinian lands in southern Gaza. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed in the Kissufim military…

GAZA, Monday, December 26, 2022 (WAFA) – As if the heavy rain that flooded most of the Gaza Strip with rainwater over the past two days was not enough, the…

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers fired sporadic live rounds at Palestinian structures and homes near the perimeter fence east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…

Late on Saturday night, the Israeli army opened levees along the perimeter fence east of Gaza, causing accumulating heavy rainwater to flood homes and agricultural lands in Gaza. Media sources…

On Thursday morning, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian agricultural lands near the perimeter fence east of Gaza city, the soldiers also abducted a Palestinian man at the Erez Crossing.…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee confirmed Tuesday that the cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, imprisoned by Israel and serving several life terms, has died at an Israeli medical center. The…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: The discriminatory movement restrictions and the arbitrary permit regime imposed by Israeli authorities on Palestinian patients from Gaza, which obstruct their access to hospitals outside…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers on their land east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media…

On Monday, Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands east of Gaza city and bulldozed them. Eyewitnesses said nine armored military vehicles invaded the Palestinian lands east of the…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian farmers and bird hunters in the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across…

The Shehab News Agency has reported that a Palestinian man died Friday dawn from serious wounds he suffered in August of this year, 2022, during the Israeli offensive on the…

Earlier Friday morning, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats with live fire and gas bombs near the shores of the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources…

The Israeli government has decided to refuse visas and deny entry to the newly appointed personnel of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinian civilians were killed, and 18 others, including 3 children, were injured, while…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 4, 2022 (WAFA) – Sada Social Center, a Ramallah-based social media rights group, said in a fresh report it has documented more than 72 digital violations against…

On Sunday evening, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it intercepted Israeli war jets bombing areas in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. Al-Qassam said it…

 (Weekly Update 24-30 November 2022) The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR  Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including 2 brothers, were killed…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, December 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing today on nine petitions against the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) – 2022,…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian near the perimeter fence in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers abducted a man on Palestinian land…

On Monday evening, the Israeli Navy released six Palestinian fishermen, including four injured by the Israeli navy fire, and their boats were confiscated. The six fishermen were sent to the…

The Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights issued a statement denouncing the Israeli Navy’s abduction of six Palestinian fishermen, the confiscation of two boats in the southern part of the Gaza…

On Thursday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Gaza city, in the besieged coastal region, wounding a fisherman. Media sources said the navy ships fired…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area northwest of Gaza city. Media sources said the ships sailed just a few miles in Palestinian…

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man near the perimeter fence in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said the soldiers arrested…

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Former political prisoner and the head of the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (Weekly Update 10 – 16 November 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian girl was killed and six Palestinians,…

On Thursday morning, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza, forcing them to leave. Eyewitnesses said the navy attacked the boats with many live rounds, gas bombs,…

On Tuesday, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats with live fire, gas bombs, and water cannons near the shore of the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.…

On Monday, several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands east of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza and bulldozed them. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the lands near…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Gaza city in the besieged coastal region. Eyewitnesses said the navy attacked the boats not far…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man while crossing the Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers abducted…

On Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian lands and fired live rounds in the central and southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said six armored military bulldozers…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian lands east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip and bulldozed them, in addition to firing live rounds and gas bombs at…

On Monday, several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands in the Central District of the besieged Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them. The soldiers also abducted a Palestinian crossing…

The Israeli Army fired missiles targeting several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip after the missile interception system observed the launch of three shells that did not make it across…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers confirmed that, for the first time since August, Palestinian fighters fired shells from Gaza into colonies across the perimeter fence in retaliation for the assassination of…

On Tuesday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers east of Gaza city, in the besieged coastal region. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, across the…

On Tuesday dawn, the Israeli navy abducted four Palestinian fishermen near the shore of Gaza city and confiscated their two boats. Media sources said the navy ships attacked the boats…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the shores of the northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy fired many live rounds…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli navy ships attacked a Palestinian fishing boat with live fire and gas bombs before abducting the five Palestinian fishermen, including three siblings, and confiscating the boast.,…

On Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: Israel has been implementing collective punishment measures against the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) with the…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: On 18 October 2022, Al-Haq sent an urgent letter to Third States, in light of the recent alarming escalation in…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR: A patient, Akram Ahmad Mohammad Al-Sultan, 62, from the northern Gaza Strip, died after he was denied travel for treatment at Al-Muttala’…

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.…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday morning, Palestinian farmers and fishermen east of Khan Younis and northeast of Gaza city in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across…

On Monday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian fishing boats and farmers, near Khan Younis and Gaza city, in the Gaza Strip. Media sources…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats, homes, and farmlands, wounding a young woman in her home, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian fishing boats in Beit Lahia and the Al-Waha area in the northern part of the Gaza…

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 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…

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…

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…

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats and farmers in the central and the northern part of the besieged coastal region. In a phone call…

On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers and their lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships fired a few shells and many live rounds toward Palestinian fishing boats in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the fishing…

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 Wednesday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds into Palestinian lands and at several fishing boats in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter…

Late Tuesday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats with live fire near the shores of Rafah and Beit Lahia, in the southern and the northern parts of the…

On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmlands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed…

On Sunday, 30 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, started a hunger strike. A few days earlier, the detainees stated that they…

On Saturday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and flares at Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza, while Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at a stone…

On Friday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers on their lands near the fence in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and fishing boats in…

On Thursday evening, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boat in Palestinian territorial waters in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Zakariyya Bakr, the secretary of the Palestinian…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian farmers and a sanitation truck in the central and the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Date: 21 September 2022:  Yesterday, 20 September 2022, a patient namely, Tayseer Daoud Yousuf Al-Sayegh (67), died at dawn when the Israeli authorities denied…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers and their lands east of Gaza city and east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the coastal…

On Monday, several Israeli military vehicles, including armored bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands near the perimeter fence in Beit Hanoun in the northeastern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs into Palestinian agricultural lands and abducted one farmer, in addition to attacking fishing boats in the besieged Gaza Strip.…

On Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers fired sporadic rounds of live ammunition into Palestinian farmlands in the central and northeastern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers,…

On Friday night, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats with live rounds and gas bombs near the shore of Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.…

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…

Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats, abducted four fishermen, and confiscated two fishing boats in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian Navy also detained two…

On Tuesday, several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands near the perimeter fence east of the central district of the besieged Gaza Strip and bulldozed them. Media sources…

On Monday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza territorial waters near the shores of the northern and southern parts of the besieged coastal region. Media sources…

On Saturday dawn, Israeli navy ships attacked many Palestinian fishing boats with live fire, gas bombs, and flares near the shores of Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern parts…

On Friday morning, Israeli soldiers fired many live rounds at Palestinian shepherds on lands near the fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media…

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…