Category: Gaza Strip

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian merchant at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border terminal, in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers abducted a…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Monday at night, many missiles into several areas in the besieged Gaza strip, causing serious damage. Media sources in Gaza said the army fired four missiles…

The Israeli army fired, late on Saturday at night, many missiles into several areas in the Gaza Strip, causing severe damage, while Israeli navy ships opened fire at Palestinian fishing…

Update: Israeli sources report that an Israeli soldier was seriously injured when he was shot by a Palestinian protester through a hole in the perimeter wall where protesters were gathered.…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a teenage boy was injured after Israeli explosive ordnance detonated near him in Gaza city. The sources said the teen, Abdul-Rahman Ribhi Nour,…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, and bulldozed them in addition to firing live rounds and smoke…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Friday afternoon, at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of Gaza city, in the besieged and impoverished coastal region. Media sources said one boat sustained…

GENEVA, Thursday, August 12, 2021 (WAFA) – Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concern yesterday over arrests, harassment, criminalization, and threats targeting…

The Israeli army and the navy fired, Wednesday, many live rounds at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed in military towers and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, twelve Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded the al-Am’ari…

Israeli soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands, Monday, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, and bulldozed them. Local sources said six tanks and armored bulldozers, stationed…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Sunday morning, many Palestinian detainees in the Negev Desert Detention camp, causing injuries. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the soldiers invaded Section 2 of…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 08, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of 13 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention currently remain on hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention without a…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 5, 2021 (WAFA) – Israel destroyed, raided, and ransacked 11 Palestinian-owned printing presses, media offices, and bookstores in the first seven months of this year, today said…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian farmlands in Khan Younis and al-Maghazi, in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said four armored military vehicles, including a bulldozer,…

Israeli soldiers and the navy attacked, Monday, many Palestinian farmers, and fishermen, in the Gaza strip, causing damage, and forcing the Palestinians to leave. Media sources said Israeli navy ships…

The Israeli army claimed, on Monday morning, that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians overnight after they allegedly tried to breach the perimeter fence in the southern part of the besieged…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (July 15 – 28, 2021)                                                                                      Israeli forces continued to commit…

The Israeli government held a meeting to assess the security situation in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip and decided to ease some restrictions, including expanding the fishing zone. The…

The Israeli navy attacked, on Thursday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats in the northern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, before abducting two fishermen. Zakariya Bakr of the…

The Israeli occupation authorities released, Wednesday, a Palestinian fisherman who was abducted seven years ago while fishing in Gaza territorial waters. The Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Daoud Bakr, was transferred…

July 27, 2021 – Human Rights Watch Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups carried out attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel that violated the…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian farmlands, Monday, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them while firing live rounds. Media…

Several Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, Tuesday, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them. Media sources said the military vehicles…

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…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Thursday evening, that five detainees in Israeli prisons started an open-ended hunger strike protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, three young Palestinian men after they reportedly breached the perimeter fence, in the southern part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli…

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…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for June 1 – 7, 2021 Israeli forces continued…

Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian farmlands east of the al-Qarara town, south of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, Monday, Palestinian farmlands east of Gaza city, and bulldozed them, in addition to installing sand hills near the perimeter fence, while military drones flew overhead.…

Nine out of ten children in the Gaza Strip suffer some form of conflict-related trauma after the Israeli military attack ended over a month ago. In a new report, the…

The Israeli army fired, on Saturday at night, several missiles into a site, south of Gaza city, and another area northeast of the city. Media sources said an Israeli fighter…

The Israeli air force, on Saturday, pounded the besieged Gaza Strip for the fourth time since the Egypt-brokered ceasefire on May 21, 2021, according to Quds News Network. Israeli jets…

Israeli Forces have fortified their siege of Gaza by adding a robotic tank to the arsenal of weapons and stationed military personnel further fortifying their siege of Gaza.  The tank…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for June 24 – 30, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said six armored bulldozers and…

The Israeli army bombarded, on Thursday night, several sites in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Press reported. Quds Press correspondent stated, Israeli warplanes bombed a site of the Palestinian…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report of Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for June 10 – 16, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…

In Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian identified as Muayyad Hamdan died of wounds sustained during the recent Israeli airstrikes in May in Gaza.…

Israeli soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fire many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, Sunday, while working on their lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary of Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory June 3 – 9, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a child was killed, on Thursday morning, when an undetonated Israeli explosive that was dropped during the recent Israeli offensive on Gaza, exploded…

By Yasser Abu Jamei for Scientific American “Have you ever seen a six-month old baby with exaggerated startle response?” One of my colleagues who works on our telephone counseling service…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) Protection of Civilians Report | 24-31 May 2021 Highlights from the reporting period

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip said a mother has died from serious wounds she suffered when the Israeli army fired missiles, on May 16th, into homes in Gaza…

In a press statement, Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior and National Security announced the death of two Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip after an Israeli ordnance exploded in Deir…

Medics and rescue teams located, on Monday evening, the corpse of a Palestinian who was killed by Israeli missiles, during the recent Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Health…

May 27,2021 (Geneva) – A new report documenting several violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel during its recent military attack on the Gaza Strip from 10 – 21…

24 May 2021: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem):  With Israel’s latest round of bombing in the Gaza Strip over, the standard whitewashing is…

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…

Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Statement by Michelle Bachelet UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam President,…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report for May 20 – 26, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties…

A Palestinian youth died on Thursday, as a result of wounds sustained during the eleven-day-long Israeli bombing of Gaza from May 10th to 21st, before a ceasefire was negotiated by…

Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a young man died, on Monday evening, from serious wounds he suffered during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The sources identified…

Following ten days of massive Israeli bombardment of civilian areas in all parts of the Gaza Strip, over 250 Palestinians were killed – 67 of them children. Now, more bodies…

Palestinian medical sources have confirmed, Monday, that two young men died from serios wounds they suffered when the Israeli army bombarded Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern…

By Robert Inlakesh for Quds News Network When this Friday’s ceasefire was announced between Palestinian resistance groups and ‘Israel’, there was only one side celebrating, the Palestinians, who had taken…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report Summary of Israeli Human Rights Violations from May 11 – 19, 2021 The Israeli army continued to commit crimes and multi-layered…

Four Palestinians were killed, on Thursday evening, and many others were injured, in a series of Israeli strikes and bombings in Gaza city, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia. Media sources…

  In a press release, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) urgently called on the Government of Israel to enable humanitarian…

The Israeli army continued, on Thursday at dawn, its extensive airstrikes, and bombings in several parts of the Gaza Strip, causing excessive damage to many homes and buildings, in addition…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Ref: 67/2021: Date: 19 May 2021. Time: 13:15 GMT: 8 Palestinians, Including Woman and Child, Killed and 76 Others, including 9 Women and 11 Children,…

Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families –…

An 11-year old girl was killed, and a number of Palestinians were injured Wednesday night, in raids launched by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the northern and central Gaza Strip.…

Updated: A wheelchair-bound man, identified as Eyad Abdul-Fattah Salha, 33, his wife, Amani Yousef Mohawesh, 33 (seven months pregnant), and their daughter Nagham Eyad Salha, 2, were killed when an…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories (OCHA): Escalation in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel | Flash Update #8…

The Egyptian government on Tuesday submitted to Israeli government officials and to representatives of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza a proposal for a ceasefire beginning 6 am Thursday morning. Hamas…

As the Israeli army continues to bombard large areas of the Gaza Strip, including densely populated areas, residential towers, homes, and other facilities, medical sources have confirmed the death of…

Report By the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR|): 10 Palestinians Killed, including 1 Woman and 1 Child, and 122 Others Wounded, Including 22 Women and 40 Children Death Toll…

 The Gaza headquarters of The Qatari Red Crescent Society, a medical and humanitarian aid organization was targeted today in an Israeli air strike, according to the Doha News Agency. The director…

The week-long Israeli assault on Gaza, in which over 200 Palestinians have been killed, including 57 children, the Israeli airforce and artillery strikes have also targeted infrastructure, including two high-rise…

Palestinian political and activism groups called for a general strike and mass protests on Tuesday in protest of the ongoing Israeli offensive that is targeting Palestinians since 10 days. On…

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Monday that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks targeting Gaza and the West Bank in the past 10 days has reached 220…

The Israeli army is carrying out an extensive bombing attack on various parts of the Gaza Strip, in more than a hundred airstrikes at the time of this report. Media…

The Israeli Airforce carried out, Sunday evening, dozens of airstrikes targeting many parts of the Gaza Strip, killing at least three Palestinians, and wounding dozens, in Beit Hanoun, in the…

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Sunday evening that the death toll due to Israel’s offensive targeting the besieged Gaza Strip and the West Bank has reached 209. In the…

Palestinian rescue services continued their efforts on Sunday afternoon to rescue more civilians from the rubble of the homes struck by Israeli missiles. Israeli airstrikes on al-Wehda Street in the…

Update: Local media in Gaza have reported that the death count from the Israeli airstrikes on al-Wehda Street in the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City before dawn on Sunday has…

Al Mezan condemns the deliberate targeting of civilians and calls for international intervention 15-05-2021 On the sixth day of Israel’s military offensive against the Gaza Strip, Israel escalated its attacks on…

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continued through Friday night into Saturday with no signs of letting up. At least 34 were killed in the bombings Saturday night, which included a…

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, has reported that the ongoing Israeli offensive on Gaza has led, so far, to the death of 145 Palestinians,…

MAY 15, 2021: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A huge crowd gathered as The Derry Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a protest and banner drop at…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Saturday evening, one Palestinian and injured many others after the army fired a missile at a taxi, north of Gaza city. Media sources said the Israeli…

Early Saturday morning, the Israeli airforce dropped a missile on a highrise building in Gaza City housing the offices of numerous international media outlets, demolishing it completely and reducing it…

As Israeli forces continued for the fifth straight day their offensive on the Gaza Strip and continued the policy of collective punishment and retaliatory bombing, the Palestinian Centre for Human…

The Israeli army fired, on Saturday at dawn, several missiles at a Palestinian home in the Shati’ refugee camp, west of Gaza city, killing eight family members, including a mother…

Late Thursday night, the fourth day of the current Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says it has begun ground invasion of Gaza. The announcement came in…

Four more Palestinians have been confirmed killed by Israeli missiles and shells, on Thursday night, in a series of airs strikes and shelling targeting various areas of the besieged Gaza…

The Israeli army continued its bombardment, Thursday, targeting several parts of the Gaza Strip, striking homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure, killing many Palestinians, and injuring dozens, in addition to turning…

As the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued Thursday for the fourth straight day, thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank poured into the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to…

The International Federation of Journalists issued a statement Thursday, following the Israeli bombing of the al-Jawhara tower building in Gaza, stating: Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that the rescue teams located on Thursday at dawn, the corpses of a man and his wife were found under the rubble of a home…

An Israeli soldier, identified as Staff Sgt. Omer Tabib, 21, was killed in his military jeep while patrolling along the northern Gaza border Wednesday, by an anti-tank guided missile fired…

The Israeli army continued its bombardment and shelling of Palestinian homes, structures, and facilities, Wednesday, leading to the death of at least 30 Palestinians, including children. In the latest bombing…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued a statement, Wednesday, confirming the death of one of its senior leaders, along with several other fighters, in an Israeli attack…